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    chain-link fence‚ effectively splitting the house open with an angled skylight. Gehry’s unconventional design shocked architectural world‚ ultimately launching his career to new heights. During the 1960s‚ Gehry began to redirect his architecture by fusing the Japanese and vernacular elements in his early work. Influenced by painters and sculptors‚ his designs showed elite manipulation of perspectively distorted shapes‚ sculptural masses molded by light‚ and buildings that reveal their underlying structures

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    maintain historic buildings and environments without any damage by examining three important interrelated topics – architecture‚ materials and conservation. Through this book‚ information has been given about development of architecture within its social context chronologically‚ from the Ancient civilisations‚ through renaissance to modern architecture spanning vernacular architecture as well. After discussing the history of various conservation movements and their philosophies in brief‚ the book

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    (1983). Vernacular architecture. Environmental Systems‚ 14-17. Howard‚ K.(2007). Instruments for basic research. Writing your Winning Dissertation‚ 78. Joriillo‚ P.A.‚ & Shimizu‚ G. (2000). Coir fiber reinforced cement based composite: Size effect of flexural properties of fiber-mortar. Compendium‚ 8‚ 21.  Key‚ J.P.(1997) Kirbert‚ C.(2007). Passive design strategy. Sustainable Construction‚ 2‚ 167. Marasigan. D.C.(2004). Development of vernacular construction system. Philippine Vernacular Architecture

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    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

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    HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1. Architecture‚ with all its varying phases and complex developments‚ must have had a simple origin in the primitive efforts of mankind to provide protection against inclement weather‚ wild beasts‚ and human enemies. Hunters and fishermen in primeval times naturally sought shelter in rock caves‚ and these were manifestly the earliest form of human dwellings; tillers of the soil took cover under arbors of trees‚ and from them fashioned huts of wattle and daub; while shepherds

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    Chandigarh Master Plan – 2031 Draft 7. COMMERCIAL AREAS IN CHANDIGARH 7.1 INTRODUCTION Commercial areas in Chandigarh were planned to provide adequate‚ organized retail and wholesale trading activity for the city residents. The city has however emerged as a important commercial hub. A concept of hierarchical distribution of commercial centers was introduced into the city plan as a departure from the organic developments of the traditional towns. To provide a continuum of commercial

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    1. Rap Descendant Rap has its origins that belong to ancient Africans brought to America‚ where the Rap ancestors got their own accent (Vernacular English)‚ and lived their own culture (African American Culture) such as Funk‚ Jazz‚ Rock‚ and then Hip-Hop; like the majority of colored race‚ the black race suffered from enslavement and terror of the whites‚ thus in order to establish their position within American society‚ African Americans revolted against the white regime in the sixteenth (Civil

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    355 The Journal of Architecture Volume 2 Winter 1997 What Vitruvius Said Richard Patterson Department of Architecture‚ De Montford University‚ Leicester LE1 9BH‚ UK Vitruvius’s De architectura has long been subject to critical commentary on the grounds that its language is irregular and even untranslatable‚ that its technical treatment of the Orders is incomplete and inconsistent‚ and that its organization does not present its technical material in the most coherent way. Yet‚ it has

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    Academic Reading sample task – Identifying writer’s views/claims Discovered in the early 1800s and named ‘nicotianine’‚ the oily essence now called nicotine is the main active ingredient of tobacco. Nicotine‚ however‚ is only a small component of cigarette smoke‚ which contains more than 4‚700 chemical compounds‚ including 43 cancer-causing substances. In recent times‚ scientific research has been providing evidence that years of cigarette smoking vastly increases the risk of developing fatal medical

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    The greatest unexpected answer upon the conspiracy of the western modernized civilization and the spiritually enhanced eastern civilization proceeded from the analyst of the west‚ Hu Shi. The harmful satire of ridicule upon the Western civilization while recognized as materialistic created on the infrastructure of the hunt for the satisfaction of humanity‚ not just the pleasure of a small scale‚ but indeed to the intangible requests of mankind. As the Eastern civilizations so called Orientals recognized

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    Drafting By: Madison Stewart Drafting is the drawing up of blueprints for architectural structures‚ and mechanical engineering tools and objects. There are two sides to drafting‚ the mechanical side and the architectural side. It’s a great career that is fun‚ and easy to do. Architectural drafting has to deal with drawing up the blueprints for homes‚ schools‚ churches‚ and any other architectural structure you can think of. It’s very easy to come up with these blueprints. You can either draw

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