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The Life and Work of Architect Robert Adam

also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....

Pyramide du Louvre by I.M. Pei

controversial as the actual building. (An adjective often preceding his name is "iconic.") For one thing, the idea that an America...

Deconstructivism and Contemporary Architects

who is apparently a proponent of deconstructivism as well, indicates that architecture, "is not a given or a physical fact. It has...

Tiempo de Silencio by Luis Martin Santos and La Colmena by Camilo J. Cela

discover hidden truth in the world, he can aim to create his own different world in whatever terms he wishes through the medium of...

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...

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...

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...

Bungalow Design of Architect Samuel Maclure

He opened architectural offices with other architects and his earliest buildings in Victoria were "one-storey, framed in wood and ...

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...

Architecture and Marketing

while attracting the customer. Promotion, as we mentioned above, is letting the target market know about the product (or service) ...

Sir Edwin Lutyens and Building a Perfect Legacy

Lutyens left at the age of thirteen to absorb the lush Surrey countryside, with only a pencil and sketchpad for company. He drew ...

Text Analysis of 'Evil in Modern Thought An Alternative History of Philosophy' by Susan Neiman

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

1956's Roth House

property and outside of that a berm of round river stones. Roundness is the theme that catches the eye on approach to The Roth Hou...

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...

Os Lusiadas by Luis Vaz de Camoes

In four pages this Portuguese literary classic is examined within the contexts of history and the life of the author's life. Thre...

Indian Architect Balkrishna V. Doshi

In seven pages the achievements of India's premier architect are celebrated. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Robert Adam, Scottish Architect

In four pages the work and interior design contributions of famed eighteenth century architect are examined. Four sources are cit...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Analyzing America is Her Name by Luis J. Rodriguez

of the population and discrimination among Hispanics toward any of their own who also can claim Indian heritage. Less obviously s...

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...

Two Ways of Looking at Time by Jorge Luis Borges

The writer explores two works by Borges, Mutations and A New Refutation of Time and discusses their relationship to the author's v...

Films of Pedro Almodovar and Luis Bunuel

In three pages three essays compare these great filmmakers in a consideration of such themes as social deviance the 'Stockholm Syn...

America's Constitution and Slavery

In the act that James Madison wrote authorizing delegates to attend the Philadelphia constitutional convention, he voiced his fear...

Lusiads by Luis Vas de Camoes

In five pages this Portuguese poem of the 16th century is examined in terms of the expression of dogmatism and nationalism by the ...