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    We attain to dwelling‚ so it seems‚ only by means of building. The latter‚ building‚ has the former‚ dwelling‚ as its goal.(Heidegger‚ 1971) The aim of this essay is to analyse Martin Heidegger’s article ’Building Dwelling Thinking’ while at the same time relate it to local examples. In the article Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) a German philosopher explores how the act of building relates to dwelling and also how a building itself allows for dwelling. This article raises questions

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    of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‚ as well as addressing his understanding of architecture. I will also be doing a concise analysis of two exemplary works by Mies. Finally I plan on discussing Mies position in and contribution to the development of Modern movement. The two examples I will be analysing are the Barcelona Pavilion and the Seagram Building. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in my opinion redefined what was modern architecture in the 20th century. He revolutionised architectural building and design

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    Authors | Constructions | Classical | Classical architecture is a mode of architecture employing vocabulary derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity‚ 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

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    Enterprise Architecture at American Express Critical facts American Express‚ located in New York City‚ was founded in 1850 (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). It is one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American provides services such as credit cards‚ charge cards‚ and traveler’s checks (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American Express cards account for 24% of credit card transactions in the U.S. (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). According to the company’s 10k‚ the company

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    Research paper 2 GREEK ARCHITECTURE ON MODERN BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA Greek Architecture has been so appealing to the Western World‚ especially America. When we talk about Greek influence on western world architecture‚ the influence is evident and undeniable. We could easily find buildings that consist of many elements of Greek architecture. Greek architecture represents power‚ authority and strength; but at the same time define beauty. An example would be the Temple of Artemis. The great temple

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    Module details |Module leader | | |Department |Information Systems and Computing | |Credits |15 | |Other staff |

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    Report on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) ABSTRACT SOA is a design for linking business and computational resources (principally organizations‚ applications and data) on demand to achieve the desired results for service consumers (which can be end users or other services). Service-orientation describes an architecture that uses loosely coupled services to support the requirements of business processes and users. Resources on a network in a SOA environment are made available as independent

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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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    Christianity and its Effect on Architecture "The emperor’s personal sanction of Christianity gives it status‚ which creates greater need for rituals and administrative structure. Christian churches‚ memorial structures‚ and mausoleums soon spring up in Rome‚ Constantinople‚ and other cities" gave opportunity for architects to create a new design. Christian basilica architectural design was for the needs of the congregation‚ which meant a new kind of design. With the spreading of the influence

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