Category: Architecture

Outline A home zone is an area where people reside and calmness is maintained with many activities on the road other than driving. The street is used by both traffic and people who go there to gather and children have a place to play. The home zone is expensive to establish and enough funding is…

Introduction The era of Art Nouveau and the significant technological progress associated with them and the next wave of the industrial revolution gave rise to new ideas in architecture. A specific portion of these ideas was consolidated in the minds of young Chicago architects who later formed the Chicago School of Architecture. According to Cruickshank,…

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral The Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is one of the most prominent works of European art of the 11th century. I have chosen to write about this cathedral, as it has a unique history and is of great significance to millions of people around the globe. The Portico of Glory, which is…

Table of Contents Introduction The Job of an Architect Ways of Investing Power in Architects Conclusion References Introduction For the last decades, architecture has continued to influence human life more positively. Unlike other forms of art, the architecture combines in equal proportion the two most important requirements of creativity, necessity and flair, to design and…

Different architects, theorists, and critics held different views regarding the centrality of technology in architecture. This paper examines three facets of this centrality. It includes a discussion on the centrality of technology in architecture, followed by recent technologies used in architecture, and closes with a discussion on the necessity of innovation in architecture. Centrality of…

Nazi architecture was a part of the eras ideology, aiming to reinforce the atmosphere of military dominance and concurring strength. The Nazi-style was characterized by neoclassicism in stand-alone buildings, and a utilitarian approach for the industrial and military complexes. The architecture and urban planning of the period were characterized by somewhat conflicting goals. On one…

Monticello was the primary residence of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, which he designed himself and on which grounds he was buried. It was not just an estate, but also a plantation with around 130 enslaved African Americans working on its grounds. Due to its historical and architectural significance, the place…

Introduction In any part of the world practicing Islam, the mosque, regardless of its type remains a typical Islamic edifice. The mosque or masjid in Arabic, offers a worshiping place for the Muslims. Therefore, a mosque is basically a dedicated room for praying (Casares and Amarillo 66). While nearly all the required daily litanies can…

Introduction Sparkling on the desert mist, they ascend like the distant illusion to mock, ethereal buildings, challenging someone to look at them again. Is that a four square palace, towered and equipped, rising from the desert? Why is a brick building amid the desert? And why does it have decorated baths? The buildings are not…

The trans-Atlantic slave trade had more impact on African nations than any other trade has ever influenced. The strong men were taken away from their families under the influence of greedy leaders that sold them for mere pay, and the genius ones were brainwashed and taken to foreign nations. The first slaves to work in…