Smithsonian Institution Building

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…

acceptance of failure brings with it a realisation to implement laws and regulations with the utmost care, and to learn from past mistakes- and there has been huge ones. One such example is the leaky homes crisis in New Zealand. The passing of the Building Act 1991 brought about over 11 billion dollars of damage and counting, due to its movement in stance to that of a more self regulating framework for builders and councils. It is still a huge ongoing problem. More recently, the Novopay payroll…

located on the second floor. The smallest of the 3, the waterfront room has view of Te Papa and the waterfront. On the ground floor sits the Cable room which is the only one of the 3 rooms which can hold cars. Each room shows the historic side of the building, the capacity of these rooms will depend on the lay out of the function. In the Te Aro room captivity ranges between 50 people boardroom and 500 people cocktail. The Cable room holds 800 people boardroom with 400 in cocktail. The waterfront…

People make places. As trivial as that sounds, it is of immense importance. In Keith Basso’s Wisdom Sits in Places, he explores this concept and refers to a castle that is believed to be where Hamlet lived, and how him living there changed the way people viewed it. The idea that a character in one of the most famous playwrights, William Shakespeare, lived in this castle made people view it as more important and more beautiful than any other castle, even though there is no hard evidence that…

intent. Detail is architecture at its smallest scale. Even though detail is a minute part of the whole, it is able to intensify the intended quality of space. Details can both resolve construction problems as well as help one’s understanding of the building and help it gather meaning. Thus, the detail should be made consistent with the design concept. Non-detail is detailing at a small scale through assigning importance to parts, to reflect the larger idea into the smaller element.…

“The works of famous architects like Laurie Baker, Anupama Kundoo, Sanjay Prakash, Anil Laul, and Vasanth Kamath are demonstration of how ecologically sensitive cost effective buildings can be designed using local material and technologies” . These architects have incorporated vernacular style in modern era buildings. The works of these architects are used as example to modify the vernacular architecture according to present day construction. Didi contractor an organization active in…

Tung Feng Construction Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd is a Taiwan construction company. Tung Feng was established in seventy-nine years in Taiwan, specializes in big-bore piling work and diaphragm wall construction. (TUNG FENG, 2009) Tung Feng have contracted numerous large scale and challenging projects in Taiwan such as Taipei 101 and the like. (TUNG FENG, 2009) In 2007, Tung Feng set up a company in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Then, in 2012, the company was established in Malaysia. (TUNG FENG, 2009)…

was shown in the ruin town. The extreme long shot gives the picture of devastation; pollution, disease, and homeless. On the other hand, the Elysium was shown in productive place. Elysium is the place for wealth people, there are high-technology building surrounded with plentiful environment. These two extreme long shots are showing the contrasting place between Earth and Elysium also indicate the inequality between two worlds in the movie. 2. What is the connotation/symbolism of the non-English…

flexible building that can be used for any kinds of purposes. The framework and interior arrangement can be changed to adapt the requirements. Also, its unique steel framework allows the center to have huge uninterrupted space, which is highly preferred by exhibitions and art display. Moreover, the seen skeleton and mechanical system symbolized the modern architecture and the high tech style that will dominate the world in the…

Study Jamal Abed Al Wahid Jassim al Sudany Department of architectural Decorating, Institute of Applied Arts, Middle Technical University-Iraq Jamal_al_sudany@yahoo.com Abstract— Domes were used extensively to cover the roofs of buildings, particularly mosque buildings; The purpose of this paper was to examine the role of the formation of domed roof of the thermal behavior of a relationship determines the most efficient in the shape of a hot, dry climate of Iraq, Baghdad, This research method…