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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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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Architecture is all about the construction and design of buildings and other physical structures. It is often considered as a blend of art‚ science and imagination. In fact‚ architecture is also related to money and investments. Any piece of Architecture has a value beyond the quantitative materialistic point of view of the economics. But value added design refers to the measurable economic benefit gained due to a design. Well‚ Architecture is considered to be the practice of designing buildings
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Abstract WAP bridges the gap between the wireless mobile world and the internet. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) ‚ is a collection of protocols and transport layers which allow mobile and portable communication devices such as mobile phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s)‚ to receive information over the airwaves such as personal computers users obtain information over the internet. . WAP is simply a protocol- a standardized way that a mobile phone talks to a server installed in
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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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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE Basilica churchearly Christian churchRomanesquegothic - Religion grew more population - complete opposite of classical architecture - called "barbaric"; gothic age is considered one of Europe’s outstanding artistic eras Features of gothic architecture: 1. Plans- arranged for convenience rather than for symmetry (utilitarian) 2. Walls- rubble masonry not laid in horizontal courses -materials were in small pieces -walls were no longer load-bearing which contributed
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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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MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE Name:Tan-awon‚ Johanna Marie R. Prof. Architect Gregoria Mercado Bs.Architecture/ AR 1-11ar-2 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Antoni Gaudí From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Antoni Gaudí | Biography Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852–10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí’s works reflect his highly individual
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The Roman Empire‚ founded by Augustus Caesar in 27 B.C. and lasting in Western Europe for 500 years‚ reorganized for world politics and economics. Almost the entirety of the civilized world became a single centralized state. In place of Greek democracy‚ piety‚ and independence came Roman authoritarianism and practicality. Vast prosperity resulted. Europe and the Mediterranean bloomed with trading cities ten times the size of their predecessors with public amenities previously unheard of courts
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the line of the Agra-Ajmer road. So by extending the NS road as far as possible southwards gives the first fixed dimension‚ the length of a side of a square and so establishes the size of the unit or module of the city. A second road ran E to W between the Mughal cities of Agra and Ajmer and placing the new city on this already established communication line would help secure its economic success. However since this was an imperial road that could not be encroached on‚ thus the city had to be contained
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