Construction

concrete to provide durability to the structure. This gave Taliesin West the true unity with nature that Wright envisioned. Wright also valued conservation of materials. He thought wasteful tendencies were a shame. Every material used in the construction of Taliesin West was strategically thought out and executed. The roof was designed to hang past the walls, as well as walls not extending from floor to ceiling, in order to give way to natural horizontal light within the structure.…

To understand how sexuality is socially constructed, one must understand how men are constructed as men, and women are constructed as women, by looking at the social construction of sex and gender, the exact qualifications of which despite having evolved over years, remain largely unchanged. Such qualifications, despite clarifying one’s role and creating a place for one in society, also ensures that one “could easily lose…

CONTENTS: Chapter Page 1 Prologue 3 2. The Family 16 3. Leadership and its impacts 55 4. Social Constructs and Conspiracies 80 5. Professional Barbarism 122 6. Politics and Health 160 7. Race relations and Deception 178 8. Education and Employment 205 9. Economics and Globalisation 222 10. Religion and the Apocalypse 240 11. Change of global Culture 260 12.…

The work of an architect is visible from the houses in a sub development to skyscrapers located in cities all around. Every building or structure no matter how small or how large started as a design created by an architect. The styles of architecture varies around the world and from architect to architect, each person has their own style of design. Becoming an architect requires a lengthy and expensive college education along with an internship for a student to become certified. Even though the…

When I was studying my GCSE and A level, I had used different application software to build up different projects like database booking systems, spreadsheet following the System development life cycle and automatic spreadsheet calculation system. Those projects are based on different business issues and try to use different Microsoft application to solve the problems. Afterward, I head one of the I.T. role name as project manager which allow me to manage different business projects. During my…

The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs house is one of New York City’s important historical landmarks. The U.S. Customs House was built in 1902-1907 near the port of New York and its job was to collect customs from imported goods (New York Architecture 2015). Before income tax was being developed in 1916, customs was the greatest source of income for our government (NMAI 2015). “It is located near the southern tip of Manhattan, next to Battery Park (New York Architecture 2015).” The building is…

Architecture is more than steel and glass. The edifices that humans have built throughout history stand as a testament to the people and the ideals that embodied their society. Buildings are places where people 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…

Culture is formed through the certain group of people, who believe and follow specific religion, beliefs, values, and hierarchies which is widespread throughout the world. The spread of culture is making countries across the world multicultural countries through the migration of people with same culture settling in different countries in massive quantities. Culture is the root to knowledge, experience, and it puts the meanings in the world for ideas and issues that educated today. Culture is an…

4.1 Discussion on Symbolism by analysing the temple forms: 4.1.1 2D Formation: 2D formation of a temple means the formation of plan of the temple. There are certain symbolic patterns followed by the craftsmen and architects of these awe inspiring temples. Some of the depictions of those symbolic patterns are hereby discussed in the following section. 4.1.1.1 The Temple and the Yantra: The main three required thing for worship is Yantra, Mantra and Tantra. There are several Yantras in Hindu…

In this essay, I am going to discuss what ornaments mean to both Christopher Dresser and John Ruskin, showing the main differences between their thoughts about ornaments, then I will compare their thoughts with the contemporary meaning of ornamentation, which is the meaning of ornamentation today, and at the end, I am going to share my own thoughts about ornaments. Ornamentation, which is the state of decorating an object, a room, or a building, is one of the visual elements in architecture…