present in his designs; he does not want to create illusions. He believes in making " designs aesthetically pleasing by creating order and meaning with the use of light" (Meier 71). Douglas House illustrates these attributes in the family room‚ which is the focal space of the house. The family room in the Douglas House illustrates Meier’s main ideas of form‚ space and light. Form and space are key aspects of Meier’s designs. He focuses his attention to geometric shapes‚ which fit together
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Joseph Giovannini ; afterword by Joseph Rykwert.. Richard Meier : Houses and Apartments. New York‚ NY: Rizzoli International Publications.‚ 2007 Richard Meier architect : 1992-1999 / Richard Meier / essays by Kenneth Frampton‚ New York: Rizzoli‚ 1999 Douglas house‚ Harbor Springs‚ Michigan‚ design: 1971; completion: 1973; architects: Richard Meier and Associates [ 4 ]. Context. The task of the architectural project is to reveal‚ through the transformation of form‚ the essence of the surrounding context
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DOUGLAS MCGREGOR FLOW • PROFILE • WHY NOW ? .. • WORKS INTRO HIS STUDY • THEORY-X • THEORY-Y CONCLUSION • RELEVANCE • APPLICATIONS PROFILE-DOUGLAS MC GREGOR (1906-1964) He graduated Wayne State University PHD in Experimental Psychology(Harvard) He was Born Published his Theory of X & Y in the book “Human Side of Enterprise” Death 1906 1932 1935 1960 1964 HIS WORKS • Douglas Mc Gregor is one of the forefathers of contemporary management thinking over
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Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur is a name most Americans should know. Born and raised in a military family MacArthur rose to become one of the most important Generals in U.S. history. MacArthur played important roles in World War I and II as well as in the Korean conflict. MacArthur was a very controversial figure being a great general but having a burning desire to destroy the communist governments that might have led to World War III. Born in the barracks of unnamed military base in Little
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General Douglas MacArthur‚ one of the greatest generals known to man. He fought for what was right and for the good of the people. Many people may have claimed he was somewhat unstable yet medical reports show no such thing. He was actually very helpful during the Second World War. He played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He did many courageous acts and it is no surprise that he became one of the five-star generals. After the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ General MacArthur commanded
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1. Youth and Education Douglas Adams was a classic case of genius growing up‚ from taking longer than usual to develop basic skills to quickly morphing into an incredible writer. Born in 1952 in Cambridge‚ he was reportedly slow to develop‚ “I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside‚ because there sure as hell wasn’t anything going on on the outside!” (__________). However
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Douglas Haig: One of the “Butchers” The level of violence and loss experienced during the First World War was unlike anything that the world had seen before. The number of nations involved far surpassed any war that preceeded it. Only a handful of countries around the world were able to remain neutral‚ thereby protecting their populations from the massive losses that destroyed Europe. Technological advances in weaponary‚ new battle tactics‚ and the largest european armies ever raised were put
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need to fight back. Secondly‚ Truman did the right thing by rejecting MacArthur’s request. If he did not have stopped MacArthur for using nuclear weapons against Chinese cities that they would have been World War 3 between China and Unites State. Not only did Truman disagreed with this idea of MacArthur but Bradley alo disagreed with MacArthur. Bradley said the conflict with China would be‚ " the wrong war‚ at the wrong place‚ at the wrong time‚ and with the wrong enemy." This is
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the battle of MacArthur versus Truman‚ the long-range issues tended to be overshadowed by the personalities involved. In MacArthur’s case this was not an advantage” (p. 130). MacArthur had been invaluable to Roosevelt‚ but it was a completely different story with Truman. MacArthur and Truman had turbulent relationship consisting of disregard to the proper order of command. The Reason for MacArthur’s Dismissal The reason for President Truman’s dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur from military
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long time. Because of this lasting a long time‚ Truman and MacArthur argued over what to do about the war. Truman said they should talk with China and come to an agreement but MacArthur
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