YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Psychology of Architecture
Essays 301 - 330
with evident truths (39). It was clearly a break away from convention. No longer did rules dominate but rather, the eye of the art...
capacity for developing "strong feelings about a design" (6). This pair of architects burst onto the international scene in 1977...
companies who were once complex become simple and then fail (Miller, 1993). It is that excessive simplicity that eventually causes...
history, is that of the arch. "An arch, in construction, is a rigid span curving upward between two points of support. It appears ...
is their "massiveness" as opposed to the much more slender monuments of the Gothic era which followed. An important structural dev...
reason. No one may be able to recall any specific reason, except perhaps that "things" have been done in a specific way for longe...
The commission here was difficult, as the foundations of the former building and some of its elements had to be incorporated into ...
as dated, as indicated by Robin who states that "The free joyful, light, elegant and unbuildable concept of the fifties became a s...
(2000). The Vietnam Memorial Wall is in an urban park setting ("Vietnam," 2003). Its construction system is "cut stone masonry" ...
also a renown architect, and it was his influence that first spurred the imagination of his sons (Robert Adam, 2003)....
later the Franks arrived. and "established a strong military presence in what became known as the Spanish Mark, the front line of ...
may appear unsuitable to the mix. I contend that Birmingham has no more "ugly" or "monstrous" buildings than the next city, and h...
the attention of the fashion-setting upper class. Free-standing obelisks were constructed around England, the first, which is stil...
below the point where they end. The placement of the walls invite the individual to look up, to take note of the space above him ...
proof that the observations made by Morris in 1969 are still very pertinent to todays urban environments. In the complexity of the...
the 1970 and wood times were matching internal fashions of long shag pile carpets, flared trousers and kipper ties. Just as the sm...
be ones objectives. Consider that the architect of the Taj Mahal was not Arabic, nor shared the same religious beliefs. In this re...
texture vaguely reminiscent of cork. It is many times lighter than cement (which workers fully appreciate) and it offers both ther...
human being and the human beings relationship to both community and structure. Sissons (1998) explains that in many circumstances ...
thinkers, artists, and scientists all have contributed to advancing this spiritual evolution, and art evolved as the "artist gradu...
that revered the spiritualism of the Middle Ages. The Gothic approach emphasized the complexity of interior space, while the exte...
For example, though we may see a large tapestry in the background, as well as heavy velvet looking curtains of red, these elements...
with a literal "forest" of timber that would support the vault of the stone cupola with its mortar hardened (Scaglia, 1991). The w...
Charles LEplattenier. He was commissioned for his first design at the age of 18 for a faculty member of his school. The next sever...
need to agree on what approaches have not worked. We also need to accept the fact that development does and will occur, so we can ...
city. The system that the early Romans devised for delivering water to where it did not naturally travel on its own has been a ma...
a storehouse (Lane 9). In contrast to the shrinking forest of Europe where timber was already scarce, North America abounded wit...
while attracting the customer. Promotion, as we mentioned above, is letting the target market know about the product (or service) ...
than many firms. Another part of this companys reputation is innovative designs. One reason for the companys speed is the effectiv...
Moon god, was at the apex (Mesopotamia). In this manner, the Sumerians, like the Neolithic people of Stonehenge, expressed their a...