When Stars Go Dark: An Anthology of Spatial Declination By kgtillada Architecture is a vessel for stories. From the very foundations an infrastructure stands on to the highest peak that reaches out for the sky‚ a story lies within each brick that is laid‚ each volume of concrete that is poured and each band of steel that is welded. It is a congregation of narratives‚ containing various mementos from when it was built until the passing generations it shall live through. There are many stories
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Antoni Gaudi the greatest architect in European history? Antoni Gaudi‚ an architect‚ was born on June 25th‚ 1852 in Rues‚ Catalonia‚ Spain. Antoni showed great interest in architecture at a very young age. He eventually ended up going to the Provincial School of Architecture. He then graduated in 1878‚ and started to work for other companies and then went to the Paris World’s Fair of 1878 and presented his own showcase. This fair really launched his career. Even though
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regionalism was first introduced as an architectural concept in the early 1980s in essays by Alexander Tzonis‚ Liane Lefaivre and subsequently‚ Kenneth Frampton. It was describe as a contemporary architecture which could neither be branded as internationalism nor as a historical concept of region and architecture. Over the last twenty years‚ along with the rise of the internet and global finance‚ the global has become the prevailing regime of art production and exhibition. When architect Kenneth Frampton
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MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE Name:Tan-awon‚ Johanna Marie R. Prof. Architect Gregoria Mercado Bs.Architecture/ AR 1-11ar-2 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Antoni Gaudí From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Antoni Gaudí | Biography Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852–10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí’s works reflect his highly individual
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Muslims believe the Qur’an to be the direct words of Allah‚ as revealed to and transmitted by the prophet (S.A.W). All sources of Islamic law must be essential agreement with the Quran‚ the most fundamental source of Islamic knowledge. When the Qur’an itself does not speak directly or in detail about certain subject‚ Muslims only then turn to alternative sources of Islamic law like ; the Sunnah‚ Ijma and Qiyas used by Muslims legal experts. Purpose of the Qur’an: "Had we sent down this Qur’an on a
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ViSummary #1 Vitruvius Pollio‚ Book 1 in Ten Books on Architecture In chapter one of Vitruvius’ book on architecture‚ he emphasizes on the importance and qualifications required of an architect. The extensive knowledge in several different fields of study is necessary when designing a building. An architect must understand the reason why certain ideologies are implemented. According to Vitruvius‚ the fundamental principles of architecture depend on order‚ arrangement‚ eurhythmy‚ symmetry‚ propriety
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the Renaissance relied more upon observations and would ultimately leading to the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century. Architectural reforms were brought about as well during the Renaissance. Before the renaissance‚ asymmetrical gothic architectures dominate Europe. However‚ it was during the Renaissance‚ buildings of high symmetry and proportion of the Classical Roman and Greek buildings that inspired architects of that time. The plans of the building have symmetrical appearance and the proportion
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Weinstock provides information about the methods that can be followed to apply the inspirations from biology to architecture in the intro of the book Emergent Technologies and design: Towards a biological paradigm for architecture. A self-organization without external control necessitates non-linear‚ complex adaptive systems‚ and thereby the sciences of complexity. To generate dynamical architecture‚ now‚ design software enables the architect to write and script codes. Mathematical structure turns
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Sample Personal Statement for Architecture People once asked me: “Why did you choose architecture?” I couldn’t give a simple answer for that. Maybe it was because I like painting and construction since childhood. I also earnestly yearn to create beautiful things on my own and architecture can satisfy my imagination in space‚ materials‚ and color. My born interest in this sector is also because of my parents‚ who are both structural engineer and electrical engineer‚ influencing me gradually and
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ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMME. ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY (A.T.B.U) BAUCHI‚ NIGERIA. KADUMA‚ LOT AKUT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE‚ SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY‚ ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY‚ BAUCHI NIGERIA. AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS - IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY (B. Tech) IN ARCHITECTURE.
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