To What Extent Have The Regeneration Strategies Used in El Raval Been Successful? Matt Haslam El Reval is in the centre of Barcelona and was the oldest part of the city with the worst reputation. It needed rebranding and to be regenerated. Regeneration is the process of coping with decline and encouraging re-urbanization. It is often a process that involves rebranding‚ this means that it; ‘refers to the creation of a new identity or image for a city or an area of that city to replace an identity
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How much‚ on average‚ do you think Americans spend on travel and leisure activities? Well‚ according to the U.S. Travel Association “the U.S. averaged $2.7 billion a day‚ $113.1 million an hour‚ $1.9 million a minute and $31‚400 a second” (U.S. Travel Association). It is no wonder then that Travel and Leisure digital magazine is so popular. But how exactly do they make people spend so much of their hard-earned money on travel? Travel and Leisure is able to capture the attention of thousands of travel
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As the largest collection of Salvador Dali paintings outside of Europe‚ the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg should be a museum most people should get to know. The museum was first opened in 1982 and‚ it was rebuild and reopened to the public in January 11‚ 2011. The new museum hold 7 of 18 “masterpieces” created by Dali‚ and the private collection of A. Reynolds and Eleanor R. Morse‚ who became great friends with Salvador and Gala Dali. The path in the museum is mostly predetermined but there
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around religion and the church; many of the paintings and sculptures that are staple pieces of the Gothic age and Renaissance period are either architecture‚ paintings‚ or sculptures used for religious purposes. The Gothic age transitioned from Romanesque‚ and the Gothic age was represented by spire cathedrals originating in France‚ and then moving to England. In the famous Middle Age painter‚ Giotto’s Virgin and Child Enthroned‚ he is influenced by the Gothic church architecture‚ and it is
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Introduction I.1 The Aim of the Thesis The primary aim of this thesis is an exploration of conservation design guidelines for the conversion of industrial buildings. During the last twenty years‚ this building type has increasingly been protected as a symbol of the historic value attached to the physical remains of the industrialization process. The best way to secure their continuing role in the urban fabric for the future was through adaptive reuse. Conservationists prescribe design guidelines
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Architecture Ancient Egypt Architecture - is the architecture of ancient Egypt‚ one of the most influential civilizations throughout history‚ which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile‚ among the largest and most famous of which are the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza. Egyptian Architectural Columns The Great Pyramid of Giza‚ which was probably completed c. 2580 BC‚ is the oldest and largest of the pyramids‚ and is the
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competence and its acquisition in written translation. Data have been collected on both the translation process and the translation product in inverse and direct translations involving six language combinations: English‚ French and German - Spanish and Catalan. The decision to include data on both inverse and direct translation was made in order to determine the characteristics of translation competence in relation to directionality. The aim of this article is to present the results obtained relating to
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animals doing their daily activities. I also like all the colors he used. It makes everything pop out and is very enjoyable to look at. This is definitely one of Joan Miro’s better pieces of art. This painting by Joan Miro is called The Hunter (Catalan Landscape)‚ and is one of his pieces of art that I don’t like. I don’t like how dull the colors are. The colors are supposed to make art fun and nice
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standing today. Construction started in 1063 and was finished in 1350. “Begun by the renowned architect Buscheto in 1064 on the foundations of an earlier Longobord church‚ and consecrated by Pope Gelasius II in 1118‚ it did in fact become the largest romanesque church in Tuscany” (Ciaga 38). “A second master builder‚ Rainaldus‚ is named in another
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pealing of its bell. There are four longer pedestals that separate the columns and knobs with slightly visible pegs. On the left hand side of the Virgin Mary‚ a peg is coming off a pedestal‚ which makes it more visible than the rest. Its friezes has a Romanesque style arches that are characterized with its semi-circular arches connects the columns. The friezes of the arches seem decorated with bas-reliefs (low-reliefs) or moldings weathered but still have left visible marks. The five corners of the cornice
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