1992: A year of trends in Canadian architecture
Thesis - 4 pages - Architecture
“A national architecture implies the existence of common traditions unified by the sense of a common undertaking. In the Canadian case the traditions were immigrant as were the people, but the enterprise in its geographical setting is distinctive; it is in their interaction that a Canadian...
Architecture 2005 - Canadian and international trends in context
Thesis - 6 pages - Architecture
Architectural design philosophy has transformed from the high modernism of the early 20th century, from classic functional international style which dominated North American architectural practices up until the 1970s, to be replaced by the anti-modern or the post-modern. (Ghirardo, 1996) However,...
Ibn Tulun Mosque - A study of Islamic architecture and its political, cultural and spiritual meaning
Thesis - 5 pages - Architecture
This paper will discuss the Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo, one of the first Islamic Mosques built in Egypt. It will explore the symbolic meaning and the cultural aspects of the mosque design and its place within Tulun's dynasty. Petersen writes that the mosque is the central architectural form of...
Exploring Henri Lefebvre's ideas on the everyday in debates on architecture of the city
Thesis - 6 pages - Architecture
This paper will explore ideas in the writings of Henri Lefebvre, beginning with a summary of Dell Upton's article “Architecture in Everyday Life” which touches on the set of debates about what Lefebvre was suggesting in his idea of the intersection of materiality, imagination, and...
Designing a waiting room for children in a hospital, supervised by Eureka, the Museum for children
Internship report - 23 pages - Architecture
This is the report about my placement in EUREKA!, the children's museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. In the following pages, this report attempts to highligh a global view of a design project such as a children's waiting room in a hospital and on a wider scale, the work of an...
Architecture and Utopia
Essay - 5 pages - Architecture
The world was created by man as his image. It was structured by his needs and expectations of life. Philosophers and thinker of all times have idealized, man's environment and the places he would live in after contemplating is needs. From the antique Romans to L. Costa and O. Niemeyer in...
Issues of conservation and reconstruction in archaeological sites: The example of the Palace of Minos at Knossos - publié le 28/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Architecture
The main issues of this paper are the conservation and the reconstruction of archaeological sites. Indeed, the aim of archaeology is to present the findings of the past to the public, in the most objective way . However, archaeological findings are never completely objective because they are...
The architectural dimension of museums - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - Architecture
My decision to retain the architectural dimension of museums in their modern and contemporary acceptation as the central theme of my study has been orientated by personal grounds as well as it has been prompted by technical reasons. Indeed, my profound interest in architecture has invited me to...
Ottoman architecture: Mosques of Istanbul
Essay - 6 pages - Architecture
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, is located in Istanbul, Turkey in Sultanahmet Square. It was commissioned by Sultan Ahmed I in 1609 to be the first imperial mosque built by the Ottoman Empire in over forty years. The mosque was given the name “Blue” by foreign...
Skyscrapers: An American urban art form
Essay - 5 pages - Architecture
It isn't often that we think of buildings as works of art. We have a word to describe the art of designing buildings and structures - architecture - but to most of us, buildings are things of purpose, not things to be admired. We pass in and out of them, conducting our business, and never give a...
The European city: the Versailles of "Andre Le Notre"
Essay - 5 pages - Architecture
Although Europe carries a tradition of greenery, France is a country which has been identified as a Country of Gardens. André Le Nôtre lived from the period of 1613 to 1700. He was a French landscape gardener. Le Nôtre carried down the occupation of his family as a landscape gardener as his...
Introduction to modern China ? the relationship between Chinese architecture and urban culture: Beijing
Case study - 5 pages - Architecture
Beijing has not originated as the capital of China. As early as history can date back, the city was not even called Beijing. It was always known as the ?Northern Capital' in China. This was how Beijing was called and known prior to the rule of the third Ming emperor, Yongle, who then declared...
Wooden houses
Essay - 5 pages - Architecture
In this dissertation, I will discuss an alternative to traditional concrete houses, namely wooden houses, which includes both houses completely made of wood and houses with a wood structure. I chose the subject because environment is a high priority subject today. This topic is up-to-date, since...
The Ethical Issues Surrounding the Compensation of Architects
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Architecture
Over the course of the last decade, organizations in the United States have been faced with balancing financial needs and ethical considerations. In many cases, organizations must consider what practices can be utilized to help maintain a healthy ethical climate in the organization while still...
Fractals In African and Indian Architecture
Essay - 2 pages - Architecture
In 1977, a mathematical pattern received its name as Benoit Mandelbrot proclaimed that he "coined [the term] fractal from the Latin adjective fractus. The corresponding Latin verb frangere means to break to create irregular fragments. It is therefore sensible and how appropriate for our needs! -...
Roman Aqueducts & Water Supply: With a case study of Ilion
Essay - 8 pages - Architecture
Modern day water supplies in the United States are supported by ground water, aquifers, lakes, and rivers. Water from these sources is then distributed through a collection of pipes into almost all American homes and apartments. Although water distribution is still a very complex system, it is...
Le Panier: its patrimony, its rehabilitation and the new city
Essay - 7 pages - Architecture
Marseille is an old city dating from Greek Antiquity when it was called Massilia and was a harbor on the Mediterranean Sea. Thanks to trade and its location between the Eastern and the Western world Marseille has become an important place. Influenced by many civilizations, the City has been...
The Glass House Designed by Philip Johnson New Canaan, CT (1949)
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Architecture
Over fifty years ago, the “Harvard Five” architects descended upon New Canaan, CT to build houses for themselves and their clients. These architects, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, John Johansen, Eliot Noyes, and Philip Johnson designed some of the most famous modern houses all within the...
The AEG Factory in Berlin: Designed by Peter Behrens
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Architecture
Throughout the latter half of the 18th and through the 19th century, architecture remained stagnant in design and innovation. There were many great buildings designed during the time, but they all were stuck in the past, usually echoing the Gothic and Greek structures of old. It wasn't until...
The architectural dimension of museums
Essay - 9 pages - Architecture
My decision to retain the architectural dimension of museums in their modern and contemporary acceptation as the central theme of my study has been orientated by personal grounds as well as it has been prompted by technical reasons. Indeed, my profound interest in architecture has invited me to...
