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are just a few of its ornamental features (Gilmore Associates, 2004). The overall style of the Continental is Art Deco. The Art ...
Roman architecture also used the arch extensively, as well as semicircular or oval structures, such as theaters and arenas ("Ancie...
In five pages this paper discusses the Western social and cultural influences of Roman architecture in a comparison and contrast t...
the same impressive mosaics. Seindal notes that the villas original owner would have been of the...
a renowned Japanese architect who makes his home in Osaka. The new museum is "dedicated to the relics and techniques of ancient Ja...
rose to power. They were military conquerors of course, but they were much more: they were engineers and architects so skilled tha...
are no readily discernible passive features that accommodate solar heat collection; however, the portico does offer shelter from r...
in trouble. Gordon Bethune took over Continental Airlines. All stakeholders of Continental, including employees, shareholders and ...
there was some exceptional contracts which did not sit easily into the analysis of offer and acceptance as in multipartite contrac...
The built environment has a significant impact on general ecological environment, causing damage and pollution with the construct...
This research paper describes aspects of Renaissance architecture. Three pages in length, two sources are cited. ...
direction this modern era should take: "While many of the citizens of Victoria cherished and identified with its picturesque archi...
the medieval period, Blackpool consisted of a "few coastal farmsteads within Layton-with-Warbreck" (Blackpool Council, 2005) and s...
perhaps the first urban planners, and cities became the hub or "centers of trade and commerce" (Roth, 1993). City dwellers reside...
It also suggests that people lived with the same lingering questions at the time as now. Some things never change, while other thi...
In ten pages this paper examines the ancient Greeks and Romans in terms of their enduring contributions to Western civilization ar...
of German and Roman culture just as there had been a blending of Roman cultures with the other cultures which she engaged in warfa...
Greek life was impacted in many ways by its art and architecture (Dickinson, 2008). Two of the most visible of these ways were th...
Roman architecture influenced by apostolic succession - was limited only as far as ones imagination would go. After all, what a p...
and designs as well. Until they had developed concrete most of the architecture was constructed with traditional models that used ...
called herself the Goddess (1989). In ancient Egypt it seemed as if dynastic power had passed through females even when the Pharao...
In five pages 18th century English architecture is discussed in a consideration of Baroque and Georgian styles with various aspect...
down to the first floor. The solid brass chandelier reaches twelve feet across as it hangs amidst the marbleized interior from wa...
"National Style" got its start - and finally ended during the latter part of the 19th century - in Philadelphia (Pollock, 2002)....
building, the dome itself may have drawn its inspiration from the Romans. The statue that stands on the pinnacle is surrou...
light. Our eyes were created to see the forms in light; light and shadow reveal the forms. Cubes, cones, balls, cylinders and pyra...
capital of the column has a "swelling, cushion-like echinus, and a block-shaped slab for an abacus" (Witcombe). The architrave (th...
technological landscape that gave rise to the World Wide Web, and along with it, 21st century communications. Computerized databas...
studied in Paris under August Perret (Matthews "Le Corbusier"). It was during this period that Le Corbusier developed a intense in...
This research paper discusses the career of Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), his buildings and his influence on architecture at t...