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  Mathematics and Architecture
Historically, architecture was part of mathematics, and in many periods of the past, the two disciplines were indistinguishable.
Architecture was modelled on the teachings of Vitruvius and on the classical architecture which was still plentiful, particularly in Greece and Italy.
Architecture was another of his specialities and he learnt about it, in particular the mathematical principles behind it, from studying Alberti's texts.
www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/HistTopics/Architecture.html   (0 words)

  
 Architecture from Rampant Scotland Directory
It is at the forefront of architectural news, featuring daily "headlines", a feature packed events diary, and opinion channel and discussion forum, debating what's hot in the world of architecture.
Architectural news and events from around Edinburgh and a list of all the architectural practices in the Edinburgh Architectural Association chapter area and a useful set of links - including the Scottish Building Regulations.
The various styles of architecture are discussed and there are photographs from 1907 of the inside of some of the buildings.
www.rampantscotland.com /architecture.htm   (0 words)

  
  Mathematics and Architecture
Architecture was modelled on the teachings of Vitruvius and on the classical architecture which was still plentiful, particularly in Greece and Italy.
The object of his architectural researches, however, was not to learn to reproduce Roman architecture, but to enrich the architecture of his own time and to perfect his engineering skills.
Architecture was another of his specialities and he learnt about it, in particular the mathematical principles behind it, from studying Alberti's texts.
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/HistTopics/Architecture.html   (3448 words)

  
 Custom Huse Architecture > Federal Style
The Federal style of architecture, employed in many of the public structures erected between 1776 and 1820 can be seen as an Americanization of the classical architecture which preceeded it in Europe and the colonies.
Architecture being one of the fine arts, and as such within the department of a professor of the college, according to the new arrangement, perhaps a spark may fall on some young subjects of natural taste, kindle up their genius, and produce a reformation in this elegant and useful art.
Could we carry into our civil architecture the responsibilities that weigh upon our shipbuilding, we should ere long have edifices as superior to the Parthenon, for the purposes that we require, as the Constitution or the Pennsylvania is to the galley of the Argonauts.
hester.nscc.mass.edu /architecture/federalist   (1091 words)

  
 UH Press: Books and Journals published by the University of Hawaii Press
Liao Architecture is a study of Buddhist halls, tombs, and pagodas built primarily through the patronage of Northeast Asian lords of Qidan nationality from the mid-tenth through the first decades of the twelfth century.
She also explores the influence of Tang (618-906) Chinese architecture on Liao buildings and concludes that Tang is just one among the earlier cultures whose building patterns gave way to Liao forms.
Architecture of the Korean peninsula, she suggests, was at least as influential.
www.uhpress.hawaii.edu /cart/shopcore/?db_name=uhpress&page=shop/flypage&product_sku=0-8248-1843-1   (598 words)

  
 19th Century Architecture: Backward
REVIVALS IN NINETEENTH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE: Successive and simultaneous revivals of historical styles are symptomatic of a desire for a stable and continuing tradition in the midst of the revolutionary changes of the industrial age.
Richardson's Romanesque vocabulary was generally consistent with his basic principles of architectural planning: aggregation of simple units and emphasis on the massiveness of construction in stone.
All architecture throughout history had been constrained by local conditions: local building materials, local workmen and their traditions, local taste, specifics of the local climate (hot or cold, dusty or damp, daytime and nighttime), local architectural iconography.
www.pitt.edu /~tokerism/0040/syl/src1127.html   (913 words)

  
 Great Buildings Online - Master Buildings List 2007.0524
For realtime coverage of current architecture, please visit ArchitectureWeek, our weekly magazine of design and building.
Art and Architecture Building, by Paul Rudolph, at New Haven, Connecticut, 1959 to 1963.
Genevieve, by Henri Labrouste, at Paris, France, 1843 designed, built 1845 to 1851.
www.greatbuildings.com /buildings.html   (11324 words)

  
 Theological Space, 1835-1880
Nay, more, by architecture and ornament alone, learned men of the present time are enabled to make the most important discoveries, relative to the history of nations, whose very existence is anterior by many centuries to the Christian era.
The moderns, in their pretended imitation of the classic system, are constantly producing the greatest anomalies; and we are called upon to admire their thrice-cooked hashes of pagan fragments (in which the ingredients are amalgamated in utter confusion) as fine national monuments of the present age.
Previous to that period, architecture had always been a correct type of the various systems, in which it was employed; but, from the moment the Christians adopted this fatal mistake, of reviving classic design, the principles of architecture have been plunged into miserable confusion.
www.etss.edu /hts/hts3/info14.htm   (2080 words)

  
 New York Architecture Images- Richard Morris Hunt
These include the Stuyvesant (1870–73; demolished), the earliest apartment house planned for the middle class, the Roosevelt Building (1873–74), a cast-iron building with a clearly expressed structure, and the Tribune Building (1873–76; demolished), an early skyscraper that was the third office building in the city that incorporated an elevator.
Hunt became exposed to the idea of architecture in Europe when his mother took her family there to visit for a year -- they would stay for more than a decade.
Hunt modeled the architecture on the richly ornamented style of the French Renaissance and adapted elements, such as the stair tower and the steeply pitched roof, from three famous early-16th-century châteaux in the Loire Valley: Blois, Chenonceau, and Chambord.
www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-RichardMorrisHunt.htm   (1570 words)

  
 The architecture of Joseph Michael Gandy (1771--1843) and Sir John Soane (1753--1837): An exploration into the Masonic ...
Both architects developed architectural theories regarding the universal origins of architecture in an attempt to establish order as well as transcend the emerging historicism of the early nineteenth century.
There are strong parallels between Soane's use of architectural narrative and his discussion of architectural ‘model’ in relation to Gandy's understanding of ‘trans-historical’ architecture.
I argue that this is the architectural project through which Soane and Gandy's common interest in universal symbolism was made manifest, as evidenced by the design and presentation drawings held at the Soane Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
repository.upenn.edu /dissertations/AAI3087403   (414 words)

  
  Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hong Kong became a crown colony in 1843.
Instead the city has become a centre for modern architecture, especially in and around Central.
The tall business buildings of Central comprise the skyline along the coast of the Victoria Harbour, which is one of Hong Kong's famous tourist attractions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong   (7185 words)

  
 The architecture of the iron
The first building constructed entirely with iron and S glass the Crystal Palace (1850-1851; reconstructed between 1852 and 1854) in London, a great prepared ship to welcome the first Universal Exhibition, that was projected by Joseph Paxton, who had learned the use of these materials in the construction of conservatories.
This building was the precursor of the prefabricated architecture, and with him the possibility was demonstrated of making iron buildings beautiful.
Between the little examples of use of the iron in the architecture of century XIX it emphasizes a building of Henry Labrouste, the library of Santa Genoveva (1843-1850) in Paris, a building of Renaissance style in his outside but that in its interior let see the metallic structure.
architecture.arqhys.com /history/iron.html   (279 words)

  
 Asante Support Forums - GX5-424W Uplinking
As a general rule it is not a great idea to simply daisy-chain switches together, a better way is to use a backbone architecture to allow equal access to devices and services.
One method you could use would be to use one GX5-424W as the backbone switch and connect two other GX5-424W's directly to the two SFP ports, you would need 4 1000SX SFP GBICs and two 2 meter 62.5 micron MMF Patch Cables to accomplish this.
A better network architecture would be to add a GX5-2400W to the mix, home run each of the GX5-424W's to the GX5-2400W via 2 meter Cat5e cables.
www.asante.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1843   (205 words)

  
 Foreign Architects in Ottoman Architecture
However a full curriculum of architectural education was established only with the foundation of the School of Fine Arts (Mekteb-i Sanayi-i Nefise) in 1883 according to the model of École des Beaux Arts.
Istanbul-born French architect A. Vallaury and German architect Jachmund sent to Istanbul by the imperial German government to study the history of Ottoman architecture, shaped the new Ottoman Imperial Architecture (11).
Architectural pluralism in 19th century-Istanbul observed on the facades of the new building types such as banks, office buildings, hotels, multistory houses, theaters etc., created opposition against the foreigner architects among Turkish intellectuals.
sanat.bilkent.edu.tr /interactive.m2.org/Architecture/nasir.html   (2294 words)

  
 Nathan Clifford Ricker: Establishing Architecture at the University of Illinois / Paul Kruty
Ricker’s vision for the new Illinois program in architecture drew on his travels and studies abroad, as well as on his personal mastery of the critical literature and his innately pragmatic and persevering approach to life itself.
Architecture remained on the fourth floor of Engineering Hall until January 1928, when it was separated from the College of Engineering to become part of the new College of Fine and Applied Arts in Charles Platt’s building created for “Architecture and Kindred Subjects.”
Because Ricker stressed a scientific and rational approach to architecture, these Beaux-Arts methods continued to be subordinate in the overall education of students to the intense examination of structure and materials.
www.arch.uiuc.edu /about/history/ricker   (3853 words)

  
 History of the Olivier House
She saw her city and her state expand, her family increase in wealth and power, and when she died, in 1843, the seeds had already been sown for the social and economic upheaval the War Between the States was to bring.
Yet she was only 2 generations removed from her grandfather Bienvenu who came to this land as a little orphan boy in 1720 under the protection of the Controller General, when the settlement of Nouvelle Orleans was not much more than a few rude huts clustered around an empty public square.
He quickly made a name for himself in the sphere of architecture, and in 1835 won the much sought after commission to build the St. Louis Exchange Hotel (which was later tragically lost to fire).
www.olivierhouse.com /history.htm   (1720 words)

  
 Uncle Dale's Old Mormon Articles: Quincy Whig, etc. (1843)
Walker, a Whig candidate logically appealing to the Mormons, was defeated by an LDS block-vote, thrown to the Democrats near the end of the campaign.
It is truly amusing to hear the organ of O. Browning denouncing the Mormons as disturbers of the peace and violators of the law for dictating to their former benefactors and controlling the elections of the country.
It is a curious feature in the human mind, and wonderfully illustrative of its proclivity to evil, the most successful impostors, especially in matters of religious faith, aregenerally the very kind of men whose delusions ought to be the most easily seen through and scouted.
www.sidneyrigdon.com /dbroadhu/IL/whig1843.htm   (8397 words)

  
 gothicoverview.html
The transition from Romanesque and Norman architecture to Gothic is especially evident in Canterbury and St. Alban's Cathedral.
By 1600 the dominant architectural style for public buildings, churches, and private estates was neoclassical, except in areas like Oxford and Cambridge, where the Gothic style continued unchecked in reverence for tradition.
Thus during a period of what was otherwise neoclassical ideals in architecture (and other arts as well), the Gothic art and architecture of the Middle Ages became associated with traditional English values, particularly liberty.
www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~rviau/gothicoverview.html   (1661 words)

  
 Salem Massachusetts Architecture.
This style arose out of the young nation's desire to identify with the ideals and architecture of the ancient Greek Republic and was heightened by the Greek Revolution in 1821.
This example was built for Joseph Winn, Jr., a wholesale shoe businessman and the former captain of the St.
The Italianate style was inspired by the vernacular farmhouse architecture of the Italian country villas.
www.salemweb.com /guide/arch/houses2.shtml   (332 words)

  
 Art and Architecture,Art Architecture Tour,India Architecture Tour,Architecture Tours India,Art Architecture Tour India
Its young, its lively and a confluence of varied cultural currents and cross currents have given Mumbai a unique position of the most multi-ethnic city of India.
John's church, dedicated to the soldiers, who laid down their lives in the Sindh campaign of 1838, and the first Afghan war of 1843, is also worth a visit.
Flora Fountain marks a junction of five streets and known as the 'Picadilly Circus' of Mumbai, which is decorated at its four corners with mythological figures, the Fountain is a structure in dull stone with a figure the Roman Goddess of flowers, at the top.
www.luxurytoursofindia.com /art-and-achitecture-tour.html   (0 words)

  
 The Baltimore Architecture Foundation
When his father died in 1843, his mother returned to Baltimore where Baldwin was raised and educated.
Many went on to form successful architectural firms of their own in Baltimore.
In 1890, he and Charles E. Cassell were actively proposing the creation of a School of Architecture in Baltimore.
www.baltimorearchitecture.org /bios/baldwin_ef.html   (780 words)

  
 Highway - Geo-Environmental Section Architecture
Oregon has an amazing variety of interesting and well-preserved examples of historic architecture - many are the original homes, schools, churches and businesses established by the state's earliest settlers.
The links are photographs of a few selected examples of historic architecture in Oregon.
Included in the district are such landmark structures as the New Market Theater (1872) designed by architects Piper and Burton, the Poppleton Building (1871) designed by E.M. Burton, the Glisan Building (1889), the Haseltine Building (1893), the Skidmore Building (1888), the Blagan Block (1888), and the New Market Annex (1889).
www.oregon.gov /ODOT/HWY/GEOENVIRONMENTAL/architecture1.shtml   (1193 words)

  
 Works of David Hamilton, Architect
This gives some idea of how much he was revered by the succeeding generation of architects in the city, many of whom had, in fact, been trained in his office during the half century in which he practised.
This was the training ground for many of Glasgow's Victorian architects - Charles Wilson and J. Rochead are names that spring immediately to mind; and it was Hamilton's example that enabled them and their colleagues to maintain such a high standard.
He died on December 5th 1843, the most loved and revered of all Glasgow's architects.
www.amostcuriousmurder.com /Works.htm   (2273 words)

  
 Shanghaiist: Architecture Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Starting with the presentation of architecture projects for public use and of projects covering bigger urban space, followed by a presentation of art in public space, and finally the discussion of the direction and pitfalls of urban planning in China and Shanghai and the teaching approaches at local universities.
There were even a few copies of the latest U.S. version of FHM magazine thrown in there for good measure, though we're not entirely sure of its relevance to the general theme of the store (and frankly don't really care).
There appears to be a push (or maybe a slight nudge) to save an old house on Taojiang Lu that for four years in the 1940s was occupied by Soong Ching Ling, also known as Madame Sun or Sun Yat Sen's wife.
www.shanghaiist.com /archives/architecture   (5222 words)

  
 Panjim,Panaji Tourism,Panjim in Goa,Panaji Travel in Goa,Panajim Tourism
In 1843, the structure became the Secretariat, and today it is the Passport Office.
Although the last Portuguese Viceroy managed to drain many of the nearby marshes, and erect imposing public buildings on the new site, the town never emulated the grandeur of its predecessor upriver --a result, in part, of the Portuguese nobles' predilection for erecting their mansions in the countryside rather than the city.
The deity is said to have been brought from Chorao in Tiswadi to Mayem in Bicholim and then shifted to its present place during the days of religious persecution by the alien rulers.
www.goa-travel-tourism.com /panjim-tourism   (3240 words)

  
 The Art Institute of Chicago: Library Reading Room Entablature Notes
English writer, critic and artist who championed the Gothic Revival movement in architecture and the decorative arts and the taste for Pre-Raphaelite painting in Victorian England.
His only known work is the treatise De architectura [The ten books of architecture], a handbook for Roman architects, dealing with city planning and architecture in general.
Although it can be said that Viollet Le Duc dominated 19th-century architectural preservation, historians later found that he often took a "creative approach" with his restorations.
www.artic.edu /aic/libraries/history/entablature.html   (1250 words)

  
 Architecture, Buildings, Landscaping, Rare & Out-of-Print Books
Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles N. Lowrie, and Noel Chamberlin were the judging committee and provided advice to Elwood, who compiled this impressive work that includes some of the best examples of landscaping from various parts of the United States, done by some of the best landscape architects in the country.
Well-regarded as the first integrated treatment of art and architecture of the Iberian nations and their American subjects, the authors ten year work is detailed, comprehensive and very well-illustrated.
New York, The Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1923, First edition, folio [41 x 31 cm]; [x], 212 pp, frontis, hundreds of illus from photos, some full-page, many architectural plans, some full-page, orig cloth covers, very worn and stained, tear at lower spine, some leaves are lightly soiled, but internally very good in a poor cover.
www.horizonbook.com /architecture.html   (1134 words)

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