Sustainable Architecture for a Sustainable Future Our environment today suffers from many issues. The most important one from a constructor’s point of view would be the resources depletion problem. Freshwater resources are declining‚ the soil is loosing its fertility‚ and there is a crucial shortage in basic minerals such as zinc‚ copper‚ and phosphorus. These deficiencies would definitely lead to a slowdown in construction growth. According to Rehan Ahmed (2012) construction is the less sustainable
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Analysis of Cloud Computing Architectures Ritika Mittal1‚ Kritika Soni2 Assistant professor‚ Dept of CSE‚ Manav Rachna International University‚ Faridabad‚ India 1 ritikamittalsweet@gmail.com Student of M Tech.‚ Dept of CSE‚ Manav Rachna International University‚ Faridabad‚ India 2 Soni.kritika5@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Cloud computing has recently emerged as a new paradigm for hosting and delivering services over the Internet. Mobile cloud computing‚ new technology in
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Alongside being an architect‚ he was an artist‚ teacher and to a certain extent a philosopher‚ some might label him as poet and one of the great thinkers of his time. Charles E. Dagit‚ Jr says ‘His was a genius that profoundly changed the course of architecture worldwide’. (Louis I. Kahn: Architect‚ 2013‚ page xi). Louis Kahn’s legacy began from an early age where in high school his teachers immediately noticed Louis developing on his drawings and placed him in courses that nurtured his skills. He progressed
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an architect who exhibits interest in the avant-garde through both the creative design and aestheticism of his architecture. Pei was born in China in 1917 and immigrated to the United States in 1935. He originally attended the University of Pennsylvania but grew unconfident in his drawing skills so he dropped out and pursued engineering at MIT. After Pei decided to return to architecture‚ he earned degrees from both MIT and Harvard. In 1956‚ after he had taught at Harvard for three years‚ he established
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beautiful are the definition of such words‚ spoken by none other than the glorious Vitruvius Pollio. These words were mentioned in Vitruvius famous book De Architectura where he describes his views on architecture and the three qualities that structures must have. Vitruvius believed that architecture was also an imitation of nature; just as animals build and construct their habitats‚ human also do the same to build and construct their habitats from the natural elements and material that the Earth
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structural vocabulary: the rectangular-bay system‚ the four-part rib vault‚ and a buttressing system that permitted almost complete dissolution of heavy masses and thick weight-bearing walls. At Amiens‚ the concept of a self-sustaining skeletal architecture reached full maturity. The remaining stretches of wall seem to serve no purpose other than to provide a weather screen for the interior. Amiens Cathedral is one of the most impressive examples of the French Gothic obsession with constructing ever
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from France dating back to the 1137-44. One of the first types of Gothic architectural is the Interior of Saint-Denis. Stained glass windows covered the back as sculpted delicate columns and rib vaults stand in front of the windows. Each type of architecture style has a different aspect. For example‚ rib vaults as they are used to replace barrel vaults from Romanesque period. Next are the piers used for support for the vaults? Flying buttresses are very thin half arch ways due to help support the wall
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work Art Nouveau in Riga Architecture Riga 2009 Contents 1. Art Nouveau……………………………………………………………….....3 2. Art Nouveau in Riga..………………………………………………………...3 3. Art Nouveau in other areas..……………………………………….….……...4 4. Elizabetes street 10b..……………………………………………….………..4 5. Assessment…………………………………………………...……..………..7 6. References……………………………………………………………………8 1. Art Nouveau Art Nouveau is an international movement and style of art‚ architecture and applied art—especially
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Donald Summers January 13‚ 2013 AH1010: Shaw Modern Changes Brought in at Neolithic Times During the “New” Stone Age‚ also known as the Neolithic Period‚ art and life in general began to change drastically for humans. Many new onsets began to bloom‚ for example humans of this time period had begun to live in single locations versus before they were nomadic hunter-gatherers. This new life introduced new challenges and new opportunities. Within this paper I will discuss three Neolithic Locations
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sixteenth century. By using the evidence of immigration patterns into the United States‚ rise of free black communities in New Orleans‚ understanding of the Atlantic Slave Trade route‚ development of Architectural traditions‚ and adoption of vernacular architecture‚ Vlach will prove his objective. Vlach proposes that his counter parts in his profession have got it all wrong. He uses Kniffen as an example. While Kniffen’s definition of the shot gun house a‚ “ the one room width to three or more rooms deep
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