The Portable Particular: An Integral Theory of Place
... environmentally friendly buildings is emerging as a primary architectural issue. The advent of climate controlled buildings diminished the importance of building in a way that respected the natural forces of a site. Sustainable design can re-connect the natural and built environments by creating an ...
... environmentally friendly buildings is emerging as a primary architectural issue. The advent of climate controlled buildings diminished the importance of building in a way that respected the natural forces of a site. Sustainable design can re-connect the natural and built environments by creating an ...
Session 4: International Modern
... alien, knowledge can be accumulated without restructuring the entire system of traditional knowledge. The result can be the rapid accumulation of new knowledge; this served well Japan’s project of modernization. The multiplicity, hybridity, and openendedness of this attitude toward knowledge paralle ...
... alien, knowledge can be accumulated without restructuring the entire system of traditional knowledge. The result can be the rapid accumulation of new knowledge; this served well Japan’s project of modernization. The multiplicity, hybridity, and openendedness of this attitude toward knowledge paralle ...
Thinking, drawing and writing architecture through metaphor
... is best illustrated by some of the jargon used for talking about the functional and structural properties of buildings (“spine”, “bowels”, “mechanics”), the way they are spatially arranged (“rhythm”), their problems and “pathologies” (“fatigue”, “blister”, “bleeding”), and their external appearance ...
... is best illustrated by some of the jargon used for talking about the functional and structural properties of buildings (“spine”, “bowels”, “mechanics”), the way they are spatially arranged (“rhythm”), their problems and “pathologies” (“fatigue”, “blister”, “bleeding”), and their external appearance ...
ACE 17 - UPCommons
... agricultural land, organized by the irrigation net, had buildings as good as those of the city. The vernacular architecture has been generally characterized by two factors: one, the prevailing development of unbaked mud architecture, and low buildings. The available materials of an arid environment ...
... agricultural land, organized by the irrigation net, had buildings as good as those of the city. The vernacular architecture has been generally characterized by two factors: one, the prevailing development of unbaked mud architecture, and low buildings. The available materials of an arid environment ...
... interventions as well as urban performances and sculptures. His works are well-known, despite the fact that they exist today only through 16 mm films and photographic documentations. However, there are still lots of questions about the motif of his architectural interventions and proposals. Matta Cla ...
10.1080-13602365.2011.570059
... different scales in Turkey. As Bozdoğan points out, these parks—characterised by ‘geometrically shaped pools’ with fountains and regularised landscape design—played an important role in building a secular, ‘young’ and ‘healthy’ nation that broke away from the Ottoman Empire.7 What made Kültürpark ...
... different scales in Turkey. As Bozdoğan points out, these parks—characterised by ‘geometrically shaped pools’ with fountains and regularised landscape design—played an important role in building a secular, ‘young’ and ‘healthy’ nation that broke away from the Ottoman Empire.7 What made Kültürpark ...
Great Britain
... contradiction to the international Classical style. Very soon each European country claimed Gothic as its national architecture. On the other hand the classical style was particularly well suited to public buildings and Gothic style to religious buildings. This idea constantly recurred throughout th ...
... contradiction to the international Classical style. Very soon each European country claimed Gothic as its national architecture. On the other hand the classical style was particularly well suited to public buildings and Gothic style to religious buildings. This idea constantly recurred throughout th ...
Architecture of the 19 century and the Turn of the century
... contradiction to the international Classical style. Very soon each European country claimed Gothic as its national architecture. On the other hand the classical style was particularly well suited to public buildings and Gothic style to religious buildings. This idea constantly recurred throughout th ...
... contradiction to the international Classical style. Very soon each European country claimed Gothic as its national architecture. On the other hand the classical style was particularly well suited to public buildings and Gothic style to religious buildings. This idea constantly recurred throughout th ...
Architectonic and functional quality of buildings
... if it lacks architectonic interest. A building’s architectonic quality is not determined by the professionalism with which it was built, but by the part it plays in architectural discussion. A building only becomes architecture when it is discussed; i.e. when it plays a part in cultural discussion. ...
... if it lacks architectonic interest. A building’s architectonic quality is not determined by the professionalism with which it was built, but by the part it plays in architectural discussion. A building only becomes architecture when it is discussed; i.e. when it plays a part in cultural discussion. ...
A Return to Elegance
... bends of the river, a situation known in northern dialect as tid kaek (log jam). Elephants had to solve the problem by pushing and pulling the logs free. The act of pushing logs into the river was called ploy kwai (let the buffaloes out!). It was a common activity along four major rivers: the Ping, ...
... bends of the river, a situation known in northern dialect as tid kaek (log jam). Elephants had to solve the problem by pushing and pulling the logs free. The act of pushing logs into the river was called ploy kwai (let the buffaloes out!). It was a common activity along four major rivers: the Ping, ...
The cognitive methodology of the Porto School: foundation and
... believed that the architect should learn to put his efforts in service of the collective, assuming architecture as a result of a ‘collaboration’ between all the individuals involved in the planning, design, construction and use of buildings and spaces. This concept of ‘collaboration’ is intended in ...
... believed that the architect should learn to put his efforts in service of the collective, assuming architecture as a result of a ‘collaboration’ between all the individuals involved in the planning, design, construction and use of buildings and spaces. This concept of ‘collaboration’ is intended in ...
Architectural History - Historic Hawaii Foundation
... Art Deco and Art Moderne began to have an impact on the North American streetscape, offering a new both “Jazz Age” and “streamlined” view of the future. The Art Deco style took its name from the Exposition Internationales des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Moderne (Exposition of Modern Decorative an ...
... Art Deco and Art Moderne began to have an impact on the North American streetscape, offering a new both “Jazz Age” and “streamlined” view of the future. The Art Deco style took its name from the Exposition Internationales des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Moderne (Exposition of Modern Decorative an ...
A Study of Nordic Architecture Through the Works - Ivar Aasen
... parts: the right hand side is on languages and the role of the New Norwegian language in Norwegian culture and society, while on the left hand side you find the history of Ivar Aasen and his journey in creating the New Norwegian language. The exhibition is formed as a hallway, and from the reception ...
... parts: the right hand side is on languages and the role of the New Norwegian language in Norwegian culture and society, while on the left hand side you find the history of Ivar Aasen and his journey in creating the New Norwegian language. The exhibition is formed as a hallway, and from the reception ...
here - Stephen Day Architecture
... carefully conceived additions to historic buildings, districts and landscapes. In the best examples, architects have created a dialogue between past and present. For these designers, historic architecture is seen as a resource, as a cultural “found object” that can be mined for meaning, as well as p ...
... carefully conceived additions to historic buildings, districts and landscapes. In the best examples, architects have created a dialogue between past and present. For these designers, historic architecture is seen as a resource, as a cultural “found object” that can be mined for meaning, as well as p ...
History of Finnish Architecture- different essays, 2010
... size, blocks of natural stone anchor the buildings to the ground. Tiled roofs, turrets and gables add lively details. In Katajanoka one can feel as if being in a villa-area, but still the houses built blocks. Each house seems unique appearance of this section is due to its mixture of an old-fashione ...
... size, blocks of natural stone anchor the buildings to the ground. Tiled roofs, turrets and gables add lively details. In Katajanoka one can feel as if being in a villa-area, but still the houses built blocks. Each house seems unique appearance of this section is due to its mixture of an old-fashione ...
Bergdoll_Nationalism and Stylistic Debates
... collaborators and consultants, including Adam. Fireplaces, plaster-vaulted ceilings, and other accoutrements were copied from medieval sources, and Walpole’s spirited ‘Committee ofTaste’ became a clearing-house for the study of English Gothic architecture and sculpture. Initially designs were drawn ...
... collaborators and consultants, including Adam. Fireplaces, plaster-vaulted ceilings, and other accoutrements were copied from medieval sources, and Walpole’s spirited ‘Committee ofTaste’ became a clearing-house for the study of English Gothic architecture and sculpture. Initially designs were drawn ...
Subjugated South African Buildings: The Bonwit Clothing Factory in Cape
... In 1932 Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock curated an exhibition of architecture in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The work of some fifty architects from sixteen countries, including Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Alvar Aalto, but excluding Frank Lloyd Wright’s work because of a diffe ...
... In 1932 Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock curated an exhibition of architecture in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The work of some fifty architects from sixteen countries, including Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Alvar Aalto, but excluding Frank Lloyd Wright’s work because of a diffe ...
Circa: Historical Property Development Summary
... Rather, the style is characterized by an emphasis on volume over ornamentation and common denominators such as a woodsy aesthetic, small scale, and redwood cladding (often interior as well as exterior). There is a heavy emphasis on the use of natural building materials, however traditional materials ...
... Rather, the style is characterized by an emphasis on volume over ornamentation and common denominators such as a woodsy aesthetic, small scale, and redwood cladding (often interior as well as exterior). There is a heavy emphasis on the use of natural building materials, however traditional materials ...
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... When we talk about modernism, we are not only referring to the modern movement in architecture, however diverse recognizable at least in the trade. Instead, we are rather referring to the general change in the paradigms of society, culture and economy that took place along the XXth century, beginnin ...
... When we talk about modernism, we are not only referring to the modern movement in architecture, however diverse recognizable at least in the trade. Instead, we are rather referring to the general change in the paradigms of society, culture and economy that took place along the XXth century, beginnin ...
Una casa per tutti
... The work condenses a series of meanings. First and foremost, it is the first building realised by a member of the Gruppo 7 [to which Terragni belonged], representing, even symbolically, the birth of Rationalist architecture in Italy and the beginning of its influence […]. However, the Novocomum is n ...
... The work condenses a series of meanings. First and foremost, it is the first building realised by a member of the Gruppo 7 [to which Terragni belonged], representing, even symbolically, the birth of Rationalist architecture in Italy and the beginning of its influence […]. However, the Novocomum is n ...
Eulogy for Hal Box
... new program there, Hal was recruited by then-‐UT-‐President Lorene Rogers. Hal told me that he was thrilled at the very thought of leading his Alma Mater, but acted cool and named a high price. ...
... new program there, Hal was recruited by then-‐UT-‐President Lorene Rogers. Hal told me that he was thrilled at the very thought of leading his Alma Mater, but acted cool and named a high price. ...
FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DYNAMIC
... involved in developing new environments by demand of specific situations. Therefore the assignment is based on analyses of four selected examples of flexible architecture, and my attention will be focused on four contemporary projects, viewed from a historical perspective drawn to parallel cases: Lo ...
... involved in developing new environments by demand of specific situations. Therefore the assignment is based on analyses of four selected examples of flexible architecture, and my attention will be focused on four contemporary projects, viewed from a historical perspective drawn to parallel cases: Lo ...
Development of Modernist Style in Western European
... architecture develops, evolves adapts through the ages of history, being represented by different styles and periods all of which being unique in their own consciousness. Some of the architectural styles represent a particular point of view, others clearly symbolize the period of development of the ...
... architecture develops, evolves adapts through the ages of history, being represented by different styles and periods all of which being unique in their own consciousness. Some of the architectural styles represent a particular point of view, others clearly symbolize the period of development of the ...
View/Open - Institutional Scholarship
... because, for one, he draws the line for what counts as permanent as an existence of around six months. Is a dwelling built with the builder’s intention of moving on and reestablishing life in another place really permanent, whether or not it is sturdy enough to last about half a year? Is the Mbuti ...
... because, for one, he draws the line for what counts as permanent as an existence of around six months. Is a dwelling built with the builder’s intention of moving on and reestablishing life in another place really permanent, whether or not it is sturdy enough to last about half a year? Is the Mbuti ...
Tectonic thinking in contemporary industrialized
... can benefit from different ways of architectural synthesis thinking as a basis for improving. This understood in such a way that industrialized manufacturing technologies and products should be driven by ideas and innovation, which enrich and improve the building designs – the architecture – both in t ...
... can benefit from different ways of architectural synthesis thinking as a basis for improving. This understood in such a way that industrialized manufacturing technologies and products should be driven by ideas and innovation, which enrich and improve the building designs – the architecture – both in t ...
History of architecture
The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The branches of architecture are civil, sacred, naval, military, and landscape architecture.