Architectural design

While secular clergy would not allow such a practice, the mendicant churches saw this as an opportunity to secure financial support and expand their churches. This led to great tension between secular clergy and the friars, but it also led to architectural changes within the churches…

When it comes to repairing or installing a church roof, however, you need someone with extensive experience in the unique challenges presented by the architecture used for most churches. Common Challenges Churches can be built in a variety of architectural styles, and each style can employ different roof elements. However, the following list covers the challenges that are commonly encountered when roofing churches in Central Texas. • Steeples are traditional components that have been used in…

In colonial America in the seventeenth through the eighteenth century, specifically in the period rooms in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the changing standard of decoration and function of homes reflects the rise of the consumer revolution. Though especially influential in the acquisition of luxury goods, the colonial infatuation with refinement and gentility coincides with the consumer revolution. In fact, a person’s gentility would often be defined by their possession of material goods.…

The new Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is opening in less than two weeks, on April 28th, with an extravagant opening gala and we think it would be a natural fit for Elle Canada be a part of the big event. The new Ottawa Art Gallery is a perfect fit for Elle Canada audiences. The gallery is proudly helmed by an almost all-female staff, including a woman director, chief financial officer, and chief of staff. It also boasts an all-female curatorial team. I’ve included more information about the…

perceptions. My designs, through constructed space, material and light, invite exhibit visitors to step into the immersive spaces, to feel them, to play with them, to engage in the…

This style influenced the decorative arts, architecture, interior design, and industrial design as well as the visual arts, fashion, painting, graphic arts, and cinema. It was a mixture of many styles and movements such as constructivism, cubism, bauhaus, art nouveau, and modernism. Although many movements had established roots in…

“Creativity is more than an inborn talent; it is a hard earned skill, and like any other skill, it improves with practice” (Lupton, Ellen. Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming. New York: Princeton Architectural ;, 2011. Print). As designers, we grow through our practices. It’s important to never fully dive in without learning the possible outcomes of one’s design. In relation, it would be as if you were diving into a pool without knowing if it were too shallow or too deep. Discovering…

of graphic design. Public signs, utility signs, and road signs are examples of how a design communicate the information with the use of graphical elemtns. As up in coming graphic designers, it is important for us to understand how we should approach informative design; creating something that is just aesthetically pleasing won’t be an effective tool for the public to utilize in everyday life. A perfect example of how communication was integrated in design is Massimo Vignelli’s design of New York…

are to donate my design skills to my community. I want to create my own design firm and provide volunteer work through my business, a growing number of young designers are attracted to humanitarian work, like myself. The practice of architecture and design can be a huge component to advertising my personal skills. The greatest asset to an ID (Interior Design) is the individual skill sets they have, so no one has the same skills that you do. Relating back to humanitarianism, design is becoming a…

Architecture and Design Profile Ten years directing all aspects of a multidisciplinary design consultancy Twenty years leading design projects in the disciplines of architecture, product design and branding Extensive experience in all aspects of design and production in both architecture and industrial design Experience in all aspects of creative direction including defining the design agenda, team building and management to achieve the highest quality, on time, and within budget Design…