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    Inigo Jones

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    construction technology that forever influenced building and architectural style in England. Inigo Jones was one of many archers during the renaissance period‚ but was regarded as the first and one of the best. Jones began his career in design but not architecture. At some point before 1603 a rich patron (possibly the Earl of Pembroke or the Earl of Rutland) sent him to Italy to study drawing after being impressed by the

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    very small fee per year (rumor has it that the fee was 1 kc). Radio Free Europe has moved to a new location out of the center or Prague and the Old Parliament building is now under the ownership of the National Museum Bauhaus architecture is a great style of architecture for those who prefer minimalism as well as function or style. Buildings constructed from the Bauhaus design are always cubic in shape. They feature four flat sides as well as flat roof tops. The colors of the typical Bauhaus building

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    Personal Statement

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    Statement of purpose Architecture is in my opinion not just a demanding science and technology but also a fascinating art. After nearly five years of my undergraduate program as a major of Architecture at Shandong Jianzhu University‚ I became even more determined to pursue my chosen major and corresponding career. Architecture is actually a complicated and comprehensive scientific discipline with a broad range of profound knowledge. China enjoys a long glorious history of architecture‚ but for some reason

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    Postmodernism‚ focus on style and methods of representation‚ and is often interpreted as a successor to modernism. Similar to Architecture‚ postmodernism influenced all kind of art such as: Art‚ music‚ theatre‚ literature‚ dance and even photography. In the work of Best‚ S. and Kellner‚ D. “Postmodern turn” (1997‚ p.152) they state that postmodern architecture was a particular reaction to the aesthetics and as they describe “Philosophical assumptions” of the International Style. This is because

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    ARTISTIC MOVEMENTS TO DEFINE; HOWEVER‚ ITS MUCH FORM CAN BE FOUND IN VISUAL ART‚ LITERATURE AND ARCHITECTURE. THIS CONCEPT ADVOCATES EMBRASING “CONTRADICTION AND COMPLEXITY’’ IN ORDER TO CREATE VALID AND VITAL WORKS. ITS ARGUES ARCHITECTS TO LEAVE THE TENETS OF TRADITIONAL MODERNISM BEHIND IN PURSUIT OF “TRUTH IN ITS TOTALITY’’. THIS MEANS THAT POSTMODERNISM IS A COMPLEX SET OF TRUE NATURE OF ARCHITECTURE AND IT IS MORE REAL THAN OVERLY PLANNED‚ HYPPER-LOGICAL MODERNIST CONSTRUCTIONS. POSTMODERNISM

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    NETWORKS

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    Essay80 NETWORKS “GIVE ME A GUN AND I WILL MAKE ALL BUILDINGS MOVE”:AN ANT’S VIEW OF ARCHITECTUREBruno Latour‚ Albena YanevaOur building problem is just the opposite of Etienne Jules Marey’s famousinquiry into the physiology of movement. Through the invention of his“photo graphic gun‚” he wanted to arrest the flight of a gull so as to be ableto see in a fixed format every single successive freeze-frame of a contin-uous flow of flight‚ the mechanism of which had eluded all observers until his invention

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    Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 9‚ Number 4 (2014) pp. 483-493 © Research India Publications http://www.ripublication.com The Architectural Design Machine (AD_M): Integrating Architectural Knowledge Saleem M. Dahabreh‚ Ph.D Department of Architecture‚ Faculty of Engineering and Technology‚ University of Jordan‚ Amman 11942‚ Jordan Telephone: +96265669224 Fax: +96265669224 Email: saleem.dahabreh@ju.edu.jo Abstract This paper presents the architectural design machine‚ a theoretical framework

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    VITRUVIUS & ALBERTI Throughout history‚ the makings of an architect have changed by stark proportions and so did the requirements of the finished creation. Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (80 B.C.E)‚ famously known as Vitruvius‚ wrote in The Ten Books on Architecture of how the architect must possess wide knowledge and expertise in many fields of study‚ and that his buildings must encompass firmitas [durability]‚ utilitas [usefulness]‚ venustas [beauty] (Vitruvius‚ 33) and harmonious symmetry that of which

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    But there are two pieces of architecture separate from the main building that complete this image. These are the office building‚ which creates the image of the chopped off head‚ and the tower that looks like the fish’s tail. The elevators inside the building’s atrium connect to the

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    “It is not enough to see architecture; you must experience it. You must observe how it was designed for a special purpose and how it was attuned to the entire concept and rhythm of a specific era. You must dwell in the rooms‚ feel how they close about you‚ observe how you are naturally led from one to the other” Nika Neelova forms sculptural interventions that reflect on arrangements found within the everyday. Heavily influenced by overlooked or overused objects and spaces‚ Neelova responds to

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