... architecture that created some of the finest architectural masterpieces of the 20th Century, died in 1974, the young artist and architect Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) was creating radical interventions in architecture and exploring alternative ways of experiencing the built environment. The same ye ...
Re-use of historical buildings in the holy city of Makkah
... and economic development, Fig. 1. 2.2 Holy Makkah traditional architectural character Makkah architecture is an integral part of the western region architecture in the Kingdom (Hijaz Architecture), which shows where many of the characteristics that are compatible with the nature of the climate, the ...
... and economic development, Fig. 1. 2.2 Holy Makkah traditional architectural character Makkah architecture is an integral part of the western region architecture in the Kingdom (Hijaz Architecture), which shows where many of the characteristics that are compatible with the nature of the climate, the ...
The Sesquicentennial Issue - Ontario Association of Architects
... away, and the anniversary date itself is another six months beyond that. But the countdown has already started. And, by the time you read this, the official festivities should be in full swing. When we asked our Committee members and regular contributors to jot down their thoughts on the significanc ...
... away, and the anniversary date itself is another six months beyond that. But the countdown has already started. And, by the time you read this, the official festivities should be in full swing. When we asked our Committee members and regular contributors to jot down their thoughts on the significanc ...
Architectonic and functional quality of buildings
... a need for housing (or re-housing)? Is the task one of building a new building or rebuilding or extending an existing building? What is the level of ambition and to what extent can this ambition be achieved within the available budget? It often happens that the first ideas are developed in this phas ...
... a need for housing (or re-housing)? Is the task one of building a new building or rebuilding or extending an existing building? What is the level of ambition and to what extent can this ambition be achieved within the available budget? It often happens that the first ideas are developed in this phas ...
Thinking, drawing and writing architecture through metaphor
... explicitly taught; and (b) its introduction in the classroom must involve both images and language as well as action-based or enactive activities in order to be fully effective and compliant with what happens in the discipline. The reasons underlying this agenda are two. First, unlike other fields w ...
... explicitly taught; and (b) its introduction in the classroom must involve both images and language as well as action-based or enactive activities in order to be fully effective and compliant with what happens in the discipline. The reasons underlying this agenda are two. First, unlike other fields w ...
Parkour and the Built Environment - Journal of Curriculum Theorizing
... When one folds, say, a piece of fabric back upon itself the fabric becomes convoluted. Folding puts the surfaces of a self-same thing in contact with another in a way that can render the distinction between “inner” and “outer” questionable (Rush, 2008, p. 20). Thus the perception of enclosed space a ...
... When one folds, say, a piece of fabric back upon itself the fabric becomes convoluted. Folding puts the surfaces of a self-same thing in contact with another in a way that can render the distinction between “inner” and “outer” questionable (Rush, 2008, p. 20). Thus the perception of enclosed space a ...
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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 ...
Aural Architecture - Sound Design For Architecture
... intellectual edifice built from knowledge bricks that were borrowed from dozens of disciplinary subcultures and thousands of scholars and researchers. I did not create these bricks, all of which appear in published papers. However, when fused together into a single concept, the marriage of aural arc ...
... intellectual edifice built from knowledge bricks that were borrowed from dozens of disciplinary subcultures and thousands of scholars and researchers. I did not create these bricks, all of which appear in published papers. However, when fused together into a single concept, the marriage of aural arc ...
Heritage Conservation: Applying Scientific Method in Architecture
... building of a monument must be respected, since unity of style is not the aim of a restoration. When a building includes the superimposed work of different periods, the revealing of the underlying state can only be justified in exceptional circumstances and what is removed is of little interest and ...
... building of a monument must be respected, since unity of style is not the aim of a restoration. When a building includes the superimposed work of different periods, the revealing of the underlying state can only be justified in exceptional circumstances and what is removed is of little interest and ...
FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DYNAMIC
... addition to the already established three dimensions a new dimension (time) comes into focus. The architecture of a skyscraper is not static, it moves constantly, "adjusting" itself in relation to the sun, wind, or views. Each floor in buildings can actually be rotated separately, creating Fisher's ...
... addition to the already established three dimensions a new dimension (time) comes into focus. The architecture of a skyscraper is not static, it moves constantly, "adjusting" itself in relation to the sun, wind, or views. Each floor in buildings can actually be rotated separately, creating Fisher's ...
here - Stephen Day Architecture
... involved with new architectural insertions in historic contexts. Some of the earliest and most pivotal examples of this sensibility can be found in Carlo Scarpa’s work, particularly in his restoration and redefinition of the “Castelvecchio” museum in Verona in the late 1950’s1970’s (further discusse ...
... involved with new architectural insertions in historic contexts. Some of the earliest and most pivotal examples of this sensibility can be found in Carlo Scarpa’s work, particularly in his restoration and redefinition of the “Castelvecchio” museum in Verona in the late 1950’s1970’s (further discusse ...
Eulogy for Hal Box
... and named a high price. Turned out well! Hal took over a school that was good, but riven by internal tensions among the established faculty and five new hires chomping at the bit. In ...
... and named a high price. Turned out well! Hal took over a school that was good, but riven by internal tensions among the established faculty and five new hires chomping at the bit. In ...
ACE 17 - UPCommons
... mud roofs over poles or wood tie beams. Descriptions by travelers in the middle of the 19th century coincide in their praising of its gardens and orchards, and also in the flatness and sparseness of the buildings, where only churches outstood. The agricultural activity, together with an intensive us ...
... mud roofs over poles or wood tie beams. Descriptions by travelers in the middle of the 19th century coincide in their praising of its gardens and orchards, and also in the flatness and sparseness of the buildings, where only churches outstood. The agricultural activity, together with an intensive us ...
View/Open - Institutional Scholarship
... 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 pygmy’s hut that lasts a month so much less permanent that it is not architecture? Furthermo ...
... 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 pygmy’s hut that lasts a month so much less permanent that it is not architecture? Furthermo ...
MODERNISM AND POSTMODERNISM IN ARCHITECTURE, AN
... whether in the past or present. There is no doubt in the importance of architecture and its benefits and its efficiency. But with the arrival of modern architecture, special change was created in the architecture and created changes in other arts and even in human thinking. With the arrival of this ...
... whether in the past or present. There is no doubt in the importance of architecture and its benefits and its efficiency. But with the arrival of modern architecture, special change was created in the architecture and created changes in other arts and even in human thinking. With the arrival of this ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Return to Elegance
... seven buildings were built to a new design but still follow the beauty of architecture past. Proportions, building style, fretwork patterns and classic materials were carefully studied before the interior and the décor were adapted to utilize space favorably and assimilate modern construction method ...
... seven buildings were built to a new design but still follow the beauty of architecture past. Proportions, building style, fretwork patterns and classic materials were carefully studied before the interior and the décor were adapted to utilize space favorably and assimilate modern construction method ...
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 ...
Architecture of the Forest - Nordic Journal of Architectural Research
... Library. The sense of intimacy and joining together which pervades the library’s descending recess is almost palpable – so much so that it has become a recurring design feature also with other architects, who have at times applied it to rather humble buildings.8 This subtle instinct for blending the ...
... Library. The sense of intimacy and joining together which pervades the library’s descending recess is almost palpable – so much so that it has become a recurring design feature also with other architects, who have at times applied it to rather humble buildings.8 This subtle instinct for blending the ...
giovanni corbellini
... interaction between space and speed), the comparative analysis of the villas of Palladio and Le Corbusier proposed by Colin Rowe and that of the proportions of Renaissance buildings by Rudolf Wittkower, as well as the contributions of Lawrence Halprin on creative processes, of Robert Venturi (who in ...
... interaction between space and speed), the comparative analysis of the villas of Palladio and Le Corbusier proposed by Colin Rowe and that of the proportions of Renaissance buildings by Rudolf Wittkower, as well as the contributions of Lawrence Halprin on creative processes, of Robert Venturi (who in ...
faculty of architecture
... Academic Program of the Faculty of Architecture: B.Sc./M.Sc. Studies The two-level B.Sc, M.Sc training in the English speaking section of the Faculty of Architecture is realized in a split-up system, in full comformity with the Hungarian speaking section. For B.Sc degree students has to accumulate m ...
... Academic Program of the Faculty of Architecture: B.Sc./M.Sc. Studies The two-level B.Sc, M.Sc training in the English speaking section of the Faculty of Architecture is realized in a split-up system, in full comformity with the Hungarian speaking section. For B.Sc degree students has to accumulate m ...
Yang Xiao-ming ＆ Gao Ce
... insulating characteristics, is the key lightning-proof mechanism for Yingxian County Wood Pagoda. 3) The lightning-proof effect from insulation and the double pagodas in Taiyuan After years’ investigation, Chinese was able to distinguish conductor and insulator to some extent in very early times. In ...
... insulating characteristics, is the key lightning-proof mechanism for Yingxian County Wood Pagoda. 3) The lightning-proof effect from insulation and the double pagodas in Taiyuan After years’ investigation, Chinese was able to distinguish conductor and insulator to some extent in very early times. In ...
EMERGING ARCHITECTS JOHN MOFFAT PRECINCT COMPETITION
... a month before his 75th birthday, Danie Theron died peacefully at Langebaan on the West Coast. Danie studied Architecture at UCT, won the Helen Gardner Travel Prize and in 1958 completed his degree with distinction. That was followed by a year at the Technical University of Stuttgart, and in 1961-62 ...
... a month before his 75th birthday, Danie Theron died peacefully at Langebaan on the West Coast. Danie studied Architecture at UCT, won the Helen Gardner Travel Prize and in 1958 completed his degree with distinction. That was followed by a year at the Technical University of Stuttgart, and in 1961-62 ...
Japan in the public culture of South Korea, 1945
... cleared all the buildings and gates from the foreground of the palace’s Main Hall, the colonial government constructed the GGB on the site of what had been the front half of the palace. Most of the remaining palace buildings (originally numbering around 300) were destroyed, with ...
... cleared all the buildings and gates from the foreground of the palace’s Main Hall, the colonial government constructed the GGB on the site of what had been the front half of the palace. Most of the remaining palace buildings (originally numbering around 300) were destroyed, with ...
Korean architecture
Korean architecture refers to the built environment of Korea from c. 30,000 BC to the present.