enriched by classicizing architectural practice in Europe since the Renaissance | Kallikrates‚ Iktinos‚ Publius‚ Vespasian | Parthenon‚ Colosseum‚ Pantheon | Early Christian and Medieval | Medieval architecture is a term used to represent various forms of architecture popular in Medieval Europe. | Pietro Baseggio‚Bernard de Soissons‚Diogo de Boitaca | Abbey of Saint-Denis‚ Salisbury Cathedral‚ Cologne Cathedral | Romanesque | Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe
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compiles of Things made in Ahmedabad; How British came to power; architectural history of places. So‚ one can see how one books tries to narrate in form of story which is his own perception‚ listening from elite people and observations of his place while other is very structured‚ objective and factual way of writing. One talks about place from within while other talks about from very particular way of looking at place in architectural discourse. Hence when one book is very colloquial other is very
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History and Theory II 26th November 2012 Module 5047AR 26 November 2012 History and Theory II Giovanni Battista Piranesi and his writings exerted a huge influence on many contemporary and later designers and architects. Briefly outline Piranesi’s main works and account for the effect they had on others. ‘I need to produce great ideas‚ and I believe that if I were commissioned to design a new universe‚ I would me mad enough to
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Introduction In December 2006‚ the Urban Design Advisory Group (UDAG) was formed‚ including 14 government and non-government representatives from Vancouver and Portland under the joint chairmanship of Mayor Royce Pollard and Mayor Sam Adams. UDAG members determined that one of their primary functions would be to develop design guidelines for implementation by CRC staff throughout the design process. These design guidelines pertain to the main span across the Columbia
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Governor Croswell House For what purpose was it built? Personal Home for Governor Croswell Date of construction: 1841-1843 Name specific aspects of this building that shows how it has elements that were part of the Ancient Greek architectural style: The house had a porch with columns that were square (called posts). The house was built in a rectangular form. The house had a gabled roof on the shorter sides (front and back). The house had white frieze boards under the cornice.
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Indian subcontinent. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that‚ although it is difficult to identify a single representative style‚ nonetheless retains a certain amount of continuity across history. The diversity of Indian culture is represented in its architecture. It is a blend of ancient and varied native traditions‚ with building types‚ forms and technologies from West and Central Asia‚ as well as Europe. Architectural styles range from Hindu temple architecture to Islamic
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Freedom Tower as stated by‚ the architect on the project‚ Daniel Libeskind‚ was designed to “reassert the preeminence of freedom and beauty restoring the spiritual peak to the city and proclaiming American’s resilience even in the face of profound danger”(libeskind). The main concepts influencing the form of the Freedom Tower are drawn from creating a memorial as well as ensuring safety. The Freedom Tower exemplifies patriotism and pays homage to the late twin towers in many aspects of its form
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Trobe St.‚ Melbourne‚ Victoria. It is designed by George B.H. Austin and constructed by the Swanston Brothers around 1911-1913[1] and is refurbished in 2002 by the architect Peter Elliott to be used for RMIT University’s purposes[2]. In Fig. 2‚ the plan of the design is shown. The spaces are rectangular and overall it forms an L-shape. Its original function is a Court of Petty Sessions. The Court of Petty Sessions deal with a wide range of cases such as administrative breach‚ minor criminal activities
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past and aspirations for tomorrow coexist today to create the present. In India therefore history is not a fossilised past but rather a continuum of the tradition. History lives on as tradition. A land of long history and deep traditions‚ its architectural landscape has innumerable edifices that have transcended time to remain timeless even after centuries and millennia. They have sustained the rigour of place and people over time. This has been so due to consistent process of adaptation over changed
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building seems to have been designed on a gargantuan scale‚ feeling imposing rather than impressive upon approaching it. The massive five-story‚ arched windows were meant to reflect Roman architecture‚ a reference that gets lost in the mix of many architectural styles referenced by the
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