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was felt the entire industry had become uncompetitive and inefficient, the lessons are applicable universally. This is a r...

designing of building, but in realty it is much broader than this, in addition to the need for creative knowledge and the practica...

be seen both across the expanse of water and reflected in it (Lauritzen 12). San Marco is constructed so as to catch the light. Th...

before. Perhaps the iconic model here is Barbara Stanwyck luring Fred MacMurray to his doom in Double Indemnity. But there is an...

some homes and buildings seem to be unique. In fact, many artists design buildings as such. When delving back into time, is it fai...

Architectural fetishism came of age during the Renaissance. Classified as a magically empowered inanimate object, a fetish may ta...

materials, may not work in the Northwest where the weather is far more wet and thus requiring different materials, than in the Sou...

inquiry, which they saw as the "key to success," and believing this they sought to discover the laws governing such things as the ...

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

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

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

later the Franks arrived. and "established a strong military presence in what became known as the Spanish Mark, the front line of ...

Daniel Libeskind. Klees sketchbooks and artistry demonstrate the integrate of linear elements, linear qualities and bold graphic ...

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

The commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...

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

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

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

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

is their "massiveness" as opposed to the much more slender monuments of the Gothic era which followed. An important structural dev...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

is all very fine, but why bother to study him when we could be learning computers? Because studying the humanities gives us insigh...

version is richly colored; Mary here wears a bright red robe as does a man who might be Joseph, who is in the background (Adoratio...

of design that was popular in Europe, but particularly in France during the 1700s5. Interior design and ornamentation are aspects ...

style included repeated shapes and icons such as an automobile profile or the stylized shape that one would see in a gear or a whe...