Tension in the New World The French and Indian War undoubtedly created new tension in the colonies. After the conflict had finished‚ the colonist’s independent attitudes surfaced. Many had grown tired of British insults and being looked down on by the mother country. After the war‚ Britain’s debt was immense. The mother country’s solution was to impose taxes upon the colonists to erase the debt‚ seeing as the war was most beneficial to them. This new responsibility was not welcomed by the colonists
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System architecture and design of a power plant. Introduction: A power plant is a means for converting the potential energy (wind‚ solar or chemical) into electrical energy. In its simplest form it consists of steam generation equipment (boiler or nuclear reactor) and a turbine driving an electrical generator. The energy sources available in the world include coal‚ oil‚ gas‚ nuclear‚ hydroelectric‚ wind‚ solar‚ refuse-based and biomass. We can broadly categorize power plants into the following
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Green Architecture Green architecture is an approach to building which has become more popular in the last 25 to 30 years. Also known as sustainable design‚ green architecture is a method of design that minimizes the impact of building on the environment. Once thought of as unconventional and nonstandard‚ both regulatory agencies and the public alike are quickly accepting green architecture as a socially responsible and logical means of construction. The beginnings of today ’s green revolution
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like to argue that the impact of psychology from the turn of the century to the present has been profound. In general‚ historical accounts of architecture have hitherto placed designers in their cultural context while mysteriously ignoring the psychological movements which helped fuel those cultural shifts. For example‚ most historical accounts of architecture by authors such as Pevsner1 or Frampton2 seemingly ignore the influence of the rise of psychology in the 20th century – including psycho-analysis
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BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE The Byzantine Empire is generally associated with the foundation of Constantinople by Constantine the Great between 334-340‚ an event that signaled the continuation of the Roman Empire as an officially Christian entity. The Architecture developed from the fifth century A.D. in the Byzantine Empire‚ characterized especially by massive domes with square bases and rounded arches and spires and much use of glass mosaics. With the rise of the Islamic empire in former Byzantine
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Green architecture‚ or green design‚ is an approach to building that minimizes harmful effects on human health and the environment. The "green" architect or designer attempts to safeguard air‚ water‚ and earth by choosing eco-friendly building materials and construction practices. Green architecture may have many of these characteristics: • Ventilation systems designed for efficient heating and cooling • Energy efficient lighting and appliances • Water saving plumbing fixtures • Efficient
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time‚ beautiful cathedrals have been towering above buildings; still survive with their astonishing appearance. In doing this paper I was never aware of anything called “Gothic Cathedrals”. Only by 1400 has the Gothic been the universal style of building in the western‚ its creative thought was in northern France in an area. The Gothic Age marked the end to an age of chaos‚ mostly caused by the sacking of the Vikings. In this time; a very religious age‚ with money throughout churches and the follower
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Simile This descriptive writing technique compares one subject to a different subject even though they are not normally related. An example of a simile is‚ "Linda looks as thin as a toothpick." Metaphor These are similar to similes‚ but instead of comparing things they go as far as to say to objects are the same. For example‚ "Life is a rollercoaster." Rhetorical Question Rhetorical questions are questions that do not require or expect and answer. They can be used to make the reader think about
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UNDERWATER ARCHITECTURE Himanshu P. Patil B. K. P. S. College Of Architecture‚ Pune. Fourth Year B.Arch UNDERWATER ARCHITECTURE Himanshu P. Patil Fourth Year B.Arch ABSTRACT: To live below the water is very fascinating for the mankind. There are so many architects who had tried to build underwater structures but couldn’t succed‚ because the construction part is the most difficult part
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Monumental architecture is large man-made structure of stone or earth. I live in New York‚ one of the largest cities in the world. We have many examples of the monumental architectures. The top ten of them are the Statue of Liberty‚ Grant’s Tomb‚ Grand Army Plaza‚ Washington Square Arch‚ Columbus Circle Fountain‚ The Grand Army Plaza‚ Literary Walk‚ Richard Morris Hunt Memorial‚ 107th Infantry Memorial‚ and the 911 Memorial. I have been living in New York City for the last twenty years. On September
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