domes‚ arches‚ and vaults. They added bricks to these structures to improve the strength of the building. After adding the bricks‚ they put on an extra layer of marble for decoration. One of the biggest improvements that the Romans made in architecture was the invention of the arch. These arches added a great amount of weight to the structure. To help support this weight‚ the Romans invented a type of building material that is called a keystone block. The force on top of the arch was directed
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Social Significance of Architecture The use of architecture to improve society dates back as far as any records go. Whether it was the Romans building coliseums‚ Egyptians constructing pyramids‚ or the Indians putting up teepees‚ architecture was a very important aspect of people ’s lives. Since the earliest of times‚ architecture has been used to design homes and shelters‚ as well as centers of gathering for the public. These structures were very well respected by society‚ and for many years
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CLIENT SERVER ARCHITECTURE BSc 3&4 Aug 2012 – Nov 2012 HURES CASE STUDY 1. Do you think the problems faced by Hures‚ both past and present‚ are unique? Why or why not? The problems faced by Hures company in the past are common as this was what most companies have face after the revolution from the so called GOOD OLD DAYS in which mainframes roamed the earth and life was simple. Mainframes are powerful computers used primarily by corporate and governmental organizations
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MODIFICATION + wind shadow - IMPACT OF BUILDING WIDTH ON AIR FLOW Source: Brown & DeKay‚ Sun‚ Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT 2: SEMESTER 1 : ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY WEEK 2:MICROCLIMATE MODIFICATION IMPACT OF BUILDING DEPTH / SHAPE / HEIGHT ON AIR FLOW Source: Brown & DeKay‚ Sun‚ Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT 2: SEMESTER 1 : ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY WEEK 2:MICROCLIMATE MODIFICATION SOLAR ANALYSIS:
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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Product Design Industrial design is the use of both applied art and science to create and develop products that benefit both the user and manufacture. Industrial designers also known as Product designers prepare drawings and illustrations of products that assist in the decision making process. Once the decisions have been made they then prepare the models or prototypes to be demonstrated or tested. However products such as textiles and furniture have designers who specialise
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PARAMETRIC DESIGN – A NEW PARADIGM IN ARCHITECTURE K. KAVI SUMI‚ email: kavisumi@rocketmail.com‚ kavisumi06@gmail.com ABSTRACT Contemporary avant-garde architecture is addressing the demand for an increased level of expressed complexity by means of retooling its method on the basis of parametric design. The ground of parametric design is the generation of geometry from the definition of a family of initial parameters and the design of formal relations they keep with each other. The benefit
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Arch 8011 Research Methods 2013 Jonathan Jordan‚ 1361176 ARCHITECTURE: WORDS OR SHAPES Introduction Architecture can be viewed with two different types of properties. Properties that can be seen like shapes‚ their composition‚ the spaces they create and‚ the colours and textures that make up their appearance. These properties are considered to be visual while other properties are considered to be abstract
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Statement of the Problem 1 1.2 Purpose of the Study 1 1.3 Aim and objectives of research 2 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.1 History of Shopping Malls in Malaysia 4 2.2 Retails and Architecture 5 2.3 Elements of Store Design 5 2.3.1 Visual 5 2.3.2 Colour 5 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHOD 8 [note that this table of content can be self generated] LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Percentage of students going to the library with respective purposes
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What is Business Architecture? (As per TOGAF definition) According to TOGAF‚ Business Architecture describes the product and/or service strategy‚ and the organizational‚ functional‚ process‚ information‚ and geographic aspects of the business environment. How is Business Architecture scoped? The way in which the business architecture is scoped depends on a number of factors. In some cases‚ the key elements of the business architecture may be done in other activities‚ such as the enterprise
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