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    Roman Architecture

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    came Roman authoritarianism and practicality. Vast prosperity resulted. Europe and the Mediterranean bloomed with trading cities ten times the size of their predecessors with public amenities previously unheard of courts‚ theaters‚ circuses‚ and public baths. And these were now large permanent masonry buildings as were the habitations‚ tall apartment houses covering whole city blocks. This architectural revolution brought about by the Romans required two innovations: the invention of a new building

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    What Is Architecture?

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    WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE? Architecture is constructed around the formation of a design idea. Before defining what architecture is‚ one must first look at the designer and the process of design. Jane Anderson sums up the definitions of these ideas; “There is no one right answer in architecture.” This makes the definition of architecture hard to discover‚ however‚ easier to explore. Throughout history theories incorporate information on these architectural characteristics and attempt to explain them

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    Solar Architecture

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    Deon Brown Professor Wilard Writing Composition 6 October 2012 Architectural Solar Systems Present day architecture has advanced in many ways. A style of architecture which could prove to be very beneficial to Earth and its people in the future is solar energy architecture; the use of sun to channel energy and maintain a household. Solar energy still seems a mysterious subject to many people. According to Roy Erving in The Architectural Handbook‚ they make it seem as complicated as “putting

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    Enterprise Architecture

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    Enterprise Architecture: Question Consider yourself a practitioner in computer technology‚ telecommunications and Software system‚ who is interested in acquiring skills through knowledge of the most advanced application tools and methods both present  (such as MIT programme) and coming. You have consequently been charged with planning‚ developing‚ applying and delivering advance information systems‚ architectural solution and programming products. Identify and critically analyze cognate enterprise

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    Mediums of Architecture

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    Angellie P. Manabat Humanities BS Psychology Ma’am Viray Different Mediums of Architecture Architectures has to do with the planning‚ designing and constructing form‚ space and ambience that reflect functional‚ technical‚ social‚ environmental‚ and aesthetic considerations. It requires the creative manipulation and coordination of material‚ technology‚ light and shadow. Architecture also encompasses the pragmatic aspects of realizing buildings and structures‚ including scheduling‚ cost estimating

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    Vernacular Architecture

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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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    Dematerialization of Architecture The history of discourses has been developed for centuries‚ and architecture have entered a phase of re-evaluation. Because of the prevalent technology and media of creation in the virtual world‚ contemporary architecture is dematerialized to be images and abstract ideas. The definition of architecture has become even more subjective‚ obscure‚ ambiguous and limited. We took advantages from photography and the technology of visualization. But the excessive

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    REASONS WHY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS OF SCHOOL YEAR 2012-2013 DROP THEIR GENERAL EDUCATION SUBJECTS A Research Paper Presented to The School of La Consolacion College Bacolod In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the BS Architecture 1A in English 2 By Joanna Marie Peregrina Christine Fernandez Lorei Mae Sanchez Herlen Faith Tañedo Earl Leah Turbanos Gerlie Donie Dayanan Chapter I INTRODUCTION

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    Roman Architecture

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    The city of Rome has many of the great architectural feats of the ancient world. Many of these buildings and other assorted structures‚ although they were built around 2000 years ago‚ are still standing and even in use. At the start of Roman history‚ they imported their marble from another great ancient city; Greece. However‚ they did eventually find quarries in northern Italy that held an abundance of white marble. This marble helped them become the great architectural city that we see even

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    The Mughal Architecture

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    Mughal architecture Mughal architecture‚ an amalgam of Islamic‚ Persian‚ Turkish and Indian architecture‚ is the distinctive style developed by the Mughals in the 16th‚ 17th and 18th centuries in what is now India‚ Pakistan‚ Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is symmetrical and decorative in style. The Mughal dynasty was established after the victory of Babur at Panipat in 1526 (the Battle of Panipat) . During his five-year reign‚ Babur took considerable interest in erecting buildings‚ though few have

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