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analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...

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...

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 ...

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...

recent years. Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations that it should be local governments responsibility to provide public stru...

Falling Water House is an exemplification of his own unique style. The Wright home is a functional piece of architecture that i...

that they are reconstructions of a world that never quite existed...but whose beauty...seductiveness, lies precisely in that mixtu...

(Hart 1995). It seems that both King Charles and Wren were frustrated with the church and when the final plans were drawn up for...

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...

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

generator" which "holds in itself the essence of sensation" (Le Corbusier, 1924, p. 8). For Le Corbusier, the idea that the plan "...

artistic and mathematical minds. Or it could indicate that architecture has its share of frauds like every other field of industry...

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...

also something they can enjoy (Architecture Vs. Contemporary Art, 2002)? How can architecture mirror the fast changing cultural pa...

the 1970 and wood times were matching internal fashions of long shag pile carpets, flared trousers and kipper ties. Just as the sm...

Park. Terraces, when they first arrived on the scene took several design forms often being laid out in straight lines, or in squ...

work and, in many ways, it was a comprehensive representation of his larger vision regarding light, space, and flow and how those ...

should disturb the essence of the idea. It is the same with architecture" (Levy, 1997, p. 69). Organization of the Eames H...

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...

was inspired "by such artists as Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Piet Mondrian" (Guggenheim Museum, 2005). As would be expecte...

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

city of lovely buildings that would withstand the test of time. Empire State Building The Empire State Building is probabl...

that has always, apparently, been associated with the Virgin Mother. One author notes that "The town of Chartres had been a center...

network, after all, is to transport and control data, and to connect computers and peripheral drives with one another (Huber and B...

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

before was not freer to gain access to. The use of moveable types was a move towards homogeneity. McLuhan states; "the world of v...

This 12 page analysis considers Koolhaus' architectural text. In the bibliography there is 1 additional source listed....

In six pages this paper presents an architectural analysis of Carlo Scarpa's Brion Tomb masterful design. Three sources are cited...