September 19‚ 2012 Moorish Architecture in Andalusia Who were the Moors? The Moors were a group of Arabs‚ Berbers‚ and Iberian Muslims‚ who in the 8th century‚ conquered most of what is now modern day Spain and Portugal. My purpose for writing this paper is to inform the reader of one of many cultural contributions the Moors gave “Andalusia” (modern day Spain‚ Portugal‚ and bits of France). Much of Andalusia’s architecture was greatly influenced by Moorish architecture. The Moors had a history
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5 Beautiful Examples of Organic Architecture Ads by Google ’India Is’ Video Contest Show Us What India Is in a 5 min Video. Submit & Win Great Prizes! youtube.com “…in an organic architecture‚ that is to say an architecture based upon organic ideals‚ bad design would be unthinkable.” -Frank Lloyd Wright What is Organic Architecture? Frank Lloyd Wright incorporated the term "organic" into his architectural philosophy in about 1908. But he wasn’t thinking about farmer’s markets and pesticide-free
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Aesthetics and Architecture of 1929 - 1949 Design is not always about aesthetic values anymore‚ but rather the orchestra of how the buildings and environments fit into the city fabric‚ how they achieve goals in terms of city regulations and how the numbers work to fulfill the developments of the project. Architects and urban designers are in the side that should satisfy these whole aspects - so not only the buildings are beautiful in the drawing plans or in the computer screen‚
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Architecture and the Environment Paper Most often‚ the quality of life and one’s health is attributed to factors such a healthy diet‚ one’s activity level‚ lifestyle‚ and even genetic predisposition. Seldom mentioned is architecture as responsible for one’s well-being. However‚ herein lies a mistake because how and where one lives does affect the way one feels and behaves. Architecture is something surrounding the human population every day. Be it at home‚ at work‚ or anywhere else‚ architecture
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ARCHITECTURE IN MELBOURNE: THE JOURNEY TO MODERNITY The interwar period 1919- 1939 showed some major evolution in the world of architecture within Australia. The influences such as world war one and great depression triggered the need for a new mindset as a way of demonstrating regeneration and positive growth. One side of this was the journey of modernisation which allowed for new trends and styles to be created that no longer payed such homage to the past and tradition‚ but rather moved forward
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History of World Architecture Final Exam Paper 1) Architecture’s role in creating an urban vision varies from creating feature buildings to providing background consistency while aspiring to implement an overall concept for a city. Discuss how architecture operates in both ways using specific examples‚ along with their associated urban strategies‚ in three of the following cases: * Paris under Baron Haussmann’s direction * Michelangelo’s Campidoglio * Antonio Sant’Elia’s Citta Nuova
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Bulacan State University College of Architecture & Fine Arts City of Malolos TOA 123 [pic] 2nd Semester AY 2009‐2010 Arch. Godesil G. Lejarde Instructor TOA 123 Theory of Architecture 2 Arch. GGLejarde
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Characteristics of Gothic churches and cathedrals In Gothic architecture‚ a unique combination of existing technologies established the emergence of a new building style. Those technologies were the ogival or pointed arch‚ the ribbed vault‚ and the flying buttress. The Gothic style‚ when applied to an ecclesiastical building‚ emphasizes verticality and light. This appearance was achieved by the development of certain architectural features‚ which together provided an engineering solution. The structural
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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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