is‚ it provides that a building or a group of buildings were designed and built in a way that would improve energy savings‚ water efficiency‚ indoor environmental quality‚ and CO2 emissions reduction. This is important in today’s society since everyone is in the recession; this helps homeowners to save money on energy costs. There are three levels of certification for a builder silver‚ gold‚ and platinum. To be LEED certified the owner must become certified with Green Building Certification Institute
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Hussein Film Review: Life as a House George Monroe is a lonely and sad man. Divorced for ten years‚ he lives alone on the Southern California coast with his pet dog in the same run down shack he has lived in for twenty-five years‚ the shack which his father passed down to him. In the intervening years‚ ostentatious houses have sprung up around him. He’s been at the same architectural firm for twenty years in a job he hates‚ which primarily consists of building scale models. On the day that he
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HULL-HOUSE Laura Jane Addams was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Cedarville‚ Illinois‚ into a privileged middle class family. As a young child‚ Jane‚ as they called her‚ knew hardships. At the age of two her mother died. Soon after‚ Addams had been struck with tuberculosis leaving her with a deformed spine. Still having her father to carry her through‚ she would try to live life as normal as possible. Jane often would travel to the mills her father owned; playing in the piles of grain in the storerooms
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State Capitol Building The first state capitol building in Jefferson City was built in the period of 1823-1826 and was destroyed by fire in 1837. A new capitol building had been approved at the time and was completed in 1840. The second capitol was destroyed by fire on February 5‚ 1911‚ when a bolt of lightning struck the dome. The present capitol was built in the period of 1913-1917 and stands upon the same spot as the first‚ high atop a bluff overlooking the Missouri River. One significance
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“The Fall of the House of Usher.” Poe’s use of every detailed feeling and visual imagery conveys the gradual‚ yet inevitable mental and physical demise of not only Rodrick‚ but also the fall of the House‚ and contributes to the fearful and enigmatic feeling the story gives the reader. Poe’s visual descriptions‚ whether through somber characterizations of the atmosphere or even the insufferable dysphoria during the long days with Rodrick‚ seem to connect Rodrick Usher and the House. The narrator does
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MOVEMENT DUE DATE: WEEK 9 FARNSWORTH HOUSE Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Location: River Road‚ Plano‚ Illinois‚ USA Client: Dr. Edith Farnsworth Project Year: 1945-1951 I. CHOICE EXPLANATION After a while of researching on the internet‚ I decided to choose Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House to make my model due to many reasons. Firstly‚ I was impressed by the way how the house float on the surrounding‚ which make it become the iconic
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NOTABLE BUILDINGS IN NYC What makes New York special is the multitude of stupendous buildings. No trip to The Big Apple is complete without experiencing some of its world-class cultural institutions‚ and Museum Mile is a good place to start. It lays claim to one of the world ’s densest concentrations of culture. Offering a diverse cultural spectrum‚ the museums along the "mile" include The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ Neue Galerie and the Museum of the City of New York. These showcase the nation
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Building Castles in Air: Housing Scheme for Bombay’s Slum-Dwellers Author(s): Gurbir Singh and P. K. Das Source: Economic and Political Weekly‚ Vol. 30‚ No. 40 (Oct. 7‚ 1995)‚ pp. 2477-2481 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4403298 Accessed: 08-04-2015 15:55 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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10 CONCLUSION 17 11 REFERENCES 18 ABSTRACT The diminishing wood resource and restrictions imposed on felling in natural forests‚ particularly in the tropics‚ have focused world attention on the need to identify a substitute building material that should be renewable‚ environment friendly and widely available. In view of its rapid growth‚ a ready adaptability to most climatic conditions and properties‚ superior to most juvenile fast growing wood‚ bamboo emerges as a very suitable
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Empire State Building The Empire State Building Outline THESIS STATEMENT: The Empire State Building did not cause much trouble for New York; instead‚ its construction had many positive effects. Reasons for the Building I. Raskob wanted to make money by renting offices to tenants. A. He wanted to construct a building that offered him the largest number of offices at the lowest price. B. He didn’t care for innovation and style ‚ but he wanted a building that sticks with his budget
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