Ancient Roman architecture

to the incorrect association with the word brutal. In architecture, the term “Brutalism” was actually named from the French Beton Brut, which means raw concrete. The term was first used by Le Corbusier himself to describe his own design but was formerly created by Alison…

I definitely think the library design fascinating and interesting; with its hyper rational process is takes rationality to an absurd level with regard to something people would not expect as being the result of rationality. I am unfamiliar with architecture as well as the difference between modernism and postmodernism, but I think it is a powerful talk on which he discussed about the role of the architects in the process, as a team approach rather than authorship. He had to convince the library…

In The Belly of an Architect, Stourley Kracklite’s obsession with Boullee’s architecture blinds him from the things that are essential to his success as an architect and his happiness. As a result, he thinks his wife is poisoning him, rather than the cause of his cancer being due to other factors. He sees Caspasian stealing his exhibition and neglects that he’s stealing his wife. His idealism of Boullee’s architecture is exposed to the imperfections and chaos of reality and starts to…

In the making of Fantasia, which was an animated movie, this sincere admiration and great empathy was reflected later in year 1940. With Leopold Stekowski, the renowned American conductor, this move was completed in close collaboration. As this architecture would be examined later, the Disney Concert Hall’s current free form structure and this historic collaboration, the parallel lines could be drawn interestingly. At a cost of 274 million dollars, it was completed, after 16 years of continuous…

Correspondingly, design style shall be memorable, inviting and user-friendly: Vertical and horizontal movement in the facade, using a variety of shapes and architectural elements; i. Color is used to accentuate the building; ii. Entries emphasized by architectural elements, canopies or awnings, which vary from site to site giving individual character; iii. The building form complemented by the site and related to the interior functional space utilization; iv. Architectural facade night lighting;…

A new popular urban architecture style was flourishing the cities in the United States called Art Deco. The foundation of the modern age movement started in Paris in the 1920’s. Architectures acknowledge the structures where they defined it as straight lines that followed cubic proportions. (Gebhard 4) Art Deco was represented as a combination of modernization and architect traditions. What identifies Art Deco and separates it from other building is the ornament, sculptures and the surface…

Postmodern picture books are often designed by authors and illustrators “who deliberately work against a linear storytelling pattern” (Wolfenbarger and Sipe, 2007, p. 275). Characteristically, postmodern picture books have a non-linear storyline, encompass a socio-cultural or political concern, and allow students to actively engage by encouraging the construction of meaning from the interplay between visual imagery and text, resulting in narrative construction. The postmodern picture book…

Ornament, in regards to architecture, is defined as an addition to a design that improves appearance, but has no specific need or purpose. This is often expressed in the form of faux beams, shutters that do not move, excess detailing or embellishment on columns, and so on and so forth. “To ornament or to not ornament” is a common discussion within the design world. Adolf Loos, Reyner Banham, and Joseph Rykwert are three famous architects that published works discussing their opinions on ornament…

Clothing, food, tools, and architecture,those are examples of material culture that most people think of. It does not consider natural objects and materials (rocks and dirt, trees, etc.) to be part of the material culture. But, how people see the natural things and how to use it for…

The work of an architect is visible from the houses in a sub development to skyscrapers located in cities all around. Every building or structure no matter how small or how large started as a design created by an architect. The styles of architecture varies around the world and from architect to architect, each person has their own style of design. Becoming an architect requires a lengthy and expensive college education along with an internship for a student to become certified. Even though the…