RESEARCH PAPER British Architecture Anita PURKINS 2012-2013 Table of contents I) Most Famous English Buildings and their history‚ how are they protected? a) Buckingham Palace b) Palace of Westminster c) Windsor Castle d) Big Ben e) Tower of London II) Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England a) English Heritage b) How it is run and missions c) Funding d) Membership III) Modern architecture in England a) International Architecture b) Brutalist architecture
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3. Why was the Great Exhibition of 1851 so important for Britain? (12) The Great Exhibition was Britain on display to the rest of the world. It showed the rest of the world how superior Britain was in the many industries which British manufactures has been the first to develop‚ so showed off the best of Britain to the rest of the world which the British could be very proud of. Although Britain wasn’t perfect it focused on the best thing about Britain. The Great Exhibition
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upon ethics‚ law‚ religion‚ rationality‚ and fairness. But justice is not the same in every country. What some countries may consider to be just may be considered unjust and ever immoral by others. This is demonstrated in the 1999 film “Brokedown Palace”. In the movie‚ two lifelong friends take a trip to Thailand to celebrate their high school graduation. Long story short‚ they are accused of smuggling drugs and are sentenced to 33-years in a Taiwanese prison. What seemed just by the Taiwanese government
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’The underlying causes of the 1905 revolution in Russia were not political. Whatever the revolutionaries wanted‚ it was not the overthrow of the Tsar.’ How far do you agree with this claim? This essay will assess the claim that the underlying causes of the Russian revolution of 1905 were not political and the revolutionaries did not intend to overthrow the Tsar. The 1905 Russian revolution was caused by a number of different factors. The Russo-Japanese War and the Red Sunday were some of them
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Bolor-Erdene Tseren WRI 1200 10/14/2012 The Amber Room Three hundred years ago‚ there was a great treasure‚ which was built by human hands. It is called the Amber Room. Art experts from Germany said it should be the 8th wonder of world due to its beauty. History‚ when recorded‚ is evidence that shows that the past actually happened. However‚ the Amber Room did not have the fate to stay in a physical form and became one of the interesting mysteries of the century. Many researchers are interested
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one that would blow all of the other mansions or palaces out of the water. He decided to move into Versailles‚ a beautiful country home away from the away from the city of Paris on a remote land. Louis started hand picking the best workers to start working on his new home‚ Le Notre was chosen for gardens‚ Le Vau for architecture‚ Le Brun for painting and decorating. They started working on the home in 1661. The court was able to move into the palace in 1682‚ 3 different architects worked on this
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The palace of Versailles was built by Louis XIV of France (1643-1715)‚ and the Escorial was built by Philip II of Spain (1556-1598). By examining the aerial and frontal facades of these two palaces‚ it may be seen that there were many similarities and differences between the two kings’ perception and practice of monarchy. Each king set his own goals for his life‚ and concluded as to how a monarch ought to behave. Both Louis XIV and Philip II had religious duties to pay attention to‚ organized the
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joint monarchs and moved into Nottingham House‚ now Kensington Palace. In 1728‚ the western section of Hyde Park was carved out to create Kensington Gardens which became part of Kensington Palace grounds. Designed and landscaped under the watchful eye of George II’s wife‚ Queen Caroline‚ fashionable features such as the Round Pond‚ formal avenues‚ the Serpentine and the Italian Garden were created. In 1841‚ the former Kensington Palace grounds became a public park and today this beautiful royal park
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Marco comes a little step closer to find his new identity… Marco finds the sign of a china-restaurant named ‘Moon Palace’ ‘I Immediately thought of uncle Victor and his band‚ and in that first‚ irrational moment‚ my fears lost their hold on me. …’ (p.16) what the sign means to Marco is explained later ‘I can’t be sure of any of it‚ but the fact was that the words Moon Palace began to haunt my mind with all the mystery and fascination of an oracle…
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The Crystal Palace was filled with an astonishing amount of items‚ and perhaps the most amazing sights were within the huge galleries devoted to new technology. There were some 100‚000 objects‚ displayed by over 15‚000 contributors. Britain‚ as host‚ occupied half the display space inside‚ with exhibits from the home country and the Empire. The biggest of all was the massive hydraulic press that had lifted the metal tubes of a bridge at Bangor invented by Stevenson. Each tube weighed about 1 ton
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