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open space, but contain profound understanding of space. It is evidence of the liberal economic notion which isn’t limited or restricted by certain object. It is happened interior space which is exhibition area as well. She doesn’t seem working with Mies Van der Rohe, the architecture is consisted of the elements which can find Mies’s masterpiece. For instance, Crown Hall has similar structure system which is using giant beam. Both use giant beam system on the roof, and it support hanging roof.…

This paper analyses the character of Toula, Gus, and Ian in their stages of development as they experience different psychological crises in their life in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding film. The analyses of the three characters incorporate the psychosocial development theory in establishing an explanation to the dilemmas that the three characters are facing in their stages of development. This paper conceptualizes ideas about factors that are likely to affect the behavior of the characters based…

seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding or most recently, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2? Well, I have a double dose! Having come from both Lebanese and Greek backgrounds makes my family big, loud, loving, Orthodox (religion that is), and most of all, irreplaceable! My heritage which is founded on my family values and strong faith seem to lend itself to family communication. Family rules, family rituals, and family stories are definitely a huge part of my life. My heritage is my life. It is centered on my…

you if you reach out for it and put enough effort which means that if you are dedicated and willing to not give up. This lesson is important because if I haven’t learnt from my mistakes or past I might have still be a stubborn person who would not try to do anything new and not believe in hope. This lesson means a lot to my continuing journey since it has been a major experience that made me believe in myself and also remind me that I can be the change that I want to see in the world. In the…

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“An urbanist who lived in a fishing cottage, an iconoclast who invented the highrise, an architect who wanted to be a painter”. Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887-1965, commonly known as Le Corbusier), was a well known modern artist and architect from Switzerland, later situated in France. His career years were later in the modernism period, yet he is called ‘the grandfather’ of modern architecture. In this essay, I will be discussing how Le Corbusier’s work in painting and in architecture, was…

Modernism, a revolution movement started in the 20th century, is a style when “form follows function”, as quoted from Louis Sullivan, the famous Frank Llyod Wright’s mentor. Wright was one of the pioneers of Modern Architecture and his masterpiece, the Fallingwater, was perhaps his best interpretation of Modernism. Located in rural Southwestern of Pennsylvania, the Fallingwater is so popular that it is often mentioned in many architecture books regarding its application to the site. B.B.…

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German American architect that designed buildings and exhibitions, yet what made Ludwig different from other architectures is that he designed the furniture that was implicated in these structures. He was a designer in the 20th century and designed his products in the modern movement style. Ludwig was one of the most, if not the most influential designer during the 20th century period. He was one of the leading figures in the modern movement; he pushed this…

simplification results in oversimplification…where simplicity cannot work, simpleness results. Blatant simplification means bland architecture” (Venturi, 1965). ‘Less is a bore’ contradicts many of the popular conventional modernist architects such as Mies van der Rohe who stated that “less is more”. Which means that the concept of design should be based on simplicity (Kahl, 2008). A prime example is the Barcelona Pavilion which used, pure design elements, right angles, unambiguous meaning and…

of design. Gropius studied architecture in Berlin and Munich yet never finished a degree to the dismay of his architect father. After spending a year roaming Europe Gropius went to work for Peter Behrens at his architecture firm. Here he met Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Two years later he and Adolf Meyer opened their own architecture firm in Berlin. One of the firms greatest contributions still stands today; a shoes form factory made of steel and glass (The German Way). World War 1 put a hold on…