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    pressure and the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 required the Canadian government to make the reluctant decision to evacuate Japanese Canadians from the coastal regions of British Columbia and intern them. The subject matter examined in both articles range from the pre-war racism‚ attitudes of the Japanese Canadians‚ the work of intelligence services‚ and the government’s responses leading up to the evacuation. The articles share the common view that Japanese Canadians were

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    an interface to gain cognitive experience on spatial configurations and form finding and acts as an effective tool for further morphological explorations in the architectural design process. Based on undertaking a data collection exercise with architecture students‚ origami has proved to be a rich source of inspiration and has found its way into a wide range of design applications. It has even led to the discovery of new forms and methods of

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    [Accessed 27 May 2015]. What Tools Does an Architect Use? | Chron.com | Jeffrey Joyner‚ Demand Media | [WEBSITE] Available at: http://work.chron.com/tools-architect-use-10408.html [Accessed 27 May 2015]. Australian architect Sean Godsell to speak for Architecture Lecture Series April 23 | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis | 11 April 2011 | [WEBSITE] Available at: http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/9261.aspx [Accessed 25 May 2015]. Farewell MPavilion 2014 - YouTube | 1 February 2015 | [WEBSITE]

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    materials. Even though there has been radical change in building skin from the past‚ I believe it is important to have an appreciation of traditional architecture when thinking about building envelope. For example‚ Shigeru Ban‚ in his Japanese Pavilion‚ proposed a building skin constructed entirely from paper in keeping with traditional Japanese architecture. Many times by looking in the past we can find a way to further develop traditional applications. Werner talks about how roof and façade have

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    architectural style‚ architecture history Introduction Many times‚ especially in architectural fields‚ it is unclear where to draw the line between Modernism and Postmodernism. In many artistic languages‚ such as music‚ painting‚ and the performing arts‚ political and cultural values reflect the values of humans and society. However‚ because architectural forms result from multi-layered problem solving‚ justifying cultural and

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    Chandigarh Master Plan – 2031 Draft 7. COMMERCIAL AREAS IN CHANDIGARH 7.1 INTRODUCTION Commercial areas in Chandigarh were planned to provide adequate‚ organized retail and wholesale trading activity for the city residents. The city has however emerged as a important commercial hub. A concept of hierarchical distribution of commercial centers was introduced into the city plan as a departure from the organic developments of the traditional towns. To provide a continuum of commercial

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    Academic Reading sample task – Identifying writer’s views/claims Discovered in the early 1800s and named ‘nicotianine’‚ the oily essence now called nicotine is the main active ingredient of tobacco. Nicotine‚ however‚ is only a small component of cigarette smoke‚ which contains more than 4‚700 chemical compounds‚ including 43 cancer-causing substances. In recent times‚ scientific research has been providing evidence that years of cigarette smoking vastly increases the risk of developing fatal medical

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    chain-link fence‚ effectively splitting the house open with an angled skylight. Gehry’s unconventional design shocked architectural world‚ ultimately launching his career to new heights. During the 1960s‚ Gehry began to redirect his architecture by fusing the Japanese and vernacular elements in his early work. Influenced by painters and sculptors‚ his designs showed elite manipulation of perspectively distorted shapes‚ sculptural masses molded by light‚ and buildings that reveal their underlying

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    Drafting By: Madison Stewart Drafting is the drawing up of blueprints for architectural structures‚ and mechanical engineering tools and objects. There are two sides to drafting‚ the mechanical side and the architectural side. It’s a great career that is fun‚ and easy to do. Architectural drafting has to deal with drawing up the blueprints for homes‚ schools‚ churches‚ and any other architectural structure you can think of. It’s very easy to come up with these blueprints. You can either draw

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    Habitation‚ Le Corbusier‚ there are similarities and differences pertaining to the specific regional context. A. Architectural Style The architectural style People’s Park Complex is influence by Japanese Metabolism movement and Brutalism architecture. Similarly‚ Unite d’ Habitation Le Corbusier was Brutalism architecture and

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