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... Architect and Architecture • The practice of an architect, where architecture means to offer or render professional services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their ...
... Architect and Architecture • The practice of an architect, where architecture means to offer or render professional services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their ...
American Architecture - University High School
... making and use of stone tools. Neolithic cultures have been shown to have existed in southwest Asia as early as 8000 B.C. to 6000 B.C. The peoples of the Americas and the Pacific region remained at the Neolithic level up until the time of European contact. ...
... making and use of stone tools. Neolithic cultures have been shown to have existed in southwest Asia as early as 8000 B.C. to 6000 B.C. The peoples of the Americas and the Pacific region remained at the Neolithic level up until the time of European contact. ...
Powerpoint
... Very recently, European architects in Prada dinner jackets and Le Coq Sportif have been here, reciting statistics from Dutch coffee-table exhibition catalogues, of the new avant-garde status of third world metropoles carelessly breaking all urban records, proportions, and aesthetic standards. Weste ...
... Very recently, European architects in Prada dinner jackets and Le Coq Sportif have been here, reciting statistics from Dutch coffee-table exhibition catalogues, of the new avant-garde status of third world metropoles carelessly breaking all urban records, proportions, and aesthetic standards. Weste ...
THE MODERN ERA IN ARCHITECTURE Between two centuries
... and higher; for example the Empire State Building of 1929-1931 has 102 storeys. Many buildings of this period were constructed from lightweight concrete slabs, which could be supported by cantilever beams or by pilotis (stilts), as in the Villa Savoye. The early 20th century also produced a great va ...
... and higher; for example the Empire State Building of 1929-1931 has 102 storeys. Many buildings of this period were constructed from lightweight concrete slabs, which could be supported by cantilever beams or by pilotis (stilts), as in the Villa Savoye. The early 20th century also produced a great va ...
Conference on Architecture and Tourism: Fictions, Simulacra
... eminence as a source of magnificence and amazement. This, to be exact, virtually ended when states and city governments, as well as private concerns, have turned to architecture, and architects, to venerate and differentiate and brand their nations, cities, and products. It has become almost a given ...
... eminence as a source of magnificence and amazement. This, to be exact, virtually ended when states and city governments, as well as private concerns, have turned to architecture, and architects, to venerate and differentiate and brand their nations, cities, and products. It has become almost a given ...
Annik Bianchini - Consulat général de France à Hong Kong et Macao
... Having become aware very early on of the importance of constructing high-quality “responsible” buildings, Françoise-Hélène Jourda has designed, among many other projects, the Lyon School of Architecture (1985), the University of Marne-la-Vallée and the Palais de Justice (law courts) in Melun. A lead ...
... Having become aware very early on of the importance of constructing high-quality “responsible” buildings, Françoise-Hélène Jourda has designed, among many other projects, the Lyon School of Architecture (1985), the University of Marne-la-Vallée and the Palais de Justice (law courts) in Melun. A lead ...
Architecture of the 19th century
... Creative Eclecticism By mid 19th century, the architectural thought was developed further to see that referring to complete examples from certain previous classical architecture no longer was acceptable. The ability of societies to accept and interact with more progressive directions in design and ...
... Creative Eclecticism By mid 19th century, the architectural thought was developed further to see that referring to complete examples from certain previous classical architecture no longer was acceptable. The ability of societies to accept and interact with more progressive directions in design and ...
History of Architecture
... Organic Architecture is a term Frank Lloyd Wright used to describe his approach to architectural design. The philosophy grew from the ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright's mentor, Louis Sullivan, ...
... Organic Architecture is a term Frank Lloyd Wright used to describe his approach to architectural design. The philosophy grew from the ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright's mentor, Louis Sullivan, ...
Contemporary Architecture in Egypt
... culturally it belongs to the Arab World, and geographically it belongs to Africa together with six other Arab countries. On the other hand, Egypt has been and will be at the crossroads where East and West meet. With the advancements of technology and communications beside previous invasions, Egypt, ...
... culturally it belongs to the Arab World, and geographically it belongs to Africa together with six other Arab countries. On the other hand, Egypt has been and will be at the crossroads where East and West meet. With the advancements of technology and communications beside previous invasions, Egypt, ...
More Key Concepts
... Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) - is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He is known for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral. Not only an architect, Wren was educated in Latin and Phys ...
... Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) - is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He is known for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral. Not only an architect, Wren was educated in Latin and Phys ...
ThreeOrders2005NEW
... • The Flavian Amphitheater is in Rome, near the southeast end of the Forum, between the Palatine and Esquiline hills. Begun by Vespasian, c. A.D. 75, and completed by his son Titus in A.D. 80, it is the most imposing of Roman antiquities. The vast four-storied oval, much of which is still standing, ...
... • The Flavian Amphitheater is in Rome, near the southeast end of the Forum, between the Palatine and Esquiline hills. Begun by Vespasian, c. A.D. 75, and completed by his son Titus in A.D. 80, it is the most imposing of Roman antiquities. The vast four-storied oval, much of which is still standing, ...
Architectural History
... • This picture was taken of a government building in Nashville, Tennessee, that was modeled after the Greek style of architecture. ...
... • This picture was taken of a government building in Nashville, Tennessee, that was modeled after the Greek style of architecture. ...
abstract-Mesopotamia..
... Syrian deserts, from the woodman's of the Levant to the bogs of southern Iraq. Mesopotamian civilization along with its architecture survived more than three thousand years. The architecture of Mesopotamia civilization is not only portentous in its outlook and proficient in planning but is also cons ...
... Syrian deserts, from the woodman's of the Levant to the bogs of southern Iraq. Mesopotamian civilization along with its architecture survived more than three thousand years. The architecture of Mesopotamia civilization is not only portentous in its outlook and proficient in planning but is also cons ...
programme
... Designing the Colonial Australian Landscape: New Perspectives on the Roles & Representations of Surveyors Richard Aitken Paradise to Panorama: The Rediscovery of the South Pacific Mike Austin Travelling Cultures in the First Millennium: Variations in Pre-Angkorean Temples ...
... Designing the Colonial Australian Landscape: New Perspectives on the Roles & Representations of Surveyors Richard Aitken Paradise to Panorama: The Rediscovery of the South Pacific Mike Austin Travelling Cultures in the First Millennium: Variations in Pre-Angkorean Temples ...
Modern Architecture
... Started to show up around 1920 and still exists today Main principle “Form follows Function” ...
... Started to show up around 1920 and still exists today Main principle “Form follows Function” ...
ARCH 411 - Ancient Roman Architecture
... According to the archaeologist Frank Brown, “the architecture of the Romans was, from first to last, an art of shaping space around ritual.” This course will explore the architecture and urbanism of Rome and its empire stretching over three continents from Scotland to Syria. Against the cultural bac ...
... According to the archaeologist Frank Brown, “the architecture of the Romans was, from first to last, an art of shaping space around ritual.” This course will explore the architecture and urbanism of Rome and its empire stretching over three continents from Scotland to Syria. Against the cultural bac ...
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.