The Circular Ruins

It is a Scandinavian design Erkones chair. They are called Stressless and because they are anti-gravity and they are very comfortable. It has a simple, clean, streamlined and functional design with bent wood supports for the arms, a wooden circular base and a matching ottoman that goes with it. They are the only recliners endorsed by the American Chiropractic Association. It is covered in nice soft textured leather and reclines to any position. The Swedish are very talented designers and…

Introduction This essay seeks to analyse the theoretical reasoning behind Louis Kahn’s approach towards non-details in his built work based on the definition of details as set out by Edward R. Ford in his publication, “The Architectural Detail.” and how it can be adapted to suit the design strategies of a multi-generation apartment. Detail is defined as “attention to or treatment of a subject in individual or minute parts”. The architectural detail starts off as a constructive or technical…

be done both at home and at school. Both of these factors will be able to address the cause and the effect of gang involvement. Preventions made at home would be having parents educate their children at an early age that joining a gang can certainly ruin lives, lead to criminal records and eventually lead them to be in prison. The causes would be addressed by simply providing parental guidance in order to avoid teens from withdrawing to any family involvement. This eventually would result in…

Some argue that adapting classic works of art into a movie, ruins the work and can take away from the story because sometimes certain parts of the book cannot make it into the movie. The significance of my argument is that in order to keep old literature alive, it has to be adapted to modern society. The best way…

KING AHAB Introduction This essay is a description of King Ahab through biblical and extra biblical evidence and the extent to which these sources inform our understating of the bible. The biblical sources will include: Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Spirit Filled Bible, NKJV and Biblegate.com. The extra biblical sources used will be 1 & 2 Kings. NIVAC (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996) and The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopaedia of the Bible. An artist impression of King Ahab BIBLICA TEXT Ahab the son of…

Not only can hurricanes cause lots of damage to houses and nature, but they can cause deaths, and financial problems as well. Hurricanes can be caused in many ways. The definition of a hurricane is “a large tropical storm system with high powered circular winds.” Before a hurricane occurs many things must occur in order for it to grow in size. Hurricanes start to grow near the equator over warm water and then the wind starts to pick up in…

The medium of film can be a very powerful and a profound way to captivate audience and immerse them in the experiences of the characters in the film to make them feel as if they themselves are there with them. Horror movies in general are almost always filled with special effects and props to improve the experience of the audience and leave them in anticipation with what’s to come. In the original The Evil Dead directed by Sam Raimi released in 1981 uses a lot of conventional methods of…

3. An overview of the site and case studies: 3.1. Climate in Arwad Island and Outdoor weather during the period of measurement: The general climate of Arwad island is Mediterranean moderate climate all year round, latitude 34.53North and longitude 35.53East, which is characterized by the four seasons, humid environment, rainy winter weather and the prevailing wind is south and southwestern (Amer and Abou Hamed 2011). The average value of the diurnal highest temperature in Tartous is in summer in…

Today, many people are experiencing eyesight problems and they will always have a tough decision in choosing whether they should use eye glasses or contact lenses. Do you use eye glasses? If you do, you may not know what the benefits of contact lenses can give you. People complain about their problems and difficulties with eye glasses such as blurry vision, difficulty in playing sports, etc. I think they must start using an alterntative tool that could aid them in their eyesight problems such as…

The halls had once been crowded at the Church of the Revealing Light. During times of war, people were naturally drawn to the church, like moths to a flame. The memories still throbbed in the back of Vect’s mind, a time when warlords drowned nations in blood and engines of war marched the land. It was a time when people gave his church thanks and gifts rather than scorn and ridicule, but that was decades ago. When the fighting was over, the victor of that great conflict took power. While peace…