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Structural [A head] The structural section in the UBC – ITC Health Club Expansion project contains information primarily associated to providing structural support for the roof system and screen wall. In addition, the foundation plan shows the necessary load bearing construction for supporting these structural items. It is important to understand the details, elevations, section and other drawings to construct the building as intended. General Notes and Abbreviations [B head] The General Notes…

live, work, and play. Architects play a vital role in how humans will interact with their structures. They will also have an influence on the way people behave within the space. Architects play a role in shaping the future of society by the structures that they create. By creating the buildings of the future, they are creating the society of the future as well. This is why I wish to complete my studies in the architectural field. Many times when people think of architects, they think of the…

and practical aspects. Design a 1 bedroom eco-lodge. The cliens are a young couple who are environmentally consious and artistic. The area is a rectangular shaped block of 12m x 6m. The design needs to reflect the designs of either a well-known architect or era of architecture. The American Radiator Building (also known as The American Standard Building) was built in Manhattan, New York City in 1924. Being Raymond Hood’s first construction in New York City as well as his last work in Art Deco…

Rhythm and syntax are tools of the writer that help to immerse the reader into the text. Without these, the writer is simply putting characters to a page. Hollow, empty thoughts prevail. The architect must consider themselves equal to the writer in their attention to the characters that they use in their work. Gregotti (1983) believes that “the tectonic expression of architecture is capable of enhancing the sensual and intellectual experience…

work by Victorian Government (Owen, C, 2012). Should architectural profession follow the similar rules? What are the benefits and challenge for architectural practices to provide pro bono services? It is said in the ‘good deeds in design’, that architects doing pro bono services are aimed to meet professional obligations to provide a public service and to help architectural profession achieve more social values…

Mustang; Engineering and Agriculture dominate the pages. This shows the lack of focus given to the Architecture program at the time. The next mentions of activity in the Graveyard is on April 3, 1964, in which an article talked of a group of senior architects that built a “Shell House” in Poly Canyon using a fast and cheap alternative to wood. This Shell House played an important role in the popularization of the Graveyard, because come Poly Royal, mentions of it are made again. In the April…

A Finnish architect, became a Phenomenologist in 1957 when he was inspired by one of his mentor, Professor Aulis Blomstedt. A quote from the man, Juhani Pallasmaa, Buildings are not abstract, meaningless construction, or aesthetic compositions, they are extensions and shelters of our bodies, memories, identities and minds. Consequently, architecture arises from existentially true confrontations, experiences, recollections and aspirations (The Thinking Hand. Existential and embodied wisdom in…

Architectural influence of the culture does not occur on its own; Architects across the world are always influenced by their culture through their knowledge, skills, behavior, experience earned in their country through their own education system and every education systems is created based on their society needs and through…

words, a building should function as a beneficial change. Using sculptures as a comparison to architecture, Price stresses on the requirement for flexible design in preparation of future uses of the same volumes. Also, the writer believes that the architects’ purpose in design includes the…

2 Objective Architecture in the 21st century, a world conscious of environmental limits and cultural diversity, towards a technological globalisation. What strategies could enable the potential for manifesting an ethical intentionality inherent in the architectural profession and how is this ethical intentionality affected in Public Architecture, where the individual client is substituted by civil society? This research paper aims to investigate a theoretical supposition in the fields of…