ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN Introduction In December 2006‚ the Urban Design Advisory Group (UDAG) was formed‚ including 14 government and non-government representatives from Vancouver and Portland under the joint chairmanship of Mayor Royce Pollard and Mayor Sam Adams. UDAG members determined that one of their primary functions would be to develop design guidelines for implementation by CRC staff throughout the design process. These design guidelines pertain to the main span across the Columbia
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Week 3 individual Assignment Comparing and Contrasting Architectural Styles CSS/422 Service-Oriented Architecture Software Architecture is how a system is structured‚ it is a collection of all the elements that are what make the system‚ there are several different styles which can be used to create a Program or Programs. Software Architecture styles will describe the classes of the architecture being used‚ these classes of course can be used repeatedly‚ there are
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Governor Croswell House For what purpose was it built? Personal Home for Governor Croswell Date of construction: 1841-1843 Name specific aspects of this building that shows how it has elements that were part of the Ancient Greek architectural style: The house had a porch with columns that were square (called posts). The house was built in a rectangular form. The house had a gabled roof on the shorter sides (front and back). The house had white frieze boards under the cornice.
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Re-emergence of use of ornaments in architectural practice has occurred on a global scale over the past decade. Several architects are unwrapping a lost language that had been an intrinsic mode of communication in architecture. The language of ornament in architecture has been readily confused with the realms of decoration and pattern among others. However‚ ornament decoration is used in architecture and decorative art to embellish an object or part of a building. Architectural ornaments can be derived from
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became know as Palladian windows‚ which is a prominent feature in neoclassical architecture. The Rotunda then influenced the Chiswick House (figure 3) designed by Lord Burlington. The Chiswick House has a simple symmetrical plan and consist of many Palldian style architectural elements. The Chiswick House then influenced Thomas Jeffreson’s Monticello in the United States.figure 2figure 3 By the late 18th century‚ Thomas Jefferson had embraced the
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buildings that are protected for their historic interest as well as those protected for their architectural value. Since industrial buildings are largely protected primarily for the former as opposed to the latter the question arises of how the guidelines reflecting the importance of a building’s aesthetics can govern the conversion of buildings which are considered to be without either aesthetic or architectural value in the first place. The main aim of this thesis is thus to investigate how ‘aesthetic
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structural engineer and electrical engineer‚ influencing me gradually and unconsciously since I was a kid and giving me perceptual knowledge in the field. After my five-year study in the Department of Architecture‚ and one-year work experience in architectural design‚ I ask myself this same question. The result is that aside from the factors mentioned above‚ what really makes me choose architecture is its intrinsic appeal‚ which is just like the maxim written inside the building of the Department of
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Indian subcontinent. The result is an evolving range of architectural production that‚ although it is difficult to identify a single representative style‚ nonetheless retains a certain amount of continuity across history. The diversity of Indian culture is represented in its architecture. It is a blend of ancient and varied native traditions‚ with building types‚ forms and technologies from West and Central Asia‚ as well as Europe. Architectural styles range from Hindu temple architecture to Islamic
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The architectural designs and elements of ancient Greece‚ Egypt and Mesopotamia have many notable similarities. This could be because of the similarities in the ancient empires’ cultures (giving more importance to religion)‚ environment and resources (the extensive use of reeds and mud bricks) or simply a result of their influences on each others’ aesthetic content in their designs. Either way‚ the ancient civilizations’ architectural designs have surely inspired and begun the architectural advancement
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Trobe St.‚ Melbourne‚ Victoria. It is designed by George B.H. Austin and constructed by the Swanston Brothers around 1911-1913[1] and is refurbished in 2002 by the architect Peter Elliott to be used for RMIT University’s purposes[2]. In Fig. 2‚ the plan of the design is shown. The spaces are rectangular and overall it forms an L-shape. Its original function is a Court of Petty Sessions. The Court of Petty Sessions deal with a wide range of cases such as administrative breach‚ minor criminal activities
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