Home Building Industry: An Economic Strategy This paper will briefly explore how recent economic indicators such as record low interest rates for mortgages and housing starts should motivate house builders to strategize for continued economic growth Continue Reading...
Santiago Calatrava's name is synonymous with modern architectural design. This Spaniard architect single-handedly revolutionized our concept of modern, chic, futuristic yet functional architecture by giving putting some of the most unforgettable stru Continue Reading...
Security elements are built into buildings and their surrounding spaces. The traditional fina, or outdoor space within a private dwelling, may be shielded by branches of the local tree Al-Awshaz for privacy and security (Abu-Ghazzeh). For the more p Continue Reading...
Gehry House in Los Angeles Frank Gehry's Personal House Born in early 1929, Frank Gehry would later become one of the most prominent post-modernist architects the world had ever seen ("Frank Gehry: Biography" 1). He went to school at both Harvard a Continue Reading...
Project Management, Sustainability and Whole Lifecycle Thinking Architectural Analysis of Famous Building With the completion of construction on the Civic Center in 1996, the San Francisco Main Public Library's ambitious design project transformed Continue Reading...
Pei did not stop at this but went ahead to choose Jiang Nan residence primary color, white and grey, and in capturing this Pei used gray granite to replace whitewashed plaster wall dark gray clay tiles. If anyone thinks that these colors are not mod Continue Reading...
According to the author, the elements of architecture found within the Dome, such as the interior double colonnades and the wooden dome are echoed in the Cathedral. Gray concedes that one might argue for the Islamic nature of the mosaic decorations Continue Reading...
This new political project would come to the forefront in the Bauhaus's conceptualization of functionalism, particularly under the second director Hannes Myer, who believed that architecture should be low cost and fulfill the living and working need Continue Reading...
A major point of the above is that the winners of wars typically write the history books and their reverence and view of history may not be all that positive. Examples like that litter the pages of history including the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Emp Continue Reading...
As mentioned above, the building is an innovative link between the past and the future by being representative of the present. Its unique design provides it with the necessary interior space to not only house contemporary art, but also to do so in a Continue Reading...
origins of skyscrapers, their design, and some major architects. ORIGINS OF SKYSCRAPERS Skyscrapers flourished in Chicago for a variety of reasons. "The main technological advancement that made skyscrapers possible was the development of mass iron Continue Reading...
20th Century Architecture Architecture in the 20th Century As said by a famous spokesperson, architecture aims at eternity. Throughout history, architecture has always asked for creativity and coordination from those who possess the skills to excel Continue Reading...
How the airport management activities will have to adapt to the low cost airline community (e.g. charges structure)? The management of London Southend will have to be more accommodating to LCCs. This is because; these carriers have a choice of air Continue Reading...
Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center of Chicago The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center is more than just an aquatic or fitness center. It's a holistic approach to bringing the community together to change lives, and help to end the violence in C Continue Reading...
The project also has operable windows to allow for natural ventilation and daylighting reduces the need for artificial lighting according to the Leed's certification. An interesting feature to conserve electricity is the use of daylight and motion s Continue Reading...
com). Sedate it is definitely not. We read, "Even from this distance the tower's abundant ornamentation is clear. Its Northern Italian Gothic style adds exotic elements to the neighborhood's skyline." (iboston.org). Trinity Church cannot be overlooke Continue Reading...
Frank Gehry has become a leading architect noted for his innovative structures using industrial materials in new ways and with a certain deconstructivist approach to architecture. Philip Johnson, the dean of American architecture and a power since th Continue Reading...
Daniel J. Boorstin, (1992) explains how Romans made use of marble, concrete and bricks to hold their structures together, "By the time of Augustus, marble, used in Roman buildings mainly in slabs for facing or in decorative fragments for mosaics or Continue Reading...
Chicago Fire of 1871 triggered a series of changes (social, political, and technical) which impacted the way buildings are now designed and constructed. Explain! The Great Chicago Fire generated the first wave of regulations to demand that all buil Continue Reading...
The men had returned from the war, Americans were buying homes and putting all their energies in to building a nest for the family filled with all sorts of creature comforts. The female form reflected these comforts: it was round and healthy. On the Continue Reading...
Frank Lloyd Wright Design Theory Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the most well-known architects in United States history. The buildings he created have a distinctive flow, both inside and out, which either draws or distracts the viewer. His most famous Continue Reading...
Traveling Project Time Traveling Byzantine Architecture -- the Hagia Sophia In all my travels, no structure can bring about as much awe and respect as that of the Byzantine Hagia Sophia, an immense temple that merges East and West in a conglomera Continue Reading...
Peter Behrens Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1869, Peter Behrens studied painting from 1886 to 1889 at the Karlsruhe School of Art, and in 1889 in Dusseldorf under Ferdinand Brutt (Peter pp). He visited the Netherlands in 1890 before finally settling d Continue Reading...
Architecture Farnsworth House Mies van der Rohe was one of the most well-known architects of 20th century. His birth took place in Germany and it was in 1938 that he came to United States. Mies van der Rohe is commonly known as "Mies" or "Ludwig M Continue Reading...
Centenary of Canberra National capital cities, also referred to as the national cultural institutions (NCIs), are omnipresent social and spatial phenomena which have surfaced and sustained across the years simultaneously with the concept and the eme Continue Reading...
Then, my good friend, take my advice, and refute no more." In short, you must learn to take care of yourself and deal with current circumstances -- refusing to participate in 'the system' will only cause you harm, and by extension, harm to those you Continue Reading...
To elaborate, he used his 'transistor' to build logic circuits that program each cell's behavior. For instance, he was able to tell a cell to change color in the presence of both a specified two enzymes. Remarked Kleem (online): "Endy envisions plan Continue Reading...
This labor force was effective, unified, and provided a strong centralized state. The pyramids acted not as slave pits, but as political, religious, social, and economic focuses for the people. Laborers believed their own eternity would be won throu Continue Reading...
Indian architecture Architectural context This spacious building is open-sided and resembles a pavilion in appearance more than a formal, permanent structure. Its walls are open. The building has a jutting foyer with two flanking sides. It seems d Continue Reading...
Indeed, for all the brash creativity reflected in its arrangement of shapes and structures, the facility's most compelling feature is its simplicity. Again, it allows nature to do much of its decorative work, with its entrance way dominated by the Continue Reading...
(269) It would seem that the artists and the press of the era both recognized a hot commodity when they saw one, and in this pre-Internet/Cable/Hustler era, beautiful women portrayed in a lascivious fashion would naturally appeal to the prurient in Continue Reading...
Architecture and Urban Transformation: Revisioning The objective of this research is to examine the central of Footscray and specifically to posed specific questions including whether there is a discernable orderly underlying the structure of the ci Continue Reading...
This also implies inadequacies in fiscal sustainability, which influences investments in private sectors. The second channel happens through the level, composition and quality involved within the public investment, which shows the level at which th Continue Reading...
Arch of Constantine From a structural perspective, the "Arch of Constantine" is a form of late Roman architecture, dated around 315 C.E. It was constructed by unknown men and women, and designed by an unknown architect or architects for a military Continue Reading...
Work of Architecture Title of work: Westminster Abbey Artist, date, and medium: The Abbey is the result of the labor of a number of architects. Its construction took centuries, including significant periods of rebuilding. Its most current form date Continue Reading...
progression are noted by Braund (2008) to be important cornerstones of our education system since they are essential in the understanding of the construction of the concept of schooling in many countries. Progression is a concept that describes the Continue Reading...
1260s Transepts were changed to the gothic style. 1250-1345 the remaining elements were finished (Tonazzi, 2007). It's easy to see that the building took a long time to complete, but it is very beautiful. A lot of different architects worked on i Continue Reading...
Rem Koolhaas: A survey of his work and aesthetic philosophy The radical Dutch architect and architectural theorist Rem Koolhaas is often called one of the world's best -- and one of the world's most controversial -- architects. Koolhaas is as much k Continue Reading...
This specific example is also indicative of some of the general ways in which the building was modified and updated. In his restoration of Castelvecchio, Carlo Scarpa uses the basic geometric designs and patterns of the original medieval castle, bu Continue Reading...
One of the acts in the performance was composed of three African students who performed a traditional African dance. The thirteen-year-old students danced in a manner that was found by the writer of this work to be erotic in nature and contained dan Continue Reading...
