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    Green Architecture

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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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    The Architecture Of St

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    in itself is incredible but with the addition of the exquisite‚ fantasy-like colors makes the cathedral all the more beautiful. Given its appearance‚ it’s quite surprising to many that it was constructed in the sixteenth century considering most architecture around the world during this time was gothic and lacked such bright colors and rounded features. The Cathedral stands in Red Square‚ Moscow‚ Russia. Its construction was requested by Ivan the Terrible to celebrate his military victories and the

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    Underwater Architecture

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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

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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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    term “‘Romanesque’‚” meaning in the manner of the Romans‚ was first coined in the early 19th century. Today it is used to refer to the period of European art” (Antiquity 1). The church architecture is fundamental to this period; “the Romanesque and Gothic churches were built on the foundations of Carolingian architecture. Charlemagne’s early Romanesque architectural achievements were continued by the Holy Roman Emperors Otto I-III‚ in a style known as Ottonian Art‚ which morphed into the fully fledged

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    Architecture and Tectonics

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    RAPPEL A L’ORDRE: THE CASE FOR THE TECTONIC Kenneth Frampton Kenneth Frampton’s ‘Rappel a L’Ordre: The Case for the Tectonic’ identifies the issues in relation to the tectonic form‚ his intention is to make architecture step apart of just being part of a scenographic interpretation. The word tectonic is addressed from its different origins but overall referring to carpentry and its evolution into an aspect of poetry and art of construction. Tectonic objects are seen in two different forms;

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    Network Architecture

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    Network Architecture to Identify Spatial Knowledge for Epidemic (An application of datamining) Abstract: Recent developments in information technology have enabled collection and processing of vast amounts of personal data‚ business data and spatial data. It has been widely recognized that spatial data analysis capabilities have not kept up with the need for analyzing the increasingly large volumes of geographic data of various themes that are currently being collected and

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    Brand Architecture

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    well as potentially enhancing the brand’s value ( International brand architecture provides a structure and a rationale for branding decisions at different levels of the organization and for different geographic locations. In essence‚ this architecture provides the principles that guide the effective use of brands so as to develop a strong positional advantage in international markets. Some elements of brand architecture (Aaker) Brand portfolio: Includes all the brand and sub-brands attached

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    jaipur architecture

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    north-east Is considered the best site. ?It is a model of town planning- the first planned city in India. It is based on Hindu systems of town planning and followed the principles prescribed in the Shilpa-shastra‚ an ancient Indian treatise on architecture .according to this shastra the site

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    Egyptian architecture

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    Ancient Egyptian Architecture The Egyptians have survived for thousands of years‚ and are considered to be the hallmark of human civilization. They are the first known culture to have a stable society for such a long period of time. The reason their society was so stable is because they all believed in the same thing‚ which was that the gods were the first priority and that their pharaoh was a man who ascended to the level of a god. Another reason that the Egyptians survived for so long was because

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