Landscape architect

The Saint Peter area has a variety if geology structures within it. At the first stop we made, there was Ordovician dolomite, Cambrian sandstone, and Quaternary till. The sandstone was the oldest in the formation of rocks dating back over 550 million years. It was a layered set of sandstone and was folded. The elevation was less than 1,000 feet and its thickness was approximately 115. The next oldest in this area was the Ordovician dolomite. This is roughly 505 million years old. It was bedded…

Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre Denver residents and music enthusiasts best associate the Red Rock Amphitheatre with concerts, graduations, and other performances. Red Rocks combines awe inspiring sites with naturally acoustic splendor. The Amphitheatre attracts audiences and big name musicians to it stage with ease. However, Red Rocks Amphitheatre has a rich history many do not consider while listening to their favorite band or enjoying the trails around the park. Many important figures and…

The range and extent of contributions within multiple fields of art and design were endless when it comes to the legacy of Herbert Bayer. The ADC Hall of Fame recognizes Bayer’s achievements in this quote from their 1975 biography, “If Herbert Bayer had produced nothing after the age of 28, his accomplishments to that point alone would make him one of the great pioneers in visual communication” (http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/herbert-bayer/). Although Bayer was most passionate about graphic…

Throughout the architectures history, these architecture have different designs and styles that depicts power and propaganda. This essay will cover three different architecture from different time period such as Baroque, Southeast Asian, and Japan. Comparing these architectures help us know the reason behind these buildings, their influences, their symbolism. The Baroque period of architecture began in late sixteenth century Italy, took the Roman terms of Renaissance architecture and used it in…

Amusing the Million Question Amusing the Million by John F. Kasson gives the vibrant history of one of America’s most prized and famous amusement parks, Coney Island; Kasson also describes the society and culture during this time of great change. Society in the 1890s and early 1900s experienced many changes, from the use modern technology being incorporated in daily life, to the modernization of cities, and to the merging of different economic classes through social gathering places. After…

The Renaissance Art Movement began in Italy and means rebirth. The Renaissance Art Movement was in the late 13th and early 14th century. This was a time when individual expression and worldly expression became two of the main themes. This movement had a lot of economic growth. Education blossomed in this time period. New technology was born in this time period, like the printing press. Most of the art in this period was commissioned by wealthy merchant families, mostly the Medici. Much of the…

When I signed up for my mentorship at WPL I want to get out of the office field work because of this I would always as Walt when I would have opportunities for site visits of other places, not just Kellam or CBF. Unfortunately, it would be a hassle to bring an inexperience high schooler to working sites. So as I was doing research on the Discovery Elementary School I was looking for schools in the area that were also net-zero energy. I found the Sandy Grove Middle School in North Carolina.…

Since the Tang Dynasty in 716 AD, the Yueyang Tower has guarded the Northern gateway to the Hunan province, the point where the Yangtze River meets the Xiang River at Lake Dongting. The site, once a platform for the Wu Kingdom (222-250 AD) general Lu Su to train his naval troops1, offers a beautiful and strategic panoramic view of the surrounding area and a near bird’s eye view of the lake – one of China’s largest bodies of fresh water. The tower had already been through numerous…

Written by Tim O 'Brien, “If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home,” is a nonfictional story of a soldier as he battles the physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional challenges that come with being on the frontline of war as an American soldier. With his personal account and presentation of events from a sensate perception, O 'Brien takes the readers through the pain and fear that many American soldiers went through as they fought during the Vietnam War. Its sheer rawness…

using art as a tool to promote a “working” attitude, the government was able to give jobs to artists to promote jobs for the rest of the nation, overall helping some of the economical oppression in America. The artists embraced that idea, creating landscapes and skylines of cities, painting people working in mills, coal mines, on railroads and any other scenes of Americans working hard. The “American scene” became the biggest job for artists to promote and portray into all of their pieces of…