Berlin

Designer Devan Kaufman said it best when he declared, “Frank Lloyd Wright houses have always just made sense.” Wright had a way of creating floor plans that was so novice and incredible that anyone of the twentieth century and now could tell that he was the architect of a house just by looking at it. His work was so amazing because of how contemporary and intelligent it was. Wright knew how to do certain things like creating pillars to be soundproof so that you couldn’t hear a busy road just…

rebuilding Europe that was in ruins. A conference was held in Potsdam, Germany to set up peace treaties. April 1945 fifty countries came together to sign a charter and made the United Nations. A problem came up where the city of Berlin was deep within Russian lines which led to the Berlin wall. Nazi leaders were sentenced to death for what they did. Hitler changed Germany in a major way forever. Other countries didn’t trust Germany with some things so they limited things. Too many people had…

to discriminate against or inflict shame on another. Korbin v. Berlin, 177 So.2d 552. Civitella v. Pop Warner Football Team of Shelton, Inc., 41 Conn. L.…

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was written by author John Boyne and is about a boy named Bruno who moves from Berlin in 1942 to a crummy house outside of a concentration camp called Auschwitz at the same time of World War 2 and makes a really great, new best friend named Shmuel. During many parts the book, Bruno faces many situations of which require great bravery. The intention of this essay to show that Bruno is a brave character and not a coward. To begin with, Bruno has a friend that he is…

Claire Couvillion, Cole Catherine Dunnam, Amelia Talbot Mr. Andricain Theology III – 1st 24 March 2015 Immigration The term “immigration” is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. Someone who has citizenship in one country, but enters a different country in order to set up a permanent residence is known as an immigrant. Traveling to another country without the intentions of permanently settling there is not considered immigration. There are two types of immigrants:…

unusually cold day for Berlin in June. The year was 2014. The girl walked north from Potsdamer Platz towards Shonëberger Straße, passing a small piece of The Wall that was left standing, ironically juxtaposed against the high-rising Kolhoff Tower immediately behind it. The wall was crumbling and popping with political graffiti. Behind it, the tower was made almost entirely of glass, looking futuristic as it loomed atop the city skyline. This kind of contrast was not unusual in Berlin. In fact,…

The greatest example of Hellenistic Greek sculpture, the colossal Altar of Zeus at Pergamon, near Izmir (Turkey), is a monumental work of Greek art built by King Eumenes II of the Attalid dynasty, from about 166 to 156 BCE. The altar is adorned with a 370-foot long marble frieze which depicts the Gigantomachy from Greek mythology. Like the Parthenon in Athens - another icon of classical antiquity - the Zeus Altar was constructed on a terrace of the acropolis overlooking the ancient city of…

Ronald Reagan's most famous address is undoubtedly the “Tear Down This Wall” speech. In his oration, Reagan used bias to support his argument. Reagan tailored his speech towards his intended audience. His audience was filled by Western Europeans who agreed with him and Eastern Europeans who did not. President Reagan included facts to support his position. First he said, quoting George Marshall, “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger poverty, desperation…

Concept Response Project Blinkenlights by Chao Computing Club (CCC, 2001), which aims to encourage communication between the city and the citizens takes place in Berlin. It has allowed passersby to input data and show any animations and images they want to, on the building. The way that Project Blinkenlights decorates the city of Berlin shows how much the CCC love the city. This idea inspired me to create an interactive artwork which make the connection between Vancouver and the residents. I…

to the work of Berlin dadaist Hannah Hoch, renowned for her…