Enterprise Architecture at American Express Critical facts American Express‚ located in New York City‚ was founded in 1850 (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). It is one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American provides services such as credit cards‚ charge cards‚ and traveler’s checks (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). American Express cards account for 24% of credit card transactions in the U.S. (Corporate Profile‚ 2015). According to the company’s 10k‚ the company
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“submission”‚ in the religion itself it is the total surrender to God. Islam and Muslim are of the same religion‚ practicing the same and worshipping the same. At times many think that they are different religions. The word Muslim means “ one who submits to God”. There is 1.1 to 1.8 Billion Muslims‚ making this religion the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. (Wikipedia‚ 2007) The Islam religion has originated from the teachings of Muhammad who is a 7th century Arab religions and political
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Sustainable Architecture for a Sustainable Future Our environment today suffers from many issues. The most important one from a constructor’s point of view would be the resources depletion problem. Freshwater resources are declining‚ the soil is loosing its fertility‚ and there is a crucial shortage in basic minerals such as zinc‚ copper‚ and phosphorus. These deficiencies would definitely lead to a slowdown in construction growth. According to Rehan Ahmed (2012) construction is the less sustainable
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Architecture of the New Capitalist Society INTRODUCTORY THEME Daniel Libeskind ’s winning design for the new World Trade Center takes a sentimental and metaphorical approach. He claims that the completed WTC would become the representation of America ’s belief in humanity‚ its need for individual dignity‚ and its beliefs in the cooperation of human. Libeskind ’s original design focused on restoring the spiritual peak to the New York City and creating an icon that speaks of America ’s vitality
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This essay will briefly discuss the three major periods of American art and architecture design. The most popular and recognized periods are: Art Nouveau‚ Art Deco and 20th Century Modernism. I will point out major influences and give a timeline; this will cover a majority of the 20th century. It should be noted that these styles are not exclusive to American culture‚ but‚ are a part of Western culture as a whole. We will begin with Art Nouveau 1900-1915; which has its roots in the mid-nineteenth
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we were asked a question‚ define religion. With my first thoughts‚ I scribbled down the conceptions of religion as I was taught through my Judaic background‚ "religion is a prescribed set of ideas and rules as given by a higher power to govern a body of people‚" it was almost a reflex. Caught up in the common pretenses of Western Judeo-Christian religions‚ I was quite ignorant to the models of the many eastern religions that exist‚ especially the popular religions of China. It is hard to consider
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A Comparative Study Between The Practices Of Interior Design And Architecture And A Discourse On The Professionalization Of Interior Design Interior Design and Architecture Interior Design is considered a generally young profession. Throughout history‚ the differences between architects‚ builders‚ designers and other professionals involved in building a structure has been decidedly blurred and drawing the line between all the disciplines involved has been a rather recent occurrence. The practice
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Forced Religion In the United States‚ there are so many people who follow several different religious beliefs. They pray to different gods and even eat different foods depending on the religion that they follow. Everyone is entitled to believe anything one wants to believe‚ and this is a right that everyone has in our country. The problem that surfaces with religion is when one thinks his or her religion is better than another’s and should be followed by everyone. It is great to think that everyone
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architectural concepts are still being used today in some of the most influential buildings of our time. In this paper‚ I will argue that the art of architecture is Greco-Roman at its heart. Ancient Greece came about before
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Presentation architecture in Renaissance and Baroque All aspects of Renaissance culture‚ from art and architecture to philosophy‚ were influenced and inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Generally‚ architecture in the Renaissance can be described as symmetrical‚ harmonious and sober. Many buildings that were built in the Renaissance are perfect symmetrical‚ if you would draw a line through the middle of the building‚ it would have two exact same halves. Because it is so symmetrical
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