Alvaro Siza designed great contextual architecture that is responsive to topography‚ light and the basic resources of the region with a strong deference towards local material and would create simplistic forms which were grounded in i the form of specific topographies. Siza commonly stuck to the roots of tradition of the Portuguese style and wished to explore an archaic and timeless sense of space‚ which had nothing to do with modernism at all‚ but which relied on ii geometrical schemata
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A Spanish software company wants to do business to Brazil (Sao Paolo) and Denmark. However‚ to achieve its objectives‚ the company must take in consideration socio-cultural factors in both countries. *** Brazil is the largest country in South America by its area and by its population. The Brazilian people have three main ethnic origins. There are the Indians who are from Brazil. Then‚ Europeans‚ mostly of Portuguese origin‚ and Africans people came during the period of colonization. Most recently
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In his article “ Time Talk‚ with an Accent” Robert Levine discusses about culture shock when he lived in Brazil and understand Brazilian people’s habit about time. When he began his scientific journey in his early career as a professor of psychology at Federal University in Niteroi‚ Brazil and he found the hardest part of his life about punctual time rather than different language‚ his own privacy‚ and standards of cleanliness issues. As it described in article Robert Levine was a young American
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Geographical exploration holds a very important place in the history of Europe and even in the world history. It was due to these discoveries that the world became a smaller place. By the beginning of the 15th century‚ big ships were built and the magnetic compass was invented. The goods from Asia were transported to Europe through the Red Sea via Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Although there was another route to Asia through the Gulf‚ owing to the monopoly of Arabs over it‚ it was very insecure
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[pic] . The Kandyan Kingdom The Kandyan Kingdom managed to save the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka by its geographical location. Not only once several times in .History the heart of hill country with its natural location secured the independence of Sri lanka The Kandyan Kingdom which has a geographical location of a special category and a climate wnich is r ;ally cool and enjoyable is famous both home and abroad. The Kandyan Kingdom was divided into five different areas‚ namely Udu Nuwara
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The Brazilian culture is one of the world’s most varied and diverse. This is due to its being a melting pot of nationalities‚ as a result of centuries of European domination as well as slavery‚ which brought hordes of African migrants across Brazil’s borders to live in and influence the local cultures with their ancient customs and ideas. The European settlers also brought ideas‚ innovations and belief systems with them‚ shaping the local societies significantly. All of these different influences
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A Critical Analysis of ‘The Tale of the Unknown Island’ by José Saramago. | EN4903 | By Mr Drew Eaglesham | A Critical Analysis of ‘The Tale of the Unknown Island’ by José Saramago. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Kirkus in 2010 called this story ‘a mischievous and thoughtful satire on ruling elites and bold dreamers‚ cast in the form of revisionist fairy-tale.’ This review could easily be applied to another story of Saramago’s
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We have a lot of different cultural events going on‚ but at the International House there is always a culture event every two or three weeks. They usually dedicate a week to a specific culture. They show movies‚ do lectures‚ have coffee night and much more. They have different cultures every time. International House had culture events on different cultures like: China‚ Brazil‚ Japanese‚ French‚ Nepali‚ German‚ India‚ and many more. I have been to many of these culture events. One event in particular
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Fong Yuen Ying (Fioni) EU’s unknown Asia - Does Asia need a single currency to lead the world? As the euro has contributed to the culture and economy of Europe‚ I would like to examine if Asia‚ particularly East Asia‚ could learn a lesson from the EU to create a single currency. In fact‚ small intra-regional exchange rate misalignment can interrupt trade and investment flows and potential trade frictions can occur among regional economies. It suggests that the need for intra-regional exchange
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Brazil’s culture Before going to Brazil When I found out that I should supposed to go to Brazil as a businessman and make plan to go to Brazil‚ I started to think I am going to move to Brazil in real life. And I have to make a plan to live with Brazilian and had fun in Brazil without impolite action. Sometimes‚ when we do not know well about other’s culture then we will make some mistakes‚ and for preventing from doing rude action‚ I need to study Brazil culture and get information from other
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