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Professional Practice 2_Assignment 02 Pro Bono According to Owen. C, it has recognized pro bono work as a responsibility for legal profession to be undertaken as a main part to facilitate the legal practices. Mandatorily, firms are required to commit at least five percent of the value of the total hours within the contract to pro bono work by Victorian Government (Owen, C, 2012). Should architectural profession follow the similar rules? What are the benefits and challenge for architectural…

Two British examples of old, antique railway structures built prior to 1840, a tunnel and a bridge, now have protected status. This is thanks to a recent decision in the country by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In 2014, the Guinness Book of Records named the Fritchely Tunnel one of the globe’s oldest railroad tunnels still left in existence. Built in 1793, the Fritchley Tunnel is 25 meters long and is constructed of sandstone blocks. It was built to be a section of the Butterley…

Laws and Regulations: While a limited budget exist, following proper laws and regulations impact the design of durable building. In regards to the laws, many new technologies have come out to make achieving durability easier. “There has never been a greater emphasis on building science and technology than there is today.” (www.eesi.org) The government has made compliance with laws a lot easier by providing funds for new technologies, as well as new science has made compliance with the laws less…

people know that the Renaissance was a golden age for architecture. But not many people know of the secret behind this period of architectural advancement. Almost all of the architecture of the Renaissance was filled with math. The Renaissance is a period of time from about 1300 to 1600 that followed the Dark Ages. Renaissance means rebirth, and that name is fitting, considering during the Renaissance art, literature, science, and architecture flourished. Many names of architects or structures…

something in-between, and every kind of definition has an in-between space. Especially if the definitions are two opposites, then the in-between space is more rich”. Indeed, this kind of “in-between space” doesn’t only exist between nature and architecture or between inside and outside, but also, it exists as a narrative space for the Dominican-American writer Julia Alvarez. In this paper, I would like to elaborate on the term, the “in-between space”, which was brought up by Kelli Lyon Johnson…

Before the 20th century, American residential architecture was very influenced by the European architecture, through its Victorian mansions, Italian villas, among others. However, a Chicago architect named Frank Lloyd Wright believed that his originality and creativity did not depend of Europe styles of architecture. He wanted to create a distinctly American architecture. However, he had not yet travelled to Europe until 1909, when left United States of America for the first time in order to…

A Review of the Marika-Alderton House Marika-Alderton House (photo 1) which was completed in 1994 was designed for an aboriginal artist, Banduk Marika and her partner. It is located in the Northern Territory, Australia. The house was built with mainly hardwood and plywood with steel frame. The architect, Glenn Murcutt who is a British-born Australian designed this house to show the ideology of environmental and cultural values. He spend three years researching on the aboriginal culture,…

INTRODUCTION This particular task focuses in comparing and differentiating the style and function of the Pantheon and the Parthenon. As an introduction, in general, I wanted to gain an understanding go how architectural styles and the manner in which buildings’ characteristics and features are planned, designed, and constructed. Additionally, as I worked on this assignment I gained an understanding of role other elements of architectural style include play, such as the building materials,…

Balinese architecture is a vernacular style of architecture wherein designers use local materials to help construct buildings, structures, and houses, as well as reflecting local tradition. It is a centuries-old style of design that’s heavily influenced by Bali’s Hindu traditions, as well as ancient Javanese elements. For the materials that are required for Balinese homes and buildings mostly will be thatch roofing, coconut wood, teak wood, stone, bamboo and bricks. Balinese architecture has…

would be surprised to find a series of murals filling the public space. Painted along the outer edges and corners of the HDB flats, being incorporated into dents on the walls and pillars, its cartoonish style is juxtaposed with the sleek and modern architecture of the buildings that house these murals. Figure 1: Mural found at the void deck of Block 105D Edgefield Plains. Figure 2: A street view of Block 105D Edgefield Plains. Commissioned by Housing Development Board and Punggol Coral…