Roofs

In the recent years, the architectural industry has begun to reconsider its purposes, taking into consideration the quality of life, how advanced technology has become and how people can benefit from the improvements of either the product or the building. Whether the products will aid to make the lives of people easier or if the buildings are sustainable and environmentally friendly but also profitable. Addressing all these questions is causing substantial changes in every area of work and life.…

The Parthenon was a temple built to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and was served as a place of worship for the Greeks. It was placed in the highest point on Acropolis of Athens so that it could be seen from far away and close to the gods. Athena was a daughter of Zeus and the Titan Metis. Zeus fell in love with Metis and she became pregnant. An oracle predicted that Metis would have a girl first and later a boy, and the boy would be powerful enough to overthrow Zeus when he grew up. In fear of…

Balta 1 Erdem Balta ASIU 101 15.12.2015 In the movie “La Haine” it is quite possible to talk about traditional stereotypes concerning race, class and/or culture. The movie takes place in the in Paris, and three friends are centered: one is a black guy, Hubert; another one is an African, Said and one is a Jew, Vinz. The movie has number of racial, class and cultural points that are underlying ‘the other’ of France. Starting from the first scene, we observe a Paris that is not matching with the…

study 2 The Villa Savoye Highlights of Villa Savoye The Villa Savoye is designed by Le Corbusier in 1927, it is an iconic building and it was defined as a historical monument. It signifies the five points of a new architecture. When constructing the roof garden, horizontal windows and free design of the facade, the reinforced concreted was applied in the design of the Villa Savoye. Therefore, it is studied in this project to learn about its possible design approaches under earthquake…

The system we rely on is failing us and not keeping guns out of the hands of high risk individuals. The five articles that I chose to use for my annotated bibliography were not to specific about certain gun laws. Some of the articles are helpful while others do not help my cause. Ethan McLeod’s article was the best one to help my thesis. He proves many of times that either the guns are stolen or the criminals go through the back ground checks to get through. Gun control laws and background…

were better constructed with mud and grass used to waterproof the walls and roofs. Many of the houses had walls made of stone with clay infill incorporated to minimize flooding and leaking. The dome shaped form of the Aboriginal stone engineering was considered very warm during colder times of the year. They were constructed as big as 3.6 meters in diameter and up to 2.4 meters in height. A hole was often seen in the roof to let smoke escape and animal hyde helped keep rain from penetrating…

with shaded seating areas and views to the Hudson. The architect placed the gardens near the building to filter the air and provide better quality air conditions. The green roof on top of the Roy and Diana education building play a key factor in sustainability. The green roof provides shade and produce oxygen. The green roof also uses heat energy during evapotranspiration. The Outdoor study areas throughout the facades receives natural ventilation. Fresh air is drawn west from the Hudson river…

answer when preparing your business' hurricane plan. Consider these thoughts when putting together your plan. Protect the physical property. Invest in and be prepared to install storm shutters or plywood to protect the windows and doors. Have the roof checked to make sure it can withstand…

Unmasking Racism in Media "[Media 's] depictions can stray far from reality, with the effect of creating and reinforcing distorted impressions," (Bissler 1). For many years, media has shown that they have no real understanding of race. There have been many cases where media discreetly uses stereotypes to depict certain races. Masked racism has been seen through different types of media such as news broadcasting, television shows & movies, and also print media, such as newspapers, magazines, and…

froze the op of the chimney over and it wasn't letting any smoke or ash out so it was collecting and compressing all the smoke inside the chimney the it exploded all over the roof sending fire everywhere.It was weird because the majority of the fire went on top of my room and the only part of the rook that burnt through the roof was over my room. I remember waking up to my parents yelling up the stairs that there is a fire and I was really…