The 12th International Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) 1-6 October‚ 2008 Goa‚ India Earthquake Risk Mitigation Strategies in India C. Ghosh National Institute of Disaster Management‚ New Delhi‚ India Keywords: Disaster Management‚ earthquake‚ mitigation‚ building codes‚ ABSTRACT: About 59% of India’s land area is under the threat of moderate to severe earthquake shaking intensity VII and higher. In the last 20 years‚ 8 major
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– Background of Japanese economy___________3 2‚ Collapse of the ’bubble’ economy___________________________4 3‚ A breakdown of a major company financial institution_______5 4‚ Lost Main Bank _________________________________________5 5‚ Employment reduction___________________________________5 6‚ Conclusion______________________________________________6 7‚ Reference _______________________________________________7 Introduction – Background of Japanese economy Industry
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aesthetic ideals of Japanese poetry and art in general. Buddhist art‚ paintings and sculpture‚ as well as its architecture helped shape Japanese arts and architecture in general. However‚ Japanese culture is unique from that of China’s and Korea’s. This comes in part from a mixed religious atmosphere. Another significant religion in Japanese history‚ Shinto‚ has also had a great influence on Japanese culture‚ especially in performing arts. The two most famous forms of Japanese theatre today‚ Noh
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Departamentul de istoria & teoria arhitecturii şi conservarea patrimoniului LIMBAJ ARHITECTURAL 1 AN I / semestrul 2 – 2009-2010 TEMA 1 DE SEMINAR ANALIZA DE OBIECT ARHITECTURAL DUPĂ CRITERIUL ATRIBUTELOR VITRUVIENE Analizaţi (conform fişei de analiză de mai jos) 3 exemple de locuinţe individuale (legate de tema de atelier în desfăşurare)‚ din punctul de vedere al răspunsului la comandamentele vitruviene şi al expresiei arhitecturale pe care o generează‚ urmărind punctele propuse (unde este
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personalities in the development of early-twentieth century architecture was Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959). Wright attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison before moving to Chicago‚ where he eventually joined the firm headed by Louis Sullivan. Wright set out to create "architecture of democracy." Early influences were the volumetric shapes in a set of educational blocks the German educator Friedrich Froebel designed‚ the organic unity of a Japanese building Wright saw at the Columbian Exposition in
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many factors such as increasing political discontent within the cities and countryside were also important and these issues can be linked back to the key developments in the late nineteenth century. Huge military defeats were caused by the Russo-Japanese War‚ which highlighted the weakness of the military and caused national humiliation‚ thus contributing to the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution. An example of such a defeat was in January 1905 when the army had to surrender their Port Arthur naval
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adaptation of the theory of PHENOMENOLOGY ‚ are the various considerations through which Holl’s Architecture can be Distinguished. Steven Holl got his undergraduate degree from University of Washington and also attended graduate school at the AA school of Architecture and currently runs Steven Holl Architects a 40-person office in New York. He Also Teaches in the Columbia University. Holl’s architecture has undergone a shift in emphasis‚ from his earlier concern with typology to his current concern
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PLEA2006 - The 23 Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture‚ Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ 6-8 September 2006 rd Biophilic architecture‚ the concept of healthy sustainable architecture Associat prof. Dr. Arch. Amjad Almusaed1 Dr. Ing. Asaad Almssad2 Dr.Adm. Zaki Khalil Abdushaik3 and Dr. Agro. Salih Khalil4 Arkitektskole‚ Aarhus‚ Denmark ABETONG AB - Hallstahammar‚ Sweden 3 Almustansrie university‚ Baghdad‚ Iraq 4 Mesopotamia irrigation‚ Babylon‚ Iraq Amjad_almusaed@yahoo.com 1 2 ABSTRACT:
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My interest in Architecture has now been so immense that I can say that my duration of 5 year’s study for the entire course of Bachelor of Architecture has been a ride in wonderland. I completed my Bachelor’s Degree with utmost sincerity and passion. Architecture has been a new experience to me‚ so much that none in my entire family is even closely related to Architecture. I got to know about this amazing world of Architecture through my father‚ an Electrical Engineer by profession. I had special
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Limits of Theory by Malini Foobalan As a second year architecture student‚ I find myself speculating about things that I never thought I would. The question to myself in fact‚ is why I care questioning‚ and what is it that has made me come up with such questions. Is it the influence of people around me‚ my developing critical thinking or‚ is it an arbitrary questioning that a typical architecture student would engage in? One of my favorite questions is concerning theory itself and
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