History Of Architecture Building: Palace Of Minos. Dates: 1700-1400 BC. Time period : Bronze Age. Location: Knossos‚Crete. Civilization :The Minoans. In the heart of the Mediterranean Sea‚ South of Greece‚ lays the island of Crete refuge of the lost civilization of the minions.The island is first refereed as "Kaptara" at the Syrian city of Mani dating from 18 000 BC; Also known as "Keftiu” from the fresco of the Tomb of Rekhmire in the valley of the kings in Egypt. The island’s length is 260 km
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conditions: how it looked like in 2005 and how it is nowadays. In 2005 the health centre had three consulting rooms‚ a physiotherapy room and an office. Out of the door there were a car parking consisted of 12 places and a big garden behind the building. The entrance was located in the middle of the face wall of the centre. Then they built one extra chamber for minor operations and made two rooms for consulting in another one. By changing the location of the entrance they could give more place
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Ways to build stonewalls in your yard and garden with stonemason One of the best and attractive option to build the garden or the yard is with the use of stonewalls with the help of stonemason. You can find the stones in various shapes as well as sizes. You can get your stone as per your requirement. The stone is considered to be a wonderful wall material that is used by many homeowners. It is a fact that the installation of stone walls takes lot of time but it has a lon lasting benefit. It may be
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people San Francisco has tons of earthquakes each year during the earthquake‚ the other shows the destruction of the city. In Twain’s story he tells about multiple people he sees during the earthquake. He talks of one woman who had just ran from the building in nothing but her underwear. He also tells of men rushing from barber shops‚ a consul’s wife running straight from the tub completely naked‚ and a minister who attempted to be brave and stay inside the church and let God decide his fate. Twain looked
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because you never know when something can go wrong. I learned to value everything I have these days because you never know when you might lose something or somebody‚ that’s irreplaceable. It was mid June of 1996 and I was living in an eight story building in Harlem in New York City. It was one of the sunniest days of the summertime. It was from this day at age nine when I realized that life is not a dream it is reality. Beautiful and sunny‚ not too humid- the weather was all I wanted it to be. I had
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construction. Moreover the word Kath originated from Sanskrit word kashtth which means wood and kunj or khuni originated from the word kona which means corner. This implies that the corner of the kath-khuni building should compulsorily have wood. This construction technique is found in various types of buildings ranging from darbargadhs and kots to sophisticated and majestic temples and to modest homes. The main materials used
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Chapter 1 I went back to the Devon School not long ago‚ and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before. It seemed more sedate than I remembered it‚ more perpendicular and strait-laced‚ with narrower windows and shinier woodwork‚ as though a coat of varnish had been put over everything for better preservation. But‚ of course‚ fifteen years before there had been a war going on. Perhaps the school wasn’t as well kept up in those days; perhaps varnish‚ along with
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Introduction This report is regarding about Sri Lankan Construction Industry. And a analysis about the industry. Due to massive development endevours by the government and private sector in 2012 the construction industry has recorded a massive growth of over 17.3%‚11% in 2011.The construction industry only second to the tourism industry. The key entities that undertake construction work are as follows : * Registered contractors if ICATD * International Contractors * Unregistered informal
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The building I chose is Bingham Humanities Building on campus. The building is located across from Ekstrom Library and next to Life Sciences Building. In the center of all of them is what is called “The Quad.” The Quad is space separating the buildings by trees‚ grass‚ and sidewalks. Bingham‚ like the rest of the two buildings were built with similar architecture style. These styles included square like boxes with mini wing square box projecting out of the main building - The building has three floors
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Understand and realize the need building structures To give a general idea on how the process of building engaging a site and the understanding of substructure‚ superstructure and primary elements. THE IDEA OF A BUILDING ENGAGING A SITE of INTRODUCTION : The Building We build building because we need shelter from the element that are beyond our control Hot Cold Danger Others ………. INTRODUCTION : The Building Why do people need proper buildings? Not equipped
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