Reinforced concrete

is assumed that the house does not tie in with the traditional and almost suppressed culture of the people, the rules of society or the place where it is built. All components of early modernism are used to create the first impression. The reinforced concrete frame structure, the rectangular shape, the use of white simple smooth unadorned walls, light, roof gardens, courtyards, straight lines and slanting planes but here the differences appear. ‘Villa Anbar was neither intricate nor expensive.…

South specifically the “Mississippi plan” of 1975 and “Second Mississippi plan”. This allowed the South to be gradually dominated by one party, the all-white conservative Democrats with minimum opposition to make segregation and disfranchisement concrete. It is important to note that “The western counties of Virginia were "very much more interested in economic questions" than in "questions of suffrage," in "railroad domination" than in "Negro domination," said their delegates, 20 and as the…

This essay will analyse Le Corbusier’s The Radiant City (La Ville Radieuse) by looking at the unbuilt city scape’s historical, theoretical and philosophical background as well as how it was received and reviewed. Greenhalgh’s features of the Pioneer phase (such as Social Morality, Technology and Anti-historicism) will also be looked at in relation to how and why The Radiant City was conceptualised and designed. As the idea of The Radiant City was conceived in the 1930s (and by Modernist…

This was an action research project conducted by a high school science teacher. She took a self-proclaimed constructionism epistemology. In regards to the epistemology, the study’s parameters were governed by the social environment. The study took place in the author’s 10th grade biology classroom, this was a natural setting for both the researcher and participants of the study. The research was conducted using qualitative methods, such as, interviews, observations, and participant. The…

The following are some of the Christian or Muslim values that have reinforced or coalesced with or sometimes sublimated African traditional values: In the Old Testament The first chapters of Genesis set the tone that prevails throughout the Old Testament. Man is made in the image and likeness of God (1:27). The drama of…

What is the best way to steal? Over many years, thieves prearranged many plans on how to get away with theft. This is how some of the history’s most creative crooks made off with millions. On December 22, 2000, the criminals who robbed the Stockholm’s National Museum in Sweden had known exactly what they were after in their well-planned theft. A machine gun will get you the haul, a bomb will distract the police, and cars with flat tires cannot respond to an alarm. Their distraction tactics were…

1. Lust, Caution directed by an award-winning director—Ang Lee. This movie depicts a time period of the Imperial Japanese Army and a puppet government led by Wang Jingwei. A group of Lingnan University students that used an attractive young woman to plot a political murder towards their enemy. This young woman must lure, then assassinate a high-ranking official that works for the puppet government. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling for him. This sparked a series of…

“She must guide the child leaving it free-this is the height and summit of liberty” (Maria Montessori/her life and work, page 286) I remember the boy, who was very calm and quite 3 year old. Every morning, He came into school and chose the knob cylinder over and over again. He worked with only the knobs for 2 hours and it last about for 6 months. He knew what he is doing and liked it responding his inner sensibility. Through the concentration of sensorial practice, he absorbs not only the…

In the greater metropolis encompassing five counties referred to as Los Diablos darkness prevails. Daemons inhabited the remaining structures within the eighty-seven towns dismantled by massive super-earthquakes that rocked the entire region. The quakes were responsible for the destructions of the tens of thousands of buildings up to five hundred square miles including the downtown area. All counties affected heavily losses and causalities by the unexpected huge tidal waves and monstrous…

2.4 million times per month, there are teenage drivers that get behind the wheel and chose to drive while intoxicated (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). This is a major threat amongst teenagers in today’s society. Although it may seem as if driving drunk should not be such a prominent issue when taking into consideration all of the detrimental facts and statistics that go against it, B.F. skinner’s operant conditioning theory, Albert Bandura’s social learning theory and Piaget’s…