Architectural elements

First of all my degree I had choose BEng Architectural engineering because of many reasons. Starting with my parents they supported me a lot to be here in John moors university here where I am at the foundation programme doing my degree. My father he was the first person who lit a spark in me about this major. I have a good background because he always telling me about everything has a relationship with architectural. This led me to think that he is architectural engineering and because we have…

The Telecom Building, Wellington I have chosen the (Old) Telecom Building in Wellington as my study of Wellington buildings. The reason why I have made this selection is because of my curiosity. The way this building appeals to me and attracts me in is its strange green façade exterior, hooked my eyes every time I walk pass Manners Street. The Telecom Building is located at 13 – 27 Manners Street, Te Aro, Wellington. After a quick online search, it was very easy to find out that the building…

or another by these men as well as the culture from that time period in history. Their concepts and ideas have been distributed into America’s culture and building practices. The architectural design of that era has also made its way into the very fabric of creativity in America’s building creations and architectural endeavors. Although the Greeks and Romans used other cultures of that era designs and creations, it is their spin on what they used that has transpired throughout centuries. It…

One building that was interesting that imitated the neo-gothic style over the many years I lived in Lowell was Saint Patrick’s church in Lowell, Massachusetts. The local church had a historical tie to the city's Irish American population to support the Irish workmen who had moved to Lowell and who are also the ones that worked on the Pawtucket and Merrimack Canals. The current stone structure dates to 1853 and the Saint Patrick's church used to be in a wooden design but a fire in 1904 caused…

The first reinforced concrete high-rise building is the Ingalls Building, built in 1903 in Cincinnati, Ohio. All the key developments in reinforced concrete buildings in that time have contributed in the design and construction of Ingalls Building. Richard W. Steiger defined the Ingalls Building, ‘These developments included heavy monolithic beam-and-slab construction with tension reinforcing, two-way reinforcing systems, and bent bars and stirrups. Also used were hoops and continuous helixes…

In 1994, the administrators of the Milwaukee Art Museum set out to create a " majestic new entrance, a point of orientation for visitors and a redefinition of the Museum's identity through the creation of a powerful image." Up to that time, there were two buildings that made up the Milwaukee Art Museum, one, the main building that had been designed by Eeron Saarinen in 1957 in homage to the victims of the war, also another addition that was projected by the architect David Kahler in 1975 by…

Have you ever wondered how a building goes from an idea to an actual unique structure? Who are the masterminds behind these masterpieces? They are called architects and Filippo Brunnelesco and Norman Foster are a couple of the most famous architects in history. Architects are very important to society and to the world, whether it was in the 1400’s or the 1900’s. Brunnelesco was and architect, inventor, and painter, he changed the world in several different ways. Foster was a British man who is…

The Three Rooms This essay introduces the Alhambra palace, its location, and a little on its history. Multiple times the palace has been destroyed, and reconstructed, for pleasure, or for war. The beautiful interiors of the palace, the symbolic and enchanting courts of the Alhambra are like no other. Descriptions of the most important rooms of the Alhambra palace, and the complexity their charm. The derivation of each rooms name, and the rumors that still linger within the palace’s history.…

Akasha is the word we use to mean the Element of Spirit. The are five Elements used in magic, Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit or Akasha which is the combination of the other four Elements. Without Akasha you could not have the other four Elements because Akasha or Spirit is the principal element in everything. Akasha is the source of all energy, energy that has not yet taken form or substance. Akasha is energy without form. To me Akasha means the spirit or universal force which is the base…

We all know the famous rocks that stand by themselves on a circular format. Yes I 'm talking about the Stonehenge that are located by Salisbury England. The mysterious structure on why it was built and how it was built with those large rocks. Research say their is many reason why the Stonehenge is built. One of the main purpose I heard is the rocks where structure in that circular format in that particular way; it was to capture the sun and people will know what time it is in hour, day, month…