Vernacular houses were analysed in many ways to identify performance of traditional houses constructed to withstand extreme weather conditions. The materials used for the construction also help to improve the energy performances of the dwellings/buildings‚(Zhai and Previtali 2010). Vernacular housing
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magnificent play of masses brought together in light."1 However‚ the Penguin dictionary of architecture defines it as “the art and science of designing buildings and structures and their surroundings in keeping with aesthetic‚ functional and other criteria”. Architecture is now understood as encompassing the totality of the designed environment‚ including buildings‚ urban spaces and landscape 2. Successful architecture must therefore maintain the purity enshrined in its meaning and essence. Architectural Project
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research) to begin the steps necessary to achieve the objective. Obtain registration in the Trade Register and the unique code. Finding the most appropriate place - building in a high traffic area / industries of the city‚ the accessibility to persons. Purchase the land. Construction project. Obtaining a building permit. Preparation for starting work. Purchase all necessary materials and furniture. Construction process. Completion of the work. Commissioning.
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Also buildings and bridges collapsed including the Great Hanshin Expressway‚ which is a series of expressways used to link Kobe and other surrounding areas. It is said that 150‚000 buildings were ruined and 120 of the 150 quays in the port of Kobe were destroyed. However‚ secondary effects were much worse as gas mains ruptured‚ water pipes fractured
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(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)‚ can be expected to cause wide spread damage‚ Japan did validate that building codes can be an effective mitigation tool. While upwards of 100‚000 wood manufactured older homes collapsed during the 20 second earthquake‚ a large majority of the newer construction buildings remained intact (Todi‚ Hataya‚ Abe‚ & Miyakoshi‚ 1995). Certainly‚ building codes implemented in Japan were effective‚ consequently there were many other mitigation opportunities missed
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Research notes for Geography final assignment: List of major earthquakes in Haiti • 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake (18 October): According to French historian Moreau de Saint-Méry‚ "only one masonry building had not collapsed" in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti’s capital city. • 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake (3 June): The city was leveled in this magnitude 7.5 quake‚ which killed over 200 people. • 1783: A strong quake partially destroyed the church in Santiago.[1] • 1842 Cap-Haitien earthquake
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Project Name Redevelopment of a local playground Project Number Project Managers Prioritization Stakeholder (s) Start Date: Scheduled Completion Date: Mission/ Purpose What is your project going to accomplish? How does this project relate to overall goals and objectives of the company? It is part of a program or larger project? Currently the City of Dallas has embarked on an endeavor to upgrade the city’s parks and recreation centers. Our goal is improve the overall safety and to design
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approaches to resolve fire safety problems. This will motivate designers of building such as architect and engineers to be creative and innovative. This basic framework is developed in order to guide and assist the stakeholders of the building if they intend to adopt performancebased approaches. The International Fire Engineering Guidelines (IFEG) shall be used to facilitate the development of performance-based solutions for the building. IFEG have been developed to meet the joint needs in U.S.A‚ Canada‚
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necessary to people as their shelter and to those people that do not have a job. Being an engineer is also about building foundations of strong dependence to the society and integrating a good relationship to its people‚ and I want to be one of the engineers that brought the country to its high structural stability. Being an engineer required to have a keen eye for constructing building and to be able to have the right measurements and safety for those who will occupied the certain structures‚ I believe
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that we could build a hotel and make money. The whole building process took about 3 months. There were over 10 restaurants and I had my own house. There was an airport for guests to arrive in. We were still planning all of the costs for customers. We planned all of the costs and started to advertise. We had over 200 reservations in the first day. We hired employees and customers started to fly in. The hotel was very big. We built the buildings next to the river and also bought boats to get places
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