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Values and Objectives in Architecture

be ones objectives. Consider that the architect of the Taj Mahal was not Arabic, nor shared the same religious beliefs. In this re...

Clothing Materials and Their Usage in Construction and Architecture

texture vaguely reminiscent of cork. It is many times lighter than cement (which workers fully appreciate) and it offers both ther...

Critiquing 'The Life of an Imperial Monument: Hagia Sophia after Byzantium' by Gulru Necipoglu

deal of architectural, cultural and religious renovation and change. Summary & Critique Necipoglus article compares the Hagia Sop...

Overview of New York City

out in the city and night, look at the stars and sense the quiet and peaceful nature it contains. New York City is also one reple...

Architectural Similarities and Differences in Kuala Lampur and Dubai

that people could better escape the somewhat inhospitable environment as they moved from building to building. Their time outside...

The Roman Pantheon

of doors many times larger than the people who enter the building. Interestingly, this building has only one doorway (Gardner, 193...

Roman Cultural Life and Architecture: Analysis and Interpretation

gender bias in the favor of men, who were lords and masters of their wives and children as well as their slaves. All male Roman c...

St. Sernin and Chartres Cathedrals

bell tower is the most notable feature of Saint Sernin and is located directly above the transept crossing. Consisting of five ti...

The Amsterdam Stock Exchange by H.P. Berlage

In five pages Berlage's architectural marvel the Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered in terms of its spatial and material maste...

Notre Dame's Cathedral

a city, separate from the world yet protected by it, removed yet in its center. Certainly, the Archbishop will appreciate the maj...

Natural Cooling Systems' Architecture

In ten pages this paper examines natural cooling systems in an architectural consideration of its background, development, and pri...

Greek and Roman Akroterion Art Figures

In eight pages this paper discusses the art that was featured atop Roman and Greek buildings in terms of their representation, art...

Developments in Architecture

In four pages architectural development is discussed in relation to ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, Louis Kahn, and also addresses He...

The Construction Design and Integrated Environment of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater"

of the family venerated and studied like a sacred wood (Christensen 1998 11).i Wrights mother, Anna Lloyd Jones, had watched her f...

Comparative Analysis of San Francisco Gothic and American Victorian Gothic

of Spain and Canterbury of England. "For nearly four hundred years Gothic style dominated the architecture of Western Europe. Go...

London's Royal Academy

class, the pursuit of the beautiful, or at least the pleasant and attractive, and correspondingly the ambition to raise the taste ...

Later Years of Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

In six pages this paper considers the latter stages of Wright's amazing architectural career focusing upon the 1950s. Seven sourc...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Architecture

international fame and when he moved to America in 1937, where he founded and directed the architecture department at the Armour I...

'Fallingwater' House Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright

In six pages Fallingwater's architectural structure and design are discussed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Architectural Construction of Stonehenge

In one page this essay examines Stonehenge in terms of its architectural construction. One source is cited in the bibliography....

Comparative Analysis of the Architecture of Venice, Italy's Piazza San Marco and Boston, Massachusetts' Christian Science Center Complex

In five pages this comparative architectural analysis compares the imagery, style, form, and structure of these two buildings. Th...

Samford Hall's Architectural Aspects

The administration building for Auburn University is discussed in a paper consisting of six pages and examines why it can be consi...

The Use of the Architectural Analogy in Machiavelli and Aquinas' Works

to some extent helps to explain human behavior. One may think of people being made up of emotions, desires, good and evil. These a...

Political Structures of Inca and Maya

the end" (Mosio 27). Indeed, the connection between political structure and the rest of lifes interaction is inseparable, for the...

Functional Changes and Twentieth Century Architecture

This paper examines modern architecture and compares the changes in both form and function seen in the twentieth century compared ...

Architectural Contributions of Le Corbusier

In eight pages the life of Le Corbusier and his early twentieth century architectural contributions are discussed. There are 5 so...

'Fallingwater' of Frank Lloyd Wright

In five pages 'Fallingwater' architectural marvel that showcases the genius of Frank Lloyd Wright is discussed. Five sources are ...

Eight Elemental Forms of Anthony Lawlor

In seven pages the chapter of Lawlor's 1994 text The Temple in the House that discusses the architectural power of 'eight elementa...

Comparative Analysis of Syracuse, Sicily; Cholula, Mexico; and Burtinti, Albania

In fourteen pages these ancient cities are analyzes from architectural and artistic perspectives. Tens ources are cited in the bi...

Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock

In seven pages this virtually unchanged ancient Islamic architectural structure in Jerusalem is examined. Five sources are cited ...