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The Unknowns Even if I, personally, adore the idea of skyscrapers made out of wood, the sensation of warmth you get when you walk into a wooden building, or all the benefits this planet would have if we would start constructing using wood more often, I cannot ignore the fact that there are many questions to be answered regarding the subject. Questions like, how high can we build or how is the building going to be protected against fire-considering that the main material is wood after all-,…

Many post-industrial cities, such as Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester and Glasgow use events in order to adapt to current economic conditions and regenerate themselves as centres for culture and entertainment (Ferdinand & Kitchin, 2012). Regeneration within a city involves public, private and voluntary sectors working together closely with the community to achieve specific aims bringing out lasting improvement to economic, social and environmental climates (Roberts & Sykes, 2000). Event…

1. Introduction Every year, a large number of buildings are built globally for residential, commercial and office purposes. The building construction industry experiences exponential growth in developing countries like India due to the growing economy and rapid urbanization. Globally, the building sector contributes to about 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions. Since buildings are responsible for a large percentage of GHG emissions, it is important to analyse their energy efficiency and make…

The textile industry is one that affects everybody, every day of their life. Whether you realize it or not, the steps to make the clothes you wear, requires multiple steps and multiple countries just to produce one article of clothing. In recent years, the textile industry has had some major changes involving the employment and production of fabric due to globalization and the ability to easily collaborate with other countries. The transition of the production of textiles from local businesses…

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors in which minority characters are portrayed in the media. By discussing the key themes that pertains to the Netflix show Orange is The New Black, this paper will analyze the topic of identity and allowing for its application on a larger context that houses within the Structuralism perspective. Identity is an umbrella term to classify the broad categories of race, gender, religion, sexuality, and family/subcultural groups – all of these things…

Sources of the Law in England and Wales Introduction Sovereign Body of Parliament has created the legislation in England and Wales. The sovereign body is three-layer legislation in which Queen plays a formal role, House of Commons creates legislation, which is referred as statues, lastly, the House of Lords, which acts as a supreme court in English law. English Law is one of the largest written laws in the world, and many countries have referred English Law to construct their law, and that is…

A. Game room On the second floor of Terminal A, there is a children's waiting room with soft carpeted floors, toys, sofas and a TV. The game room works 24 hours a day. Airport Car Parking On the forecourt of Vnukovo Airport, there are two multi-storey car parking lots for 350 cars each, as well as the area adjacent to car parks, which can accommodate 200 cars more. Other Parking Options For additional parking, there are parking lots #3 and #4 on the airport forecourt, which can accommodate…

GO FRUGAL: LESSONS FROM SLUM ARCHITECTURE Ar. Kamal Passi , Dr. Gaurav Raheja Abstract While the authorities struggle to find ways to cater to the problem of slums, thousands of shelters are being built daily without any major outside support or government scheme. If there is any possible access to land, people build homes and improvements are made over time. This quality must be identified as strength, and harnessed if India is to provide decent housing to its growing urban population.…

Innovation is generally recognized as an important element in a firm’s competitiveness (Galia and Legros, 2004; Tourigny and Le, 2004; Storey, 2000). It is especially so when it involves small-scale businesses, who rely on innovation to succeed. Studies have shown that small firms who adopt innovation into their business strategy have an increased productivity, survivability, and growth potential (Cefis and Marsili 2006; Heunks 1998; Geroski, Machin, and Van Reenen 1993). Innovation has also…

1.0 Introduction This project deserves more recognition. As the first masterpiece of city revival plan, pull the Fiat Park residential area can be said which do not cross the advertised role for the development of city residence, built in the 50 years after the house into an indelible vitality also to the area of city development. It is the largest collection of buildings designed by Mies Van der Rohe in the world. Lafayette Park is the country's first planned city renewal project and has…