In the medieval period of Germany‚ a new form of architecture developed. Today it’s known as Gothic‚ although this was a name given after the fact when the style was considered barbaric. In the modern world it’s recognized for its beauty. Gothic architecture made cathedrals huge‚ open‚ and bright‚ during a period where taller buildings had to be small and dark to support their ceilings. Gothic architecture is partially characterized by clever support structures that allowed the skyline to grow
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Architecture Examples of Different Styles and Dynamics Gothic cathedrals are embraced for their elegance and beauty. Several famous gothic cathedrals are St. Denis Notre Dame Chartres Salisbury Durham Amiens. Gothic cathedrals point to the shifting ideologies of the time. Gothic architecture mirrors an aesthetic sensibility and dynamic mindset. Gothic cathedrals‚ with slight structural frames‚ flying buttresses‚ and pointed arches‚ display a more artistic sensibility and dynamism uncharacteristic
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HP ERSPECTIVES Am I Doing Architecture or Design Work? Roberto Rivera R ecently‚ as part of my work as the worldwide architect profession lead at HewlettPackard‚ I was (once again) engaged in an exchange dealing with the differences between architecture and design work for information systems. Architects obviously do architecture work‚ while technical consultants and engineers handle the detailed design required to accomplish project goals. This seems a reasonably simple definition
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of the Victorian Era Writing is more than just clusters of words that fill the blank expanses of white pages but rather for expressing the fleeting imagination of the author’s mind. The Victorian Era‚ a time named for Queen Victoria’s reign in England from 1837-1901‚ was an era that had advancements in many fields‚ from science to literature (Rahn)‚ earning it the name of the Second English Renaissance and the Beginning of Modern Times (Miller). Novels played a huge role in Victorian literature
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determining the locations of teaching buildings‚ residence halls and so on. As a landscape architecture student‚ I am interested in this topic. I interviewed professor David Michael Barbarash‚ who is an assistant professor of landscape architecture in Purdue University. Prof. Barbarash earned a bachelor’s of landscape architecture from Virginia Tech and a master of science from the department of landscape architecture at State University of New York Environmental School of Forestry. Before he came to
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Tom Leader Lecture Cause and Effect During the lecture series‚ Tom Leader lectured on works that he has done throughout his career. One of the main points he mentioned was cause and effect in landscape architecture design. During his design process‚ he likes to let the surrounding area and cultures tell him what he can and cannot do. Every landscape is different and he seems to try to use this to his advantage in practice and discipline. One of the cause and effect projects that he talked
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* The Victorian era in Britain was not democratic. The British did not practice modern democracy yet. * Britain was a ’class’ society and the upper class (the rich‚ those with landed estates and titles) still ran everything. * So ’class’ was important. Birth order was important because titles‚ estates‚ family fortunes in Britain would only go to the first born with the others in the birth order getting far less depending on their place in the order or nothing. * Legitimacy was important
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Greek Architecture Thesis;In my point of view‚ Functionality is based on the foundation of Greek architecture ‚ like the architecture style in the some cities such as Ephesus‚ Millet and Assos. Greek architecture is based on the houses called “Megaron”.The Megaron houses‚ which has four corners and an entrance‚ has some pillars around.In fact they are temples and for this reason the people musn’t enter in it.Only they pray out of temple.The outside of it is much more
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Characteristics of Victorian Literature The literature of the Victorian age (1837 – 1901‚ named for the reign of Queen Victoria) entered in a new period after the romantic revival. The literature of this era expressed the fusion of pure romance to gross realism. Though‚ the Victorian Age produced great poets‚ the age is also remarkable for the excellence of its prose. The discoveries of science have particular effects upon the literature of the age. If you study all the great writers of this
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Victorian Era The victorian era sets a time period where the classes began to develop and set people in their places. Most classes began to catch feelings for each other and that started a conflict between them all. The lower classes did not bet the experience that the upper classes did. The housing‚ jobs‚ society‚ foods‚ and a lot of other things differed between these classes. Prisons were also a focus in the victorian era because of what they were used for. The middle
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