structural engineer and electrical engineer‚ influencing me gradually and unconsciously since I was a kid and giving me perceptual knowledge in the field. After my five-year study in the Department of Architecture‚ and one-year work experience in architectural design‚ I ask myself this same question. The result is that aside from the factors mentioned above‚ what really makes me choose architecture is its intrinsic appeal‚ which is just like the maxim written inside the building of the Department of
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last forty years and fit the description of “theoretician who builds” particularly well‚ have been weaving philosophical and architectural thought with their built work. Idea and object are two sides of the same coin. In other words‚ good architects are in full intellectual command of what they are designing. Curricula in most architecture schools establish the architectural studio as the largely unquestioned pillar in which architecture is coalesced by the student. There is a belief at work that
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TRINITY CHURCH OF BOSTON Ever since Trinity Church was introduced to American architecture‚ historians and architectural critics alike unite with the idea that it is a masterpiece. As Juhani Pallasma writes in Architecture and the Senses‚ ?Architecture has the capacity to be inspiring‚ engaging‚ and life-changing?- for example‚ creating an experience filled with emotion‚ hope‚ and light for those in need. Did architect Henry Richardson in fact create a masterpiece? And if so‚ how did he accomplish
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questions that it is intelligence. Also think about is to calculate or to diagnose what are the best ways to accomplish an objective and what are the consequences of what we do. Quoting the book‚ written by Hanno-Walter‚ K. (1990). History of Architectural Theory. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. Theory of Architecture "is possible to reach a definition concise theory of architecture‚ if you take the history of the theory of architecture‚ as the sum of what has been consciously formulated as a theory
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Re-emergence of use of ornaments in architectural practice has occurred on a global scale over the past decade. Several architects are unwrapping a lost language that had been an intrinsic mode of communication in architecture. The language of ornament in architecture has been readily confused with the realms of decoration and pattern among others. However‚ ornament decoration is used in architecture and decorative art to embellish an object or part of a building. Architectural ornaments can be derived from
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became know as Palladian windows‚ which is a prominent feature in neoclassical architecture. The Rotunda then influenced the Chiswick House (figure 3) designed by Lord Burlington. The Chiswick House has a simple symmetrical plan and consist of many Palldian style architectural elements. The Chiswick House then influenced Thomas Jeffreson’s Monticello in the United States.figure 2figure 3 By the late 18th century‚ Thomas Jefferson had embraced the
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Alli Weight Loss Plan Advertisement The “Alli Weight Loss Plan” advertisement in the January 18th 2010 issue of People magazine is effective because of the informational packed two-page spread‚ the vibrant multicolored picture‚ and the way the bold banner intertwines with the emotion in the picture. The “Alli Weight Loss Plan” advertisement is effective because of the informational packed two paged spread. The first page has six separate informative blocks‚ with breaks in between
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Leigh Hamilton AA100 TMA 4 In what ways did Pugin’s revival of the Gothic use tradition as a form of dissent? Essay Plan Introduction – What is dissent? Introduce Pugin Paragraphs 1 & 2 – Pugin’s aims and inspiration Paragraph 3 – Attack on the era of Reformations and Protestantism. Plate 4.7 “decay of taste”. Difference in Church styles. Paragraph 4 – Treatment of the poor. Plate 2.4.11 Paragraph 5 – “Christian” architecture – pointing upwards. Paragraphs 6 & 7 – Emphasis on Britain’s’ greatness
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Gothic and Romanesque architecture are different architectural styles with certain similarities and many differences‚ the Romanesque period (8th century -1150 c.e) was influenced by the Byzantine and the Roman styles ‚where the name Romanesque was carved out in the 1800s as it came with the barrel vault feature and the use of the old roman arch design. On the other hand the Gothic period (1150 – 1550 c.e) was the period of Christian religious great style were the Architecture & religion unite to
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The architectural designs and elements of ancient Greece‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia have many notable similarities. This could be because of the similarities in the ancient empires’ cultures (giving more importance to religion)‚ environment and resources (the extensive use of reeds and mud bricks) or simply a result of their influences on each others’ aesthetic content in their designs. Either way‚ the ancient civilizations’ architectural designs have surely inspired and begun the architectural advancement
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