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Architecture of Japan

In six pages this paper discusses the innovativeness and fluidity of the architecture of Japan that was not adversely affected by ...

Ancient Rome's Urbanization Process

Regal and early republican periods are the focus of this paper consisting of four pages that examines how architecture and sociali...

LANs and Microsoft Windows NT

In four pages this paper examines how Microsoft Windows NT operates in local area networks' environments with a consideration of u...

Comparative Analysis of the Renaissance and 20th Century

In nine pages this paper contrasts and compares the concepts of science, philosophy, literature, art, architecture, and understand...

Egyptian Architecture and Influences of the Environment

river was the lifeblood of Egyptian culture. The peoples congregated, as they did in many cultures adjacent to the river for it w...

Carlo Scarpa's Architecture and the Value of Place

In twenty pages this paper analyzes Carlo Scarpa's architecture in terms of structure and the significance of placement. Eight so...

Baroque and Enlightenment Period Differences

and reality. It was a completely unique movement which "generated its own standards" and cannot, therefore, "be measured by class...

Beaux Arts Architects William Morris, Labroust, and Frank Lloyd Wright

In five pages this report considers how Beaux Arts architecture was mastered by Frank Lloyd Wright in terms of environmental harmo...

Comparative Study of PERA and CIMOSA

In twenty six pages this paper considers General Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology Version 1.6.2 in a comparison o...

Greek Architecture and Art Described

classical art is the low-relief frieze executed for the Parthenon sometime between 447 and 432 BC. Neils (1999) notes that: "In sp...

Life and Times of Michelangelo Buonarroti

In fifteen pages this paper examines how Michelangelo represented the Renaissance times in which he lived and that his art and arc...

Architect and Playwright Sir John Vanbrugh

In five pages this paper examines the writings and architecture of Sir John Vanbrugh. Three sources are cited in the bibliography...

Changes and the Differences Between Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern Artistic Approaches

In five pages this papers the differences between these approaches as they manifest themselves in architecture, literature, music,...

Egyptian Architecture and Art and Their Modern Art Influence

the attention of the fashion-setting upper class. Free-standing obelisks were constructed around England, the first, which is stil...

Architecture of Australia and the Sydney Opera Design Influence of Danish Architect Jorn Utzon

as dated, as indicated by Robin who states that "The free joyful, light, elegant and unbuildable concept of the fifties became a s...

Physical Description of the 1982 Vietnam War Memorial

(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...

Birmingham, UK's Architecture

may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...

The Life and Work of Architect Robert Adam

also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....

Progress and Resistance to It

reason. No one may be able to recall any specific reason, except perhaps that "things" have been done in a specific way for longe...

Modern Architectural Movement

the past. Nonconformity now took over as the leading force, with cultural retrospection becoming all but obsolete (Berman PG). N...

Islamic Architecture and Courtyards

different. With new design it is likely that the courtyard is considered completed and not reliant on change. In addition, alth...

Architecture and Modernism

with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...

An Architectural View of Centre Georges Pompidou

capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...

New Tokyo Architecture and Pleasure Quarters' Emergence

resides in one of Tokyos older areas - where tourists and locals alike imbibe in up until now would have been considered hedonisti...

European Cathedral Architecture and Geometry

history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...

Architecture of Westminster Abbey and Its French Influence

of King Louis IX (1226-1270)(Martindale). Around the decade of 1220-1230, it became clear that medieval engineering expertise had ...

The Southwest's Architectural History

replaced by adobe and stone surface dwellings throughout the region by the end of the first millennium A.D." (Pueblo, 2003). More ...

On the Art of Building in Ten Books by Alberti

to have a grand view of the ocean. Yet, this concept is not new. the idea that location and climate were the utmost concerns emana...

West and the Architecture of Rome

and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...

Overview of the Greek Acropolis

a reconstruction of the Acropolis as it appeared in the 5th century BCE During the Classical period of the 5th...