Rome was as important in architecture as it was in literature. Classical orders and architectural elements such as columns‚ pilasters‚ pediments‚ entablatures‚ arches‚ and domes form the vocabulary of Renaissance buildings. During the Renaissance‚ architects trained as humanists helped raise the status of their profession from skilled laborer to artist. They hoped to create structures that would appeal to both emotion and reason. Three key figures in Renaissance architecture were Filippo Brunelleschi
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retrieved by organizations to aid them in making strategic business decisions. The information from these databases are organized and collected in ways to help an organization retrieve the needed data with ease. Data warehouse‚ data mart‚ three-tier architecture and active service pages (ASP) are data concepts that are used for data organization in a database. A data warehouse stores all the meaningful information that a business accumulates. The information in a data warehouse must not only make data
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Cloud Computing Architecture Talha Tanveer developer.talha@gmail.com Abstract— A bright vision of the future sparks up with the new technologies of cloud computing. A new perspective towards how files‚ pictures‚ documents are shared‚ accessed and modified over the World Wide Web. In this we take a look at the architecture of cloud computers‚ identify and explain the different layers from client to host. It also discusses how we will be able to design‚ implement‚ develop and innovate in the future
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Religious Architecture: Comparative Study (Wells Cathedral and Friday Mosque‚ Isfahan) The purpose of this research is to compare and contrast two selected religious buildings‚ one of which Islamic‚ and another that is Christian. This will respectively exemplify and illustrate the development of Christian and Islamic styles of religious architecture before the end of the 14th century. The research will mainly focus on the importance of furniture design and interior decoration in each of the two
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“Cheers”: A Semiotic Analysis by Berger In Arthur Asa Berger’s essay‚ he conducts a semiotic analysis of the comedy television show “Cheers.” In his analysis of the show he points out many characteristics that refer to semiotics. Even though one could not agree with all of his findings‚ many of them are reasonable. One discrepancy someone might have with his ideas is that he applies his analysis to simply one episode rather than the entire series. Berger could
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THE DESIGN PROCESS Faculty of Architecture‚ Delft University of technology Strategic Architectural Design Development (SADD) Msc 5‚ Chair of Materialization 1st Tutor (A): Ir. Maarten Korpershoek 2nd Tutor (BT): Ir. Huib Plomp External Examiner: Dr. Ir. Ana María Fernández Maldonado Student: D. Kaatee (1401475) Date: 07 March 2013 Preface This paper is part graduation studio SADD (Strategic Architectural Design Development). In this document the focus will be on showing the way of working
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It seems that ideas about "regionalism" have emerged at the beginning of swing architecture pendulum‚ where the anti-establishment institution took over. In 1940‚ as modernity (or international style) began to take up the dominant rhetoric in architecture‚ Mumford published a widely shared view of the region in the 1980s‚ when the anti-establishment institution (postmodernism) began to take over the new institution: Regional through Lefaivre & Tzonis as well as Frampton. The "transformation" of the
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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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style to the Victorian style. The items people decorated with changed‚ and the way they filled their homes. This era was a beautiful era for so many reasons. Victorian Era Architecture Victorian architecture has many gorgeous features that make this style of architecture very distinctive. One feature of Victorian architecture is the patterned bricks. Victorian homes often used what was known as Flemish brick bond‚ which consisted of alternating stretchers and headers along each course with the headers
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Western architecture traces its descent from the major public buildings in ancient Greece. Some earlier structures were built with an eye for proportion and striking decoration‚ but they had little influence on the evolution of building design. The Greek and Roman buildings bear some striking similarities as well as differences. From 750 to 30 B.C.E.‚ the Greeks created impressive temples‚ stoas (covered colonnades)‚ theaters‚ and amphitheaters. The temples‚ built in marble and limestone‚ retained
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