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Kenyan Statesman Jomo Kenyatta

In 6 pages the architect of Kenya, the man who transformed it from colonialism to modernity, Jomo Kenyatta, is examined. There ar...

Architect of the Vietnam Memorial Maya Lin

something happens within the viewer. Its like reading a book. I purposely had the names etched ragged right on each panel to look...

Exactness, Simplicity, and John Pawson

means for ordering and defining the everyday rituals and necessities of existence." The collection of dazzling images is presented...

The Architectonic Spaces Theories of Architect Dom Hans Van Der Laan

Van Der Laan was a Benedictine monk who lived from 1904-1991. He was born in Holland and both his father and several of his broth...

Design Philosophies Architects Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei

been considered a disciple of Walter Gropius, due to his reliance on abstract form and materials, such as stone, concrete, glass a...

Le Corbusier's and Venturi's Architecture

In five pages this paper examines these architects and their philosophies in an examination of Harvard University's Carpenter Cent...

Classical Influences on Modern Architecture

In five pages this paper examines the classical influences upon modern architects with such works as La Tourette Monastery by Le C...

Byzantium Emperor Justinian I

By 476, the fall of Rome left the eastern city the undisputed imperial capital. During the reign of Justinian (527-565) the Byzant...

Robert Adam

with the flat, painted Roman designs being translated into low-relief carved plaster, and the atmosphere of the whole room elevate...

Architecture and Drawing's Role

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

The Life and Art of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

schooling. High Ability Studies, 11 (1), 55-68. This study was extremely helpful in comprehending the complexity of this topic....

Architecture of the Schindler House

It wasnt until 1914 that Schindler moved to Chicago in order to work for a commercial architecture business (Galinsky Studio, 1998...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater

gowns for one clients wife" (Strickland 147). Falling water was designed by Wright both inside and out and this was part of the pr...

Sprawl and Chapter Eleven of Duany et al’s Suburban Nation

on a gaping wound (221). Second, regulations must be rewritten (221). Out with old, outdated, and inadequate zoning ordinances a...

Life of Frank Lloyd Wright

of the largest firm in Chicago at the time. During this time he met and married his first wife, Catherine Lee Clark Tobin. He work...

Twentieth Century Architectural Genius of Frank Lloyd Wright

form and function could both by achieved to create a house that was both true to nature and affordable." This was where Wright tru...

Architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh

work, but not nearly to the extent that hie was influenced by his wife. In fact, the influence of Macdonald, whom Mackintosh marr...

Tribal Societies and the Roles Played by Architects and Artists

the depiction of characters. In this case, the artists were employed to tell an accurate account of the daily rituals the leaders ...

Evolution in Architecture in the 19th Century

that revered the spiritualism of the Middle Ages. The Gothic approach emphasized the complexity of interior space, while the exte...

Wright, Gropius, van de Rohe and Saarinen's 'Living' Architecture

A 7 page paper that examines the historical contribution of these groundbreaking architects, exploring how design, vision, and use...

Pullman, Illinois and George Pullman

In five page this paper examines the town of Pullman, Illinois in a consideration of whether or not its construction satisfied the...

Architecture of Zumthor, Maekawa, and Le Corbusier and Uses of Light and Form

Charles LEplattenier. He was commissioned for his first design at the age of 18 for a faculty member of his school. The next sever...

What are the Benefits for Contract Owners in the use of Variation Orders? - A Research Proposal

and the need to reschedule and the knock on effect of the changes on other areas of the building project (Koushki et al, 2005, Ibb...

UK, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the Interpretation of Population Pyramids

deaths which bring about the general pattern of decreased numbers of survivors in each group, especially maternal deaths (Graham ...

War Perspectives in Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade and Carol Ann Duffy's The War Photographer

important at all. The theme is war itself, the suffering, the realities that many simply ignore. And, perhaps most importantly, in...

Design Concepts of Architects Charles Jencks and Le Corbusier

is a machine for living in," he wrote. The machines he admired most were ocean liners, and his architecture spoke of sun and wind ...

Review of Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

"girl-child." The writer accepts it about himself - the challenge then remains, do we accept it as readers. If the idea stymies ...

Multiculturalism Perspectives

This paper consists of 5 pages and contrasts various multiculturalism perspectives....

The Life and Work of Architect Marcel Breuer

In six pages the life and architectural style of Marcel Breuer are examined with a discussion of his Lincoln, Massachusetts home a...

Utopia Views of the French Enlightenment

failure of the Catholic faith to suppress Copernicus. By the start of the...