Essay #1 The Palace of Knossos‚ a Minoan mud brick and timber structure on a shallow stone foundation‚ featuring a central courtyard‚ was constructed on an acropolis. It was a place for rulers to reside‚ shrines for religious ceremonies to be worshipped‚ the industrial production of objects‚ and administrative duties. Ample hallways‚ stairways‚ chambers‚ and light wells supplemented the ambitiously built structure. There were plenty of columns to mark he four awe inspiring entrance passages
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India‚ July 31. Bhide‚ Amita. 2008. Resettlement or a Silent Displacement? Mumbai Reader 2008‚ 302–329. Mumbai: UDRI. Castells‚ Manuel. 1991. The Informational City. Oxford: Blackwell. Correa‚ Charles. 1989. The New Landscape. London: Butterworth Architecture. Davis‚ Mike. 2006. Planet of Slums. Brooklyn: Verso Books. Echanove‚ Matias‚ and Rahul Srivastava. 2008. The Tool House in Mumbai Reader 2008‚ Mumbai: UDRI Publications. http://dharavi.org/index.php?title=G._Surveys‚_ Projects‚_Designs_%26_Plans_for_Dharavi/H
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The Psychological Effects of the Evolving Forms of Architecture: Reflection Paper on the Documentary on Pre-Hispanic Architecture In reaction to the documentary on Pre-Hispanic architecture in the Philippines‚ pre-Hispanic architecture includes various factors affecting its structure and arrangement such as the geographical location and topographical features of its location and religious affiliations. Where the early Filipinos resided and habituated‚ whether along the coastlines or on top of
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of architecture that create Krypton : Krypton is one of the most well known landmarks in DComics. It is as famous as Gotham City from Batman and Oaa from the Green Lantern. This planet is famous for being the birthplace of Superman‚ the most iconic Superhero of America (The 50). Superman was created by the hand of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Krypton has several remarkable things to recognize‚ including their architecture. This research is to show the inspiration in architecture that
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Which model of financing will be chosen by Delhi Government for Airport Metro? Assumptions for both the models Passenger Escalation Factor CAGR 7.47% Staff Escalation Factor 9.00% Maintenance Escalation 9.00% Ticket Price Escalation every two years 4.00% Tax 30.00% Project Life 30.00 years First year operations 2011 Comparison of the Models Model 1 Model 2 BOT through VGF BOT through Funding IRR % 10.56 17.34 Govt Grants Cr 2362 NPV (Cr) Cr 4021 6412 Model I( BOT
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Erwin Panofsky’s Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism presents a compelling connection between the architectural styles of Gothic Cathedrals and the order and form of the Scholastic school of thought. Focusing on the "100 mile zone around Paris" during the years between 1130-40 and 1270 where and when Scholasticism was the dominate theory of education and Gothic architecture began to take a stronghold over the ageing Romanesque style. In Panofsky’s own words "A connection between Gothic art and
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The Influences of Islamic Culture towards Architecture I. Introduction Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religions style from the foundation of Islam to present day. Most of the building is influenced by Islamic element with variety of style in which are Persian style‚ Indo-Islamic style and Indonesian-Malay style. II. Body A. The first style of Islamic culture that influences the architecture is Persian style. 1. Persian style can be identified
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Greek Architecture in Boston My first discovery of classical architecture was made the moment I stepped outside my apartment‚ as my building has two Doric columns framing the front door. As I meandered over the hill and across the Common I realized exactly how prevalent classical architecture really is. Elements of classical architecture can be found on almost every building in the old residential neighborhoods and many commercial buildings feature columns and arches as well. I saw all three
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Visit to National Gallery of Modern Art Project Cinema City: Research Arts & Documentary Practices. -By Ashdeep Singh National Gallery of Modern Art‚ New Delhi is the leading Indian Art Gallery. We were quite lucky to have the chance to attend the exhibition “Project Cinema City” there. The exhibition was hosted to commemorate 100 years of Indian Cinema. It sought to enquire into the interfaces between the city of Mumbai and Cinema. The Exhibition excavated the forgotten marks that the cinema
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DEFINITION‚ SCOPE OF STUDY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE. What is it thinking? Thinking is an activity we do naturally and spontaneously‚ each moment‚ every day‚ all human beings around the world during our stay ephemeral passing on this earth. The reality is something we can perceive with the senses‚ but the reality is something hidden that will not perceive the senses. To any reality we get a lot of questions: what‚ why‚ for whom is‚ by whom‚ etc.. We ask for things we
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