SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE Epistemological Definition Worldwide cities are experiencing a rush of population growth‚ this growth to the ecological balance shown against the environment and the exploitation of natural resources have sued implement new methods of construction using new technologies. (Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21ST Century). Sustainable or sustainable architecture seeks to optimize natural resources and building systems that minimize the environmental
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IT Enterprise Architecture Introduction Having a complete and well documented Information Technology Enterprise Architecture allows for an organization to make effective decisions about which IT projects to pursue and the technology or products to use in the implementation. What Is Enterprise Architecture? The first phase of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is called Project Identification and Selection. It is in this initial phase that potential projects are identified
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One of the greatest cultural achievements of Ancient Egypt was undoubtedly in their architecture associated with religion. <br> <br>"Temples‚ tombs and pyramids all have witnessed this earth for thousands of years. What better than to say that these architectural achievements show us that Egypt’s greatest virtue lay in its architecture" <br>(Fumeaux:11‚ 1964) <br> <br>When one travels to Egypt‚ what does he/she see pyramid after temple after tomb‚ each standing the test of time. One stands out
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the manner that they had in the old days of “Love Me Do”‚ but their final album “Abbey Road” is a testament to the greatness of this band who had achieved so much in their past. Critically acclaimed
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meaning but to simplify it‚ vernacular buildings is an approach of architecture that uses local material and resources in a certain area or region where a building is built and undertakes local needs. Before 1900s‚ people unconsciously built vernacular buildings as they can only use sources around their area to build houses for their needs but as years go by people started understanding the use and style of vernacular architecture as it develops more. According to www.archdaily.com architects everywhere
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The article “Medieval Silence and Modern Transsexuality” by Karen Lurkhur explores the romance finding that its themes “closely parallels the psychanalytical and scientific discourses about transsexuality” (220). Lurkhur finds Silence’s masculine persona to be viewed as “the external expression of her virtuous character” (224). When Silence is exposed as a female her transgressions are forgiven because she took on the male gender which is seen as a positive force. Lurkhur finds this is the opposite
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September 19‚ 2012 Moorish Architecture in Andalusia Who were the Moors? The Moors were a group of Arabs‚ Berbers‚ and Iberian Muslims‚ who in the 8th century‚ conquered most of what is now modern day Spain and Portugal. My purpose for writing this paper is to inform the reader of one of many cultural contributions the Moors gave “Andalusia” (modern day Spain‚ Portugal‚ and bits of France). Much of Andalusia’s architecture was greatly influenced by Moorish architecture. The Moors had a history
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As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies. Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed. To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist
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Before the Renaissance‚ the Catholic Church mostly commissioned art‚ this gave artists strict guidelines about what the finished artwork was to look like‚ and the themes were usually religious or biblical. Medieval art was decorative‚ flat‚ and two-dimensional and did not depict the world or human beings very realistic‚ but a thriving commercial economy distributed wealth not just to the people but also‚ to merchants and bankers who were eager to show their status by purchasing art pieces. New cultural
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One of the most striking personalities in the development of early-twentieth century architecture was Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959). Wright attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison before moving to Chicago‚ where he eventually joined the firm headed by Louis Sullivan. Wright set out to create "architecture of democracy." Early influences were the volumetric shapes in a set of educational blocks the German educator Friedrich Froebel designed‚ the organic unity of a Japanese building Wright
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