Architecture

Abstract  Architecture deals with the principles of construction, design and ornamentation of fine environments and buildings with the thought of their splendor and esthetic effect. In the design of buildings, there are various forms of architecture used before constructing them. Various forms of architecture were used in the Greece and Roman countries by the designers…

Gothic was first used as a term of contempt during the late renaissance. The Goth’s were barbarians- which leads to many theories as to why “Goth” was the chosen title for a style that required extreme engineering as well as technical and artistic know how. Since then vast efforts have been made to rename the…

The town of Pisa is located in the Tuskany part on the western seashore of Italy. From the 11th to the thirteenth centuries Pisa was the commercial imperium of southern Italy. spread outing Italy’s power over the islands of Corsica. Sicily. and Sardinia and commanding most of the Tuscan seashore. During this clip and subsequent…

The idea of a Centro Direzionale was advanced by many in Italy during the 1960s as a solution to several urban planning problems. To alleviate congestion and reverse the conversion of housing stock to office use in central cities, the strategy proposed was to build complexes of offices and municipal administrative facilities outside the historic…

Subsequent to the First World War in 1924, De Stijl group (known for simplicity of forms) designed a free flowing private residence for Mrs Truus Schroder Schrader. The Schroder house consists of horizontal and vertical planes are coloured in indistinct red, blue, yellow, white, and black; an environment where Mondrian’s fine art work comes to…

PERSONAL STATEMENT My interest in the Built Environment field came when I first met with one of Malaysia most successful architect, Hijjas Kasturi back in my early lower secondary. Since then, I’ve developed a great interest in the field of Built Environment, especially Architecture. I am studying Building Surveying because I believe it can build…

When one thinks of St. Sernin and Notre Dame, one tends to think of twobeautiful cathedrals, not to churches that portray two totally different stylesof architecture. Those two styles are, of course, Romanesque in St. Sernin andthe Gothic style of Notre Dame. Some characteristics that these two buildingsshare include quest for height, basic floor plan,…

Metaphor and architecture Metaphor comes from Middle Frenchmetaphore ( Old Frenchmetafore, 13c. ) , and straight from Latinmetaphora, from Greekmetaphora ” a transportation, ” particularly of the sense of one word to a different word, literally “ a carrying over, ” frommetapherein ” transportation, carry over ; alteration, alter ; to utilize a word in…

The Colosseums building was initiated by the Emperor Vespasian around 72 AD. His boy Titus had control over its completion and the official gap ceremonials in 80 AD. The Colosseum was built near the site of Nero ‘s Domus Aurea “Golden House” . It got its popular name, the Colosseum, because of Nero ‘s giant…

INTRODUCTION             There have been so many different astounding architectural styles that graced the history of the world. Through the years, many different contributions to architecture have transpired with the rise of different architectural styles. All of these additions vary from structural up to the aesthetics design of every structure. Starting from the ancient beginnings…