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    parts of it have been preserved. Architecture has been broken down into many categories to fit the lifestyle of people in a particular place at a particular time. The two main ways of recognising these are; Modern architecture and traditional architecture. Modern architecture is known as the movement of architecture that began in the 20th century‚ it is also architecture that is characterised by the simplification of forms and subtraction of ornaments‚ modern architecture can be some of the most futuristic

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    Starchitect of Post-Modern Architecture Architecture was the first style to push beyond modernist values and shift to post-modern values. Modern architecture followed a uniform style that appears in the de Stijl movement; which preferred order‚ horizontal/vertical lines‚ simplicity‚ sameness‚ universal form‚ and purism; meanwhile‚ the Bauhaus movement used industrial materials and simple geometric forms. The international style or what can be termed as present-day architecture followed the modernist

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    INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Cohort 2010 - 14 Academic Year 2013 – 14 Name: SHREYA SETHI Date: 9 0CT 2013 Module: Research Paper 1. I want to study /investigate - Does the use of Traditional Styles in Contemporary Architecture still prevails or has modernism widely influenced contemporary architects? *NOTE:- As this is an argument concerning the whole world‚ so to narrow it down I can take a specific place like Delhi and can subdivide it into a specific part of Delhi like South Delhi

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    Modern Architecture and the Modern City- Barbican‚ London Chamberlin‚ Powel and Bon had very little experience being architects‚ after giving up teaching at Kingston University‚ they formed a partnership to tackle the challenge of the Barbican project. Between 1954 and 1968 Chamberlin‚ Powel and Bon (CP & B) created four finished plans which was later modified to a further fifth plan. However with the complexity of the scheme seven official plans were drawn up over this time. With each plan

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    The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt What Does My Future Hold? This is a question that most people have asked at least once in their lives‚ and is asked more frequently in light of these changing times.  As we move through the New Earth paradigm shift‚ it is natural to sense a stronger need to know the future and given the various theories floating about regarding 2012 and beyond‚ many are left feeling a deeper sense of uncertainty about their

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    ARTH 372-01 MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING Department of Art and Art History College of William and Mary Fall 2012 M‚ W: 2:00 – 3:20 in 201 Andrews Prof. Sibel Z. Sayek Office: 109C Andrews Hall Hours: M‚ W 3:30 – 4:30 (and by appointment) E-mail: ssayek@wm.edu Phone: 221-2527 Course site: http://blackboard.wm.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION This course offers an overview of influential ideas and paradigmatic developments in the architecture and urbanism of the modern era from the Enlightenment (c

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    OVERVIEW OF CHINESE COMPANY LAW (I) Legal characteristics of Modern Company A modern company has a set of legal characteristics: 1. Independent legal personality 2. Limited liability 3. Transferability of shares / interests 4. Centralised Management 5. Investor Ownership These characteristics respond to the economic exigencies of the large modern business. 1. Independent Legal Personality Meaning: - Independent from investors and the management; - Counter-party in corporate

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    Thesis Modern architecture is new ideologies of architectural that show up in many Western countries in the decade after industrial revolution I. It was based on the rational use of modern materials‚ the principles of functionalist planning‚ and the reject of what it is exists and miscellaneous decoration. This style has been generally designated as modern‚ although the labels International style and functionalism have also been used. In rudimentary architecture the human presence can seem subject

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    There weren’t enough seats‚" says James Knowlson‚ Beckett’s friend and official biographer. They also couldn’t have realised that this play‚ beginning its shoestring-budget run on 5 January 1953‚ was going to be seen as one of the pivotal moments in modern drama. International appeal So why has Waiting for Godot proved so durable? How has Beckett’s work outlasted the other iconoclasts and angry young writers of the 1950s and 1960s? "I would suggest the answer lies in its ambiguities. So much is suggested

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