American architects

My response to Recovering Utopia by Nathanial Coleman from the Journal of Architectural Education. This article is an intellectual article that works towards defining utopia in regard to architecture and city planning. It includes explanations that make up the dangers and realistic ideals that come along with trying to create utopia in architecture or a utopian city. Coleman describes what makes up utopia in architecture which include as he describes four elements: “social and political content;…

Construction engineers fulfill many project duties. They work on many project types and can earn an impressive salary. Those salaries come with matching responsibilities. Therefore, firms may look for construction engineers with special traits. Once employed, there are several career paths that a construction engineer may take, each with increasing responsibilities and salaries. Construction Engineering Day to Day On the job, a construction firm may hold a civil engineer responsible for…

Sheet Metal Roofing If you are in the midst of planning your next new home construction or roof replacement project, you may have come across sheet metal roofing in your research. To most homeowners who do not live in major urban centers, the idea of sheet metal roofing on a residential home may seem foreign. However, sheet metal roofing is experiencing a real moment in the residential home construction world. Sheet metal roofing is exactly what it sounds like: it is a roof made-up of…

of the Northwest Corner Building was already taken by the Gymnasium, a huge column free space which used to hold basketball races and indoor ceremonies instead of a vacant lot in the campus. This put a really serious problem on the table, how can architect constructing a new building above the gym without penetrating the existing structure and affecting the function of the gym above? Moneo give us a perfect solution by using diagonal cross-bracing at the perimeter. An enormous steel truss forms…

What is an Architect from Deamer and Carrio Perception? What is an architect? Throughout the years, the architecture profession has been questioned. Many theorists have debated the functionality and point of views of different forms in regard to this question. These perceptions of the architect are still being written at the present moment. As statements keep appearing, more meanings are perceived and read on a global scale. It is still unclear who has the correct solution or whether it might…

that emotionally resonates with me. The power of being able to elicit that level of emotion has contributed immensely in drawing me towards architecture. Looking back at everything, I haven’t had that one ‘ah-ha’ moment when I suddenly realized an Architect is what I want to be, but instead, it has been a more gradual process; the initial fascination intensifying into a deep-rooted passion for the art. After garnering excellent scores in the Architecture aptitude exams I had the opportunity of…

The development in the construction industry has made engineers, architects and designers very creative and ambitious in building projects. The designs are becoming innovative and attractive. To achieve this, tremendous amount of weight placed was on materials leading to their inability to bear this significant weight. Consequently, to be able to achieve the structural design and strength engineers developed the truss. Trusses are web-shaped structures that are able to bear tremendous weight.…

Intelligent Architecture In her book The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand portrays the protagonist, Howard Roark, as an individualistic young architect who chooses to struggle in unimportance rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision. The book follows his fight to practice what the public sees as modern architecture, which he considers to be superior, despite an establishment focused on tradition-worship. In the book Architecture's New Media: Principles, Theories, and Methods of…

1 Introduction . The scope of this thesis is analyzing and understanding the architectural design relationship and principles of interor design and urban square design. The scope is going to analyze the design principle relationship similaritites and differences between urban square design and interior space design. Urban squares are the examples of urban design principle in architectural area. Urban square design is result of the urban space design.The thesis is going to focus on urban square…

Timber has been used as a commodity to build homes since times immemorial. Even now, the craze for timbered homes has not diminished at all. Many people across the world love timber. Thus, they have a desire to build a timber house for themselves. Style, comfort and protection are what can be guaranteed to dwellers of timber houses. Style because of the various architectural designs which can be achieved from timber, comfort because they provide thermal insulation such that dwellers can feel…