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CCase study 2 The Villa Savoye Highlights of Villa Savoye The Villa Savoye is designed by Le Corbusier in 1927, it is an iconic building and it was defined as a historical monument. It signifies the five points of a new architecture. When constructing the roof garden, horizontal windows and free design of the facade, the reinforced concreted was applied in the design of the Villa Savoye. Therefore, it is studied in this project to learn about its possible design approaches under earthquake…

owners (Wassell, 2008, p. 215). Vitruvius identified four, and Alberti later identified a fifth. They consisted of the following: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite (Stemp, 2006, pg. 28). Palladio used the Ionic order in the design of Villa Barbaro (Reist, 1985, p. 312). At the time, the Ionic order was, according to Vitruvius associated with “feminine slenderness”. The column had a scrolled capital, a plain frieze, and three flat strips in the architrave (Stemp, 2006, p. 28-29).…

One of the most significant events in Mexico’s history is the Mexican Revolution. The first revolts took place because of the people’s dissatisfaction with Porfirio Díaz. Diaz had policies which were entirely biased towards the upper class, such as wealthy landowners and business men. Diaz allowed for democratic elections, but the elections that took place were entirely rigged in his favor. During his seventh time running for reelection his opponent was Francisco Madero, the leader of the…

that you CANNOT change the package/label design, what particular message could Villa Maria use to promote the brand? Specify whether you would add this message on either the bottle or a sticker on the bottle or shelf talkers Taking the brand’s two main attributes, i.e., ‘Most Awarded Winery’ (Winery, 2017) and being a family-owned business where the brand realises the importance of values and quality over quantity, Villa Maria has successfully produced superior quality wines since 1961…

Maday Villa is our featured alumna for this edition of the NAU B & A Alumni Career Insights blog. Maday graduated from NAU-Extended Campuses in Phoenix with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Fall 2012. Since graduation, she has advanced in her career at Londen Insurance Group, Inc., a life insurance holding company that offers final expense, Medicare supplement and Medicare insurance products. Maday is currently the Assistant Vice President of Marketing Operations. In her…

miners, and other working class Mexicans as well as the country’s indigenous population also joined in the fight against Diaz due to two revolutionaries, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Villa was a rebel leader in the north of Mexico who represented the middle class, peasants, and working class people during the revolution. While Villa is known as the most notorious and controversial figure of the revolution, Zapata became the icon of the Mexican Revolution. Zapata’s image, “broad sombrero…

constructed a villa at Tivoli as a retreat from Rome. His dislike of the Palatine Hill in Rome lead to the building of the retreat. The area chosen for residence is said to have been occupied in the Republican age by a smaller villa owned by the family of Hadrian’s wife. The luxurious architectural complex consisted of over 30 buildings, lakes, and gardens that spread over half a square mile. They had notable similarity to classical Greek architecture and Egyptian architecture. The villa was the…

differences reflecting regional variations of class relations. Villa and Zapata each built movements grounded in the rural poor of their homelands. For Villa, that meant demanding small private properties for ranchero families. While for Zapata, that meant seeking lands and autonomy for peasant villagers. This influenced how they take steps to achieve their goal. While Zapata built a gueeeila movement defensively anchored in Morelos villages, Villa organized mobile, offensive armies capable of…

Approximately one hundred miles from Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city lies Villa Americana the last place where you would ever expect to hear English, much less a distinct southern accent from the pre-civil war. Villa Americana, considered by some to be a lost American colony founded after the Civil War, by Col. William Hutchinson Norris. The war which had recently occurred between the northern and southern states was a war that put brother against brother in the hopes of keeping slavery, or…

Pancho Villa, whose real name was Jose Doroteo Arango Arambula, was a Mexican Revolutionary General and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. He was born in San Juan Rio, Durango, Mexico on July 5, 1878, and died on July 20, 1923. He grew up on a family farm and his father died when he was a teenager. Arambula left home and became a bandit. He was running away from the law and changed his name to Francisco Villa so he wouldn't get caught. Villa joined the fight against…