Bachelor of Architecture

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Ohio State University Ohio State University started way back in 1870 under the name the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College. Ohio State is one of the biggest universities in the country and boasts a total number of around 70,000 students across the campus system. The university offers over 200 degrees, 50 academic programs and 1,400 student organizations. Ohio State University is one of the Midwest’s main research institutions that food, automotive and engineering centers. The goal of…

Romanesque Architecture How and why did Romanesque Architecture emerge? Why did it evolve in style? Give specific examples (two to three buildings) to illustrate the development of the Romanesque architecture during the Medieval period. Introduction (Central idea, thesis statement) This essay aims to investigate how and why the Romanesque Architecture came about and its transformation in style during the medieval period. By using examples such as the Durham cathedral in Britain, and the The…

Miracles, Branner’s Bourges: Reflections on “Gothic Architecture” as Medieval Modernism”, Gesta, 39.2 (2000)m 183-205. In his article, Marvin Trachtenberg aims to redefine our understanding of words like “modern” and “historicism” in regards to Gothic architecture. To prove his point, he uses Suger’s St. Denis along with Bourges Cathedral as examples, but he begins with a lengthy investigation into the language we use to describe Gothic architecture, including the word itself. Trachtenberg…

Memories worth repeating…Coconut Grove Coconut Grove Regency Hotel is more than just a stunning hotel; it’s a symbol of the Ghanaian culture and modern architecture, proudly designed with locally produced materials. Discover the ultimate hotel that postulates an unparalleled feeling and an experience of a personalized paradise away from home. The building has a unique layout and its façade is inspired by a traditional courtyard with its Renaissance-style portal of moulded bricks. It has…

Modernism, the architectural ideal of bringing the outside in, was largely born in the early 1900s by architectural pioneers such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Joseph Leopold Eichler. His works of art inspired many young architects, including Eichler. Eichler took the style of Wright and expanded and modified it, helping bring modern style to the masses and shaping it into what we know today. Eichler was originally inspired by a Frank Lloyd Wright home he lived in for a brief period. While staying…

Commentary Campus Richie Riches Need Archies March 01, 2002|BOB SHIREMAN | Bob Shireman, program director for higher education at the James Irvine Foundation, served as an education aide to President Clinton. Web site: www.irvine.org. Email Share Perhaps you have seen USC's advertisements playfully objecting to the "University of Spoiled Children" moniker that some had given the institution in years past. The ad made me wonder: If the spoiled children aren't at USC, where are they? They must be…

If Christianity as a religion has played significant roles in the history of the United States, the place of worship must also have an important meaning. John Smith, the earliest colonial leader of Jamestown, New Jersey, described the first Christian church built in the colony as "a homely thing like a barn set on crachetts, covered with rafts, sedge and earth" (“Jamestown Churches”). The picture of this structure in the imagination seems like an ordinary house made of logs and a thatch roof; it…

World had a significant growth in architecture, knowledge and also ideas for each master peace. New methods are new tools for creation that humans are capable of between human and psychological ramification, architect as well as the building still hold all originality but with a touch of creation, made by heart and soul therefore Mies Va der Rohe had created a simple along with cross future design, called Farnsworth house. It is considered as a cross future design at that time a big shock…

I rarely enjoy reading the introduction when I read a book. Most of time I find them dull and full of, well, introductory but when I started reading the introduction of Nudge, I was instantly hooked with the analogy that the authors provided, what will Carolyne do? Which of the 5 possible options presented in the book will she choose? Simply, I was caught up in the story, and who doesn’t like a good story! Regardless of the fact that this is book is all about economics and economical behavior, I…