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readings, the essay also covered the similarities of modern architecture in America influencing the modernism trend around the globe and different purposes of modernism presented in the readings.…

idea of how architecture promotes complexity and refers to it as an art. The art is in the process of construction and thinking when it comes to designing. He also expressed how he is against rationalization and rejecting complexity in architecture. I think he points out an interesting view when he says "I am for messy vitality over obvious unity", what I understand and find interesting about this is the idea of preferring the non-obvious over the simple, straightforward architecture. In my…

Unfamiliar Nature David Ruy's practice explores the contemporary design problems at the intersection of architecture, nature, and technology. In this essay ‘Returning to (Strange) Object,’ Ruy talks about his position towards nature as an architect. The essay advocates for the diminishing role of the architect and also that the architects desire to establish its roots outside its scope is leading to irreversible self-inflicting damage to its authority. To do so, the author first presents our…

The purpose of this project is to develop an outline for the construction process necessary to complete the remodeling of the Rickley cottage. The outline will provide information of essential resources, a schedule of the project consisting of deliverables and tasks. The outline will guide contractors through the remodeling of the Rickley cottage. This will make sure the project is completed on time, on budget and to the satisfaction of our client. The project will include gathering information…

Indian architecture form the base of Indian culture which explain the Indian culture itself. Indian architecture encompasses a multitude in the form of expression of space and time creating new ideas. Most of architecture found in Indus valley Civilisation are considered to be the better planned cities and houses and other livable architecture. Indian architecture are classified as temple architecture, fort architecture and housing architecture. There are architectures where the artist were told…

2. Content 2.1 Different types of Passive house Construction The images below show some of the various different wall constructions that are often used to build a Passive house. Figure 2.1: different types of wall construction used to build passive houses which should give the desired U-value of 0.15W/m2K or less Some of these options would be more structurally sound compared to others. Some of the above options may be used that can often make a passive build cheaper than a conventional…

art of the Airavatesvara temple compared to the great magnitude of the edifice is not prolific nor is it the product of any atelier noted for refined sensibility and freshness of ideas. Everything has now been standardized in sculpture as well as architecture. All the theme of the bas-reliefs on familiar subjects and episodes even the dance scenes do not cast any spell on the minds of the onlookers. As most of the scenes especially the narrations are restricted to the narrow strip, representing…

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg as well as German officials at the inauguration of the exposition. The Pavilion was meant to “represent the new democratic, culturally progressive, prospering and thoroughly pacifist Germany; a self portrait through architecture” Though this pavilion stood out amongst the rest at the exposition as Mies understood that his pavilion was nothing more than a building. It was not a sculpture nor was it house art, the…

form reflects an azonic flow of spaces across both levels without losing proportion in design. A majestically suspended steel staircase and its dominance of the interiors is the raison d'être of the house. The testament to the tactile nature of architecture is that the birds, and butterflies that inhabited the plot, can be seen flying in front of the house, perching on the railings, using the house pretty much as another prop which is the…

Grandeur in architecture is depicted through an expansive knowledge of the Greek and Roman architecture. This architectural ideology explores the impact architecture has on the attitude, memory and the psychology of those who experience it. People attach importance and interpret physical existence of the built environment with reference to earlier encounters: the earlier existence of grandeur in architecture left an imprint on the conception of scale and location of works of architecture. In…