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1920s is a period of time in which architects were trying not only to create a piece of art, but also a whole new lifestyle. There are three great examples that reflect this evolutionary movement in the history of architecture, which are Schindler- Chace House, Le Corbusier’s Maison La Roche, Rietveld’s Schroderhuis, located in Los Angeles, Paris, and Utrecht respectively. In this essay, I am going to compare the similarities and differences these three houses have in terms of function, form,…

He set specific rules to achieve great architecture. His five points on architecture and the modular are his gospel for architecture. The idea for the Modulor came from his belief in mass-production as a way of life towards utopia. This way of life is achieved…

project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to achieve a specific goal. Therefore, project team or teams usually includes people who don’t usually work together – in some cases they can be from different organizations and cut across multiple geographies. Some examples of prospective projects are, the creation of software for an improved business process, various civil construction works (roads, bridges, buildings), distribution of relief…

management is an activity undertaken on a project to project basis and is not a continuous activity, and the resources managed include human resources and financial capital. The project manager helps in defining the goals and objectives of the project and sets the timeline for completing various project components and by whom. The project manager also creates quality checks to ensure completed components meet a certain standard. A project is temporary in terms that it has a definite beginning…

ERST398 The Building (Earthquake-prone Building) Amendment Act received royal ascent in May 2016. The bill reforms New Zealand’s approach to responding to the risk the built environment poses during an earthquake. It increases central government influence and regulation. It has been influenced by the Canterbury Earthquakes and the subsequent findings of the Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission. RECENT HISTORY In recent history, under the Building Act (1991) buildings were deemed to be…

Architecture Despite many modern inventions, and the mastery of materials such as steel, concrete, power glue etc., the achievements of Ancient Egypt remain unsurpassed. In many ancient civilisations such as the Egyptians' and Mesopotamians' architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural (Wikipedia). Somehow highly sophisticated craftsmanship developed over not much more than a hundred years, starting in the 3rd dynasty. Several design elements…

topography where the site grades down ten feet from street level, it houses a beautiful array of ponderosa pine trees; the site itself is an awkward triangular shape that, due to zoning restrictions, presents a challenging situation because the only construction allowed in the site is for single-family housing. So given the wedging of the trees, site grading issues,…

He then set out to design a masterpiece. Since Wright was keen on material of structures being one with natural surrounding habitat, Taliesin West’s walls were made of desert rock and sand, stacked within wood form, and filled with 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…

objectives were reached and produced an increase in my ability to write valuable technical communication documents. The major projects that contributed to the achievement reached within each objective were the job application, memo proposal, instruction sets, formal proposal, and presentations. The audience, purpose, and context of technical communication projects were evaluated through cultural and ethical considerations. The audiences for all of the assignments over the semester varied from…

Family Systems Families are systems that have created their own strategies on how they deal with tasks on a daily bases. They are the people who “have shared a sense of history, share emotional ties to one another, and devise strategies for meeting the needs of individual family members and the group as a whole” (Anderson and Sabatelli 2010:6). A family’s historical background, ethnicity, culture and religion can all contribute to its uniqueness from other families. These attributes also have…