Ecological urbanism is, as Mostafavi describes it, a "sense of sensibilities' that specifically influence urban design and development in a way that will more effectively address the growing number and diversity of urban community needs. Ecological 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...
space inhabit. You visit St. Patrick's Cathedral New York analyze experience understand design theories, concepts, historical precedents looked class. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City: A historical and architectural overview Patrick's Cathedra Continue Reading...
Case Study: Historical Context of American Urban PlanningIntroductionThe American urban planning movement grew out of 19th century desire of aristocrats to improve their surroundings (Stormann, 1991). One of the earliest movements was the \\\"City Be Continue Reading...
Religion and Urban Landscape Social Assimilation and Identity in Gods of the City by Robert Orsi Religion as a social institution is considered one of the most influential agents in the society. As an institution, religion plays a vital role in alt Continue Reading...
Architecture & Behavior Architecture Behavior There is little question but that architecture is a regulator of human behavior. What sites and facilities look like and function as play key roles in the way people respond to and even participate Continue Reading...
From approximately 1930 until the 1980s, rectangular and functional spaces were the chief form of architecture around the world in general. The latter part of the 20th century -- the 1980s onward -- saw change once again, however (2008). For the mos Continue Reading...
Elements like "exposed concrete beams, flat roofs, and large metal windows" are signature elements of both Villa Tegendhat and the Eames House (Neumann 88). What these structures do is to reduce the gap between commercial and personal, between home Continue Reading...
Kowloon could be the epitome of a city that was developed under the theory of magical correspondences. Residences in Kowloon were not built in an orderly or organized manner, but rather were constructed according to the vast forces at work in the un Continue Reading...
The capital supported a horizontal element called the entablature, which was divided further into three different parts: The architrave which was the lowest part The frieze was the middle part The cornice was the very top These elements were fur Continue Reading...
The Palais des Soviets and the Palais des Nations, like the Party Buildings in Nuremberg, symbolized the hoped for triumph of a "new order." Communism, like Nazism, believed that society functioned according to certain, almost mathematical laws. The Continue Reading...
Adele Weder might have had this renovation in mind, when she described D'Arcy's constructions as being Modernistic, graceful, and well-proportioned. The lightness of his touch and grace illuminates this dwelling. Prefabricated cabin. The Cowboy c Continue Reading...
Architecture An architectural structure with its foundation in the past and the present The University of Michigan Student Union building In ages past, collective and communal places often were simply expected to serve a singular function. A churc Continue Reading...
Urban Sprawl The area northeast of Madison, Wisconsin between the city and the area of Interstate 90 and Cottage Grove Road contains a large swath of viable and as of yet undeveloped land. This proposal to develop this target plot follows a sustaina Continue Reading...
The sheer length of time designated to each suggests a great deal about the excess of resources, man-power and conceit which were reserved for the cite of worship, historical documentation, deference to the shared authority of the Crown and Church a Continue Reading...
Domestic Architecture in Ancient Pompeii The ancient city of Pompeii has been investigated for 250 years but still remains one of the least understood ancient cities. Historians have attributed this to the inadequate standard of excavation and publi Continue Reading...
The presence of water is also central to the architecture of mosques, albeit for religious more than aesthetic purposes. Conclusion: Two Squares, Two Cultures The Place de la Concorde shares more in common with the Maidan-i-Shah than is immediatel Continue Reading...
Fear of the Return of Totalitarian Architecture Due to Technological Advancements This paper examines some of the different aspects of the coming worldwide technological totalitarianism and the expanding of it influence. The argument that this is bo Continue Reading...
4). The other structures of Teotihuacan use the same architectural language in varying forms and to differing scales. Residential buildings stand upon platforms and are arranged around depressed courtyards; palaces follow a pattern of low buildings Continue Reading...
Specifically, James describes a variety of buildings to demonstrate the various elements that Kahn uses in his architecture. One building of particular interest is his Yale Center for British Arts. Here, the cylindrical stair tower in the courtyard 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...
Street in Columbus, Ohio, the humbly named Broad Street Presbyterian Church was built in 1887, but has had several additional architectural elements added since then, including structural and functional spaces beyond the main apse and nave, ranging f 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...
Edge Cities" by Joel Garreau. Edge Cities Joel Garreau authored the best seller on how we build the cities that become the milestones of our civilizations because the fact is that these places are where we find our offices and shopping malls locat Continue Reading...
The only real downside environmentally is a relatively higher crime rate. While violent crime is not necessarily higher than for the U.S. As a whole, it is still higher than that found in Tokyo due to the well-studied differences in American and Jap Continue Reading...
Architecture It is interesting to learn that Mid-Century modern is really an architectural, interior and creation purpose procedure that normally defines mid-20th century expansions in modern blueprint, architecture, and urban expansion from approxi Continue Reading...
Urban Planning and Historic Preservation of Landmarks In recent years, the preservation of history has continued to develop and some say has matured. Historical preservation now assumes a real part in how property development takes place in communit Continue Reading...
Spaces The first space is the space where I live. This is an apartment, relatively small but well-designed. The space where I sleep is adjacent to the main living area. It is notable for its small size. The depth of the room is the length of the bed Continue Reading...
An important influence on Renaissance architecture was the Dome of the Rock, famous for its spatial harmony, balance and overall perfection. . . . The Dome of the Rock is basically a Byzantine building [with] classical columns, topped by arches in a Continue Reading...
Benedict Park Urban Design and Ed Benedict Park The story of Ed Benedict Park in Portland, Oregon, is indicative of many of the principles of urban design and the importance of gardening as a discipline, a knowledge area, and a matter of aesthetics Continue Reading...
Bronze Age Architecture in Greece The Bronze Age had amazing architecture, much of it located in Greece. In order to clearly understand all that the time period had to offer and how what was seen during that time in that particular country influence 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...
passive solar architecture is nothing new. Socrates observed, more than 2400 years ago, that when a house is facing to the south, the sun's rays penetrate through the windows of the house in the winter, giving heat to the inside, and shines right ab Continue Reading...
International Style of Design & Architecture The International Style In the 1920s and the 1930sa major architectural and design style emerged that was referred to as the International Style by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson in their 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...
The city became filled with triumphal arches commemorating great victories of generals and emperors, like the Triumphal Arches of Titus, Constantine, and Septimus. Thus, in contrast to ancient Greece, civic leaders as well as the gods were consecrat Continue Reading...
As a result, it gives off the appearance of being somewhat economical in its use of space. In spite of its enormity, it does not loom like a shadowy giant in a city of low-register structures. Rather, it somewhat gracefully stretches lengthwise, tak Continue Reading...
conception and function of public space change as historical shifts influence the delineation between public and personal rights and property. Boyer states that there is an underlying tension in the application of reference to historical styles pres Continue Reading...
French architect, Tschumi won the international competition for the planning of the Parc de la Villette that year. A graduate of the Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, his career of dispersion or 'post-humanist' version of deconstruction Continue Reading...
