The Terrace

In New York museums are buildings whose histories are tied into the fabric of the city. While some buildings of a different program might slide under the radar, a new museum could not be commissioned in the city without fanfare or skepticism or protest. The controversy can be credited to the fact that even in our contemporary time critics, architects, artists, and the sponsoring agents, and even the public all have different expectations on what a museum should be. It has been a challenge to…

2013) and Ivor Smith (born 1926). Their design was very ambitious for the era, 1,000 new homes were to be built. The homes were organised as three types of apartments to replace the poor quality terraces. It was said to be the first effective action to remove a community from the horrific and poor terraces. The unique shared walkways were tribute to Le Corbusier’s principle on residential housing design, Unité d'Habitation. In the 1980’s the estate had the status of being notorious for crime,…

Yesler Terrace, a public housing advancement in Seattle, Washington was the State 's first open lodging improvement and the main racially coordinated open lodging advancement in the United States. It involves a significant part of the range once in the past known…

The Villa has stairs as wide as the whole structure which leads to the terrace. These stairs were designed to reduce vertigo for those who suffer from the condition. Curzio Malaparte was a writer who said, "Now I live on an island, in an austere and melancholy house, which I built myself on a lonely cliff above the sea. [It is] the image of my desire." It was built in 1938…

High in the Peruvian Andres there’s is a cloud filled city that defies this definition with small pools, fountains, temples and altars this place is called Machu Picchu. Their civilization lacked the tools needed, with no iron and wheel to use Archeologists have long wondered why it was built the way it was as well as how. With more than two hundred structures within, carved from stone, surrounding a hundred acre green nourished by open water ways and fountains. With no carvings there can be…

Machu Picchu is a travel destination that has a rich history dating back centuries. The 200 structures make up Machu Picchu seamlessly fit into their mountaintop environment and are crisscrossed by terraces made of stone and set on a steep ridge. Machu Picchu demonstrates great architecture, artistic values, and use of land inside of the 79 acres it is located inside of. Machu Picchu is the last Inca stronghold and is also one of the most important historical sites in Latin America. The valleys…

The City of Machu Picchu is magical and mysterious, but at the same time, it’s very well known. The mighty mountains and steep terraces draw people in. It served as an estate for the first Incan emperor, where he held parties, religious ceremonies, and much more. The city holds so much information that’s just waiting to be discovered. Machu Picchu is not just a city, but it is a miracle of architecture and ingenuity. Machu Picchu is an ancient city in Peru that dates as far back as the…

Furthermore, the manner of decapitation is also remarkable, as those at Driffield Terrace were carried out from behind and at about the time of death. In the rest of Roman Britain, the prevalence of decapitations is about 5% (mostly in rural contexts), usually from the front and probably some time after death. In many cases the decapitations…

three Impressionist masters were capturing images of life in France while simultaneously depicting on going changes in Parisian society and culture. The paintings that give us a glimpse into the changing times in France include Vincent van Gogh’s Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre (1887), Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877) and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s At the Moulin Rouge (1892/95). I encountered these paintings in the Impressionist and…

The mission also includes partnership with the community. -Create a Shared Vision for Bernard Terrace Individual members of the committee created a shared vision. Next, individual members partnered with another member and shared their ideas for the school vision. Next, groups of four were created. Each member of the group shared their thought and…