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  American Architecture - MSN Encarta
Compared with the architecture in many areas of Europe and in other parts of the world, the architecture of the United States developed with remarkable uniformity.
It was a period labeled The Gilded Age by writer Mark Twain, and colorful and exuberant displays in architecture characterized it.
High Victorian Gothic architecture, inspired by contemporary work in England and by the critical writing of John Ruskin, appealed to an American desire for more picturesque variety in building styles.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_461575773_3/American_Architecture.html   (1663 words)

  
 Architecture
Cemeteries throughout the country are adorned with Egyptian architecture, ranging from the massive Egyptian arch spanning the entrance of the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven
Classical architecture draws on the Golden age of Athens and the Roman Republic, the ancient ancestors of the American Republic.
Architectural styling made the monuments in these cemeteries as pleasing to the eye as the landscape.
www.uni.edu /connors/Architecture.htm   (1351 words)

  
 1864 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar.
April 22 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
November 4 - American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville - At Johnsonville, Tennessee, troops under the command of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest bombard a Union supply base with artillery and destroy millions of dollars in materiel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1864   (1864 words)

  
 Odin - Architecture in Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is why monumental buildings are lacking and folk traditions have dominated architecture, especially in the use of wood, based on centuries of craftsmanship and experience with the material.
Influenced by Danish empire architecture, this strict, but harmonic classic style set its mark all over the country, especially along the southern coast of Norway, where applications in wood are found in large as well as small buildings.
Architecturally, the Police Headquarters has been followed up by several similar structures in which a sub-division of the building's main body, as in the example with the open hand, creates open spaces which can be covered in glass.
odin.dep.no /odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990451/index-dok000-b-n-a.html   (8807 words)

  
 Architecture at MIT
In this groundbreaking document, Ware clearly articulated the requirements for a system of architectural education and the methods by which he believed this system could best be attained.
architecture may be called the prose, as sculpture and painting are the poetry, of art.
Instruction in the Department of Architecture began in 1868, with the enrollment of four full-time degree students and 12 students in the two year special program.
web.mit.edu /museum/ware/architecture.html   (477 words)

  
 1864 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
You can find it there under the keyword 1864 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1864)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1864andaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1864   (1700 words)

  
 American Architects' Biographies: W
He was born in 1864 and studied architecture in the office of his grandfather, designer of the dome and wings of the United States Capitol.
In 1866 he organized the first school of architecture in the United States at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, and in 1881 he organized the School of Architecture at Columbia University in New York, which he headed until 1903 when he was made Professor Emeritus.
He was an honorary member of the Architectural League of New York, Mural Painters, and Copley Society; a corresponding member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Socit Centrale des Architects Francais as well as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
www.sah.org /oldsite06012004/aame/biow.html   (5046 words)

  
 Architectural Features and Historic Spaces
It is such a fitting finale for the building it crowns, so familiar and dignified, that it seems surprising that its design and construction came late in the Capitol's architectural evolution.
National Statuary Hall (The Old Hall of the House)--The House of Representatives first occupied this space south of the Rotunda in 1809 and used it as their meeting room for almost 50 years.
In 1857 the House moved to its present chamber, and in 1864 Congress invited each state to contribute two statues of prominent citizens to a for permanent display in the room, which was renamed National Statuary Hall.
www.aoc.gov /cc/architecture/index.cfm   (603 words)

  
 Church Architecture
Chicago's early Christian architecture was predominantly Protestant, and the prevailing architectural style was Gothic, with its tall vertical lines and pointed arches.
Some Catholic churches even used American Colonial and Congregational styles—including St. Mary's Cathedral (1843), a brick church at Madison and Wabash that was destroyed in the Fire of 1871; St. Bartholomew (1937), on Lavergne at Addison; and most notably the chapel of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary (1925), in Mundelein.
Some grand soaring edifices, some simple rooms, but all places where people deliberately come together to pray, to build community, to support one another, to find peace and strength for the challenges of their daily lives and to find inspiration to serve their brothers and sisters in the city.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/1058.html   (1476 words)

  
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LSB Implementation Conformance 488 489 A conforming implementation is necessarily architecture 490 specific, and must provide the interfaces specified by both 491 the generic LSB Core specification (ISO/IEC 23360 Part 1) and 492 the relevant architecture specific part of ISO/IEC 23360.
The 503 architecture specific parts of ISO/IEC 23360 that 504 supplement this specification for a given target processor 505 architecture describe a minimum acceptable processor.
LSB Application Conformance 551 552 A conforming application is necessarily architecture specific, 553 and must conform to both the generic LSB Core specification 554 (ISO/IEC 23360 Part 1)and the relevant architecture specific 555 part of ISO/IEC 23360.
www.freestandards.org /spec/book/LSB-PPC32/LSB-PPC32_lines.txt   (8958 words)

  
 Architecture Records
Included in the collection are architectural drawings prepared by Gurda for buildings which he designed, among them the new church of St. Adalbert's parish (1930), St. Francis Hospital (1956), Wisconsin's first drive-in banking window at Lincoln State Bank (1950), and several elementary schools.
There are materials relating to Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural exhibit which displayed at the Layton Art Gallery in 1930 and a reference file on the famous architect which Partridge maintained.
Records of the Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning and its predecessor, the School of Architecture.
www.uwm.edu /Libraries/arch/architecture.htm   (1431 words)

  
 The architecture of the Basilica
He developed his talents for designing church furniture and architecture and became the primary architect for the Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
From 1864 until 1897, his work centered on the Midwest, after which he concentrated his efforts in the western and southwestern United States.
He always varied his architectural designs so each church was somewhat different from the rest.
www.conceptionabbey.org /TowerTopics/TTWinter2000/Architecture.htm   (777 words)

  
 Architecture
Includes information on the religious history, architecture and art work of the Basilica, as well as a chapter on a Mithraic temple that was discovered there.
Documents the beginnings of Modernist architecture in Denmark, reproducing plans and photographs of churches, schools, numerous houses, industrial buildings, competition drawings etc., as well as material on the Tuborg brewery.
The strikingly handsome gravure reproductions are supplemented by detailed historical and architectural information in the brochures.
www.mcgilvery.com /architecture.html   (1426 words)

  
 Urban St. Louis - View topic - William Ittner Essay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This is his motivation for leaving private practice temporarily, and his justification for architectural modernization in St. Louis, which then serves as a standard for architecture across the country.
It is evident that the façade of this building holds much to Roman Architecture, rather than English and it only furthers the concept that Ittner is truly a versatile, and talented, artist; Ittner is constrained by no mores, and he is able to use any style he wishes (Study 121).
Ittner’s architectural mark encompasses many buildings, including non-educational ones, which maybe greater in style than perhaps his educational buildings; his style, however, follows this unique “open plan” which is evident in all of his works.
www.urbanstl.com /viewtopic.php?t=1800   (1989 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1863
See also: 1862 in architecture, other events of 1863, 1864 in architecture and the architecture timeline.
Ferdinand Lassalle Ferdinand Lassalle (born April 11, 1825 in Wrocław, died August 31, 1864), was a German socialist politician.
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 – September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general and cavalry officer in the American Civil War.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1863   (8547 words)

  
 19th Century Architecture: Forward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In the late nineteenth century there was a reaction against the artificiality of traditional architecture.
These architects rejected the traditional vocabulary of historical ornament, sometimes inventing new ornamental forms which expressed new principles of architectural design, especially in their emphasis on the wall as surface rather than mass.
Eugene-Emanuel Viollet-le-Duc: "Discourses on Architecture," 1858- 72 [ 136 illustration of iron-based vaulting]; figs.
www.pitt.edu /~tokerism/0040/syl/src1129.html   (350 words)

  
 19th-Century Adrian Architecture - 19th Century Chronology of Adrian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
As evidence of the enormous growth that takes place at this time, twenty six additional properties are platted and added to the city of Adrian over the next ten years.
1854: The need for brick architecture downtown becomes obvious when a fire nearly destroys half the Adrian's downtown, including many wooden structures on the west side of Main Street south of Maumee Street.
1864: The famous inventor Thomas Edison, at seventeen-years-old, works for a few months as the night telegraph operator in Adrian, where he meets the engineer Ezra Gilliland for the first time.
www.adrianarchitecture.com /chronology-adrian.html   (5266 words)

  
 Smith-McDowell House Museum - Architecture
Today Smith-McDowell House is a blend of architectural styles dating from its original 1840 construction and additions completed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
While it has been suggested that this woodwork was replaced in the late 19th century, photo documentation and Smith's architectural drawings prove otherwise.
style of architecture popular in America from the Revolution through the early 19th-century (in North Carolina from about 1800 to 1840) derived from the influential work of the Adam brothers in England.
www.wnchistory.org /museum/architecture.htm   (3355 words)

  
 NP Architecture/Design Books
Peter Pennoyer, is the principal of the eponymous architecture firm that has a national practice in classical and traditional architecture.
The firm’s work is recognized for combining an inventive spirit with an erudite grasp of architectural history and has been widely published and exhibited.
She is the coauthor of The Ford Plantation Architectural Pattern Book and The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich.
www.wwnorton.com /NPB/nparch/073162.html   (413 words)

  
 Architecture Radio
The members of Architecture Radio's Council and Board of Directors are elected to provide strategic guidance in the fulfillment of the organization's mission.
Marques holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, and is currently a MASc candidate in the Computing Arts and Design Sciences program at Simon Fraser University.
Miss Chen holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, and a degree in Environmental Design from UCLA.
www.architecture-radio.org /about/org   (282 words)

  
 Architecture: International Websites & Resources: L-O
Information about sustainable architecture: ecological planning, design, integrated architecture and landscaping for tropical, sub-tropical or temperate climates.
Architectural Lighting / A magazine dedicated to architectural lighting design and designers.
Highlights the extravagant architecture of early twentieth century US "motion picture palaces", some of which could seat between 2500 and 6000 patrons at a time.
www.library.auckland.ac.nz /subjects/arc/os_websites/arcsourc5.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Record Detail: Harry Ransom Center
The Samuel Bourne Collection comprises 63 albumen prints of landscapes, architecture, mountainscapes, and cityscapes in India.
Subjects include architecture, monuments, and landscape including the Dhul Canal, River Jhalum, Scinde River, Taj Mahal, Pearl Mosque, Dilkhoosha Palace, Kaiser Pasand, Palace, Kutab Minar, and Marqual Canal.
Subjects include people, musicians, landscape, architecture, and monuments including the Holy Temple in Amritsar, Kutab Minar in Delhi, Taj Mahal in Agra, and Jama Masjid in Delhi.
tyler.hrc.utexas.edu /photo/fullDisplay.cfm?CollID=13   (256 words)

  
 New York Architecture Images- Warren and Wetmore
Born and educated in New York, at the age of eighteen he went to Paris to study architecture, and while attending Atliers of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, led the life of a cosmopolite, and became so enamored with France that he continued to live there for a decade.
Wetmore was a native of Elmira, N.Y., and after attending the city schools completed a formal education at Harvard, where he was graduated in 1889.
During five succeeding years he studied architecture in New York., subsequently joined Whitney Warren in partnership.
www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-WarrenWetmore.htm   (699 words)

  
 CongressCATH 2004: Descartes' Four Rules in Architecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Since he was a leading figure in nineteenth century architecture, Viollet-le-Duc's architectural theory is crucial to the foundation of modern architecture.
In his book 'Entretiens sur l'Architecture (Lectures on Architecture), published between 1864 and 1872, he mentions using Descartes' four rules for reaching architectural certainty in contrast with the chaotic situation during that modernising period.
Furthermore Viollet-le-Duc's theory can be seen as a serious attempt to translates Descartes' philosophical rules into systems of architectural speculation.
www.leeds.ac.uk /cath/congress/2004/programme/abs/13.shtml   (200 words)

  
 The Baltimore Architecture Foundation
The offices of Baldwin & Price were located at No. 54 Lexington Street, on the southwest corner of Charles and Lexington in the heart of an enclave of architectural offices in Baltimore.
There is no doubt that Price gained fame, fortune, and influence during his years in New York and his works, particularly those from his New York years, have been reviewed and described extensively.
Drawings and specifications for such a 62-foot long car were published, and at least one such car (No. 901) was apparently built in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
www.baltimorearchitecture.org /bios/price_b.html   (800 words)

  
 Sayidnaa Al Hussein Mosque, Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Work was begun in 1280H (1864) and completed in 1290H (1873).
Architecture of the Contemporary Mosque Edited by Ismaïl Serageldin with James Steele.
IAORG website is dedicated to Islamic architecture, and contains illustrated descriptions and reviews of a large number of monuments, mosques, palaces and schools.
www.islamicarchitecture.org /architecture/sayidnaalhusseinmosque.html   (924 words)

  
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An implementation of this version of the specification may not 500 claim to be an implementation of the Linux Standard Base unless it has 501 successfully completed the compliance process as defined by the Free Standards 502 Group.
Since a binary specification shall include information specific 511 to the computer processor architecture for which it is intended, it is not 512 possible for a single document to specify the interface for all possible 513 LSB-conforming implementations.
Terminology 765 766 For the purposes of this document, the following terms apply: 767 768 archLSB 769 770 The architectural part of the LSB Specification which describes the 771 specific parts of the interface that are platform specific.
www.freestandards.org /spec/refspecs/LSB_2.0.0/LSB-CXX-IA32/LSB-CXX-IA32_lines.txt   (4347 words)

  
 Providence Architecture: Warren & Wetmore
Whitney Warren (1864-1943) studied architecture briefly in the United States before going to the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Charles D. Wetmore (1867-1941) graduated from Harvard Law School, after which he and Warren began an architectural firm in New York City.
The Biltmore Hotel in Providence (1922-23) is a classic example of the style employed by the successful New York firm.
www.brown.edu /Courses/HA0191/new/architect.php?id=23   (101 words)

  
 Lois Lilley Howe -- NRHP Travel Itinerary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It is a relatively early example from her career which spanned the years from 1889 to 1963.
She earned her first commission to build a house in 1894, and six years later, she and Eleanor Manning (1884-1973), another MIT graduate, established one of the longest-lasting and most prolific women’s architectural firms.
Howe furthered the advance of architectural technology when she contributed an article about her innovative use of plaster to Architectural Review and Architectural Record in 1907.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/pwwmh/ma69.htm   (333 words)

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