The Role of Geometry and Proportions in Shaping the
... Iranian architecture is found not in form, but in perceiving and creating space. The main feature of traditional Iranian architecture can be defined as the production of a space for living. In other words, architecture is first formed in the mind of the architect and is then expressed and is finally ...
... Iranian architecture is found not in form, but in perceiving and creating space. The main feature of traditional Iranian architecture can be defined as the production of a space for living. In other words, architecture is first formed in the mind of the architect and is then expressed and is finally ...
Session 4: International Modern
... culture evolving out of this history and this ethos is the tatami-based system of design, about which much has been written. Japan developed, hundreds of years before European industrialization, a design system based on incremental additions of a standardized unit. It shares more with the industrial ...
... culture evolving out of this history and this ethos is the tatami-based system of design, about which much has been written. Japan developed, hundreds of years before European industrialization, a design system based on incremental additions of a standardized unit. It shares more with the industrial ...
Traditional and Modern Building Materials
... Within this context, despite the difficulties arising from the imminence of the war, two groups of young architects from Rome and Trieste designed Carbonia, in just a few years creating works of undisputed architectural quality. The first building phase was controlled mostly by the Trieste school t ...
... Within this context, despite the difficulties arising from the imminence of the war, two groups of young architects from Rome and Trieste designed Carbonia, in just a few years creating works of undisputed architectural quality. The first building phase was controlled mostly by the Trieste school t ...
D.2 Residential Styles and Forms The single
... Colonial Revival, were well suited to the suburban tract housing of the mid-twentieth century and continued to be constructed. Building forms that emerged during the Modern period, including the Cape Cod, Ranch dwelling, and Split-level house, were influenced by the informal division of space and mi ...
... Colonial Revival, were well suited to the suburban tract housing of the mid-twentieth century and continued to be constructed. Building forms that emerged during the Modern period, including the Cape Cod, Ranch dwelling, and Split-level house, were influenced by the informal division of space and mi ...
giovanni corbellini
... approaches that began to spread in the 1980s, making an early appearance in the exhibition Deconstructivist Architecture (MoMA, 1988, with projects by Gehry, Libeskind, Koolhaas, Eisenman, Hadid, Coop Himmelblau and the Villette by Tschumi). The competition for the Parc de la Villette (1982) represe ...
... approaches that began to spread in the 1980s, making an early appearance in the exhibition Deconstructivist Architecture (MoMA, 1988, with projects by Gehry, Libeskind, Koolhaas, Eisenman, Hadid, Coop Himmelblau and the Villette by Tschumi). The competition for the Parc de la Villette (1982) represe ...
vastu-pantheon – rock hewn architecture of egypt
... immense. According to mayamata vastu refers to dwelling places of every mortal. Mayan is considered as a pioneerer of the vastu shastra. Using this shastra he had build the famous architecture of lanka . the initation of the vastu shastra was from the hindu architecture.later the largertowns like ay ...
... immense. According to mayamata vastu refers to dwelling places of every mortal. Mayan is considered as a pioneerer of the vastu shastra. Using this shastra he had build the famous architecture of lanka . the initation of the vastu shastra was from the hindu architecture.later the largertowns like ay ...
Broschüre Exkursion Slowenien final_jb.cdr
... their master. They gathered around the Arhitektura magazine (Ljubljana 1931-1934) and published a few instructive books in an attempt to introduce new ideas to the broader public. They founded a society, which organized exhibitions on a regular basis, and tried to promote architectural competitions. ...
... their master. They gathered around the Arhitektura magazine (Ljubljana 1931-1934) and published a few instructive books in an attempt to introduce new ideas to the broader public. They founded a society, which organized exhibitions on a regular basis, and tried to promote architectural competitions. ...
FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DYNAMIC
... 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: Loftcube – house for future nomads; Dynamic Tower – luxury dwelling of 21st century; Lilyp ...
... 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: Loftcube – house for future nomads; Dynamic Tower – luxury dwelling of 21st century; Lilyp ...
Effective Factors in Shaping the Identity of Architecture
... situations. This feature can be physical features such as shape, size, decoration, construction style, etc. or it can be specific activities or practices in the environment or its functions [4]. Ideas, effects and functions resulting from the cultural features present in an architecture work define ...
... situations. This feature can be physical features such as shape, size, decoration, construction style, etc. or it can be specific activities or practices in the environment or its functions [4]. Ideas, effects and functions resulting from the cultural features present in an architecture work define ...
architectural communication: intra and extra activity of
... such an extent that it can be included into a social relation (Eco, 1973:23). The overall history of culture can be seen, in fact, as an evolution of the communication media (McLuhan, 1971). As a cultural phenomenon architecture is a communication phenomenon in its own right (Hollein, 2009:162). Vit ...
... such an extent that it can be included into a social relation (Eco, 1973:23). The overall history of culture can be seen, in fact, as an evolution of the communication media (McLuhan, 1971). As a cultural phenomenon architecture is a communication phenomenon in its own right (Hollein, 2009:162). Vit ...
ABSTRACT Title of Document:
... to design fell in line with the needs for housing during the Depression. Cheaper materials and mass manufacturing made it easier to build homes as well as public works projects throughout the country. The decades immediately following World War II were a “forward-looking period during which modernit ...
... to design fell in line with the needs for housing during the Depression. Cheaper materials and mass manufacturing made it easier to build homes as well as public works projects throughout the country. The decades immediately following World War II were a “forward-looking period during which modernit ...
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 ...
Great Britain
... was also starting. In the 1830s and 1840s new Neo-styles appeared in the architecture, Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque. From the appearance of Neo-Renaissance the next period is called Eclecticism. From these times the approach to the classical tradition underwent a renewal. Attitudes toward a monot ...
... was also starting. In the 1830s and 1840s new Neo-styles appeared in the architecture, Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque. From the appearance of Neo-Renaissance the next period is called Eclecticism. From these times the approach to the classical tradition underwent a renewal. Attitudes toward a monot ...
Architecture of the 19 century and the Turn of the century
... cylinder), contrasts emphasized by light and shade, regular colonnades and porticos contrasting with great bare walls of simplicity, and finally cupolas and barrel-vaults. In these early times, in the mid 18th century the architects didn't know precisely the ancient, classical forms, they couldn't u ...
... cylinder), contrasts emphasized by light and shade, regular colonnades and porticos contrasting with great bare walls of simplicity, and finally cupolas and barrel-vaults. In these early times, in the mid 18th century the architects didn't know precisely the ancient, classical forms, they couldn't u ...
Social Meanings of Public Architecture: A Victorian
... "white elephant," the overbuilt "Taj Mahal," the incongruous avant-garde city hall or courthouse, and the urban development project that destroys an historic neighborhood become causes celebres in which all manner of citizens and media engage. Taxpayer dollars are at stake, along with key public pol ...
... "white elephant," the overbuilt "Taj Mahal," the incongruous avant-garde city hall or courthouse, and the urban development project that destroys an historic neighborhood become causes celebres in which all manner of citizens and media engage. Taxpayer dollars are at stake, along with key public pol ...
Walking - Hotel Sebel
... style of different hybrids that occured are referred to with the Greek term eclecticism. Around 1895, the revolutionary Jugendstil or Art Nouveau appeared, an architectural style that departed radically from the examples from the past. Characteristic are the decorations that are often derived from n ...
... style of different hybrids that occured are referred to with the Greek term eclecticism. Around 1895, the revolutionary Jugendstil or Art Nouveau appeared, an architectural style that departed radically from the examples from the past. Characteristic are the decorations that are often derived from n ...
John Sugden: Mid-Century Modern Man and his Architecture The
... maybe even the Stromquist House by Frank Lloyd Wright were a little – or way – too edgy for most people’s tastes in the 1950s. But architects like John Sugden helped us define how we lived, went to school, worked in offices, and recreated by designing a brave new aesthetic to communicate with Utahns ...
... maybe even the Stromquist House by Frank Lloyd Wright were a little – or way – too edgy for most people’s tastes in the 1950s. But architects like John Sugden helped us define how we lived, went to school, worked in offices, and recreated by designing a brave new aesthetic to communicate with Utahns ...
Sustainability in traditional African architecture
... maintain harmony between the natural and the built environments, and create settlements that affirm human dignity and encourage economic equity” (Du Plessis et al 2002). Green buildings emit fewer greenhouse gases, consume less energy, use less water, and offer occupants healthier environments than ...
... maintain harmony between the natural and the built environments, and create settlements that affirm human dignity and encourage economic equity” (Du Plessis et al 2002). Green buildings emit fewer greenhouse gases, consume less energy, use less water, and offer occupants healthier environments than ...
Beyond the Façade - Department of Mathematics
... This project is not one that charts the development of Singapore architecture. Rather, it is a project that explores the different relationships between geometry and architecture in Singapore since 1819. Through the course of this project, we have also discovered an interesting trend towards an incr ...
... This project is not one that charts the development of Singapore architecture. Rather, it is a project that explores the different relationships between geometry and architecture in Singapore since 1819. Through the course of this project, we have also discovered an interesting trend towards an incr ...
historicist forms in the designs of a 19th century warsaw architect as
... house in Jasna street, land reg. no. 1364 A/17, erected in the years 1864-1865 (Fig. 8). The house was not only intended as a comfortable dwelling for the architect’s family and a proÞtable investment, but also as a demonstration of Ankiewicz’s creative potential. The design was a clear evidence of ...
... house in Jasna street, land reg. no. 1364 A/17, erected in the years 1864-1865 (Fig. 8). The house was not only intended as a comfortable dwelling for the architect’s family and a proÞtable investment, but also as a demonstration of Ankiewicz’s creative potential. The design was a clear evidence of ...
Triangles Used in Architecture
... than another. Right angle triangles have one angle that is a perfect 90 degrees. These special triangles are not traditionally used in the structural characteristics of a building. They are, however, vital to the construction and design of the building. Right triangles are used to create perfect cor ...
... than another. Right angle triangles have one angle that is a perfect 90 degrees. These special triangles are not traditionally used in the structural characteristics of a building. They are, however, vital to the construction and design of the building. Right triangles are used to create perfect cor ...
Architecture and Evolutionary Psychology
... Vernacular and traditional buildings have common features that create places people are comfortable with. This is what Christopher Alexander calls “the timeless way of building.” Modernists abandoned these timeless patterns because of their fascination with new technology and their search for novelt ...
... Vernacular and traditional buildings have common features that create places people are comfortable with. This is what Christopher Alexander calls “the timeless way of building.” Modernists abandoned these timeless patterns because of their fascination with new technology and their search for novelt ...
Change over Time: Neatline and the Study of Architectural History
... the establishment of how particular styles emerged or became refined over time. The study of late medieval, or Gothic architecture is a classic example of this approach. Its narrative conventionally begins with Suger’s work at St. Denis in the 1140s and goes on to ...
... the establishment of how particular styles emerged or became refined over time. The study of late medieval, or Gothic architecture is a classic example of this approach. Its narrative conventionally begins with Suger’s work at St. Denis in the 1140s and goes on to ...
105-28.2 Required Architectural Styles 105-28.2.1
... cross gables and roof sections of the different pitch, wings, turrets, bays and oriels. Put simply, Shingle Style is described as the Architecture of the American Summer. ...
... cross gables and roof sections of the different pitch, wings, turrets, bays and oriels. Put simply, Shingle Style is described as the Architecture of the American Summer. ...
Bergdoll_Nationalism and Stylistic Debates
... adopt elements o f the national medieval past, but it was the first to become a tourist attraction. With Walpole’s passion for collecting medieval artefacts, collections and house grew in symbiosis. By 1784 he had printed a guidebook and issued tickets. Continually expanding and ‘improving’, Walpole ...
... adopt elements o f the national medieval past, but it was the first to become a tourist attraction. With Walpole’s passion for collecting medieval artefacts, collections and house grew in symbiosis. By 1784 he had printed a guidebook and issued tickets. Continually expanding and ‘improving’, Walpole ...