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previous times and styles. Nor does it need to be seen as an opposition to the past, and as such it is the concept of originality ...

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" ...

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

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 ...

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

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 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

generation, perceiving life and important family relationships very differently. They do not come from the same position, in terms...

Contemporary society is characterized by a common agreement that our society is in an upheaval. Opinions as to the cause...

address the problems of individualism in our contemporary society. While Wests "Race Matters" makes a frontal attack on these pro...

ordered men and to where the Manchu clothing rather than the clothing style, during the Ming Dynasty (Minnesota State University)....

in an economic position to support a family. The PPA adopts a pragmatic outlook, in that it leaves matters of religious beliefs re...

its weakness as well. In this day of consolidation, mergers and acquisitions, the financial institutions with the most resources c...

8:20 she was dead. She committed a mistake, even if it was against her will," says Sirhan. "Anyway, its better to have one person ...

and was replaced by Claudius (41-54), the emperor whose forces conquered Britain. Nero followed him and when he was overthrown, Ro...

began to write what came to be called "confessional poetry," which is defined as "an undisguised exposure of painful personal even...

elected to Prime Minister of Ghana. At the onset he was very popular and effective in getting his programs supported by parliament...

so-called blighted slum that the city claimed it was, the area was actually described as the "lively, working-class community of t...