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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 (1657 words)

	Canadian Architecture - MSN Encarta
		Perhaps the strongest influence on Canadian architecture in the mid-1800s was the Gothic Revival style of England.
		The architecture of the Parliament buildings quickly came to symbolize the new country, which was expanding from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
		Canadian architecture in the 50 years after the 1867 Confederation was strongly influenced by design techniques and styles that looked to past architecture for ideas and inspiration.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_461575434_2/Canadian_Architecture.html (2301 words)

	The Colgate Scene - September 1997 - Village Architecture
		Pevsner’s view of architecture as "the art of the establishment" (churches and palaces are never cheap) was shared by most architectural historians.
		For the past ten years, at family weekends and reunions, I’ve given architectural tours of the village and I’m always gratified by the enthusiastic response of guests to our architectural environment and the fine examples of the vernacular styles of the nineteenth century.
		They associated historic architectural styles with cultural values: the architecture of fifth-century B.C. Greece symbolized their democratic aspirations and the Gothic style of thirteenth-century Europe echoed their fascination with the picturesqueness of the Middle Ages.
	www4.colgate.edu /scene/sept1997/architecture.html (1552 words)

	Architecture in Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This is why monumental buildings are lacking and folk traditions have dominated architecture - especially in the use of wood, based on centuries of craftmanship and experience with the material.
		In 1905 several architectural contests were launched, and a major ground rule was the use of a Norwegian style.
		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.
	www.reisenett.no /facts/culture_science/architecture_in_norway.html (6366 words)

	Architecture
		In fact, the range of our architecture is broad, of many styles and periods, eclectic, and as several owners lived in the same house, maintained and "updated" it, many changes over the years on a given house have enhanced the appearance of the house and maintained the integrity of the original style or did not.
		This is an overview with a focus on the old styles in the center of town and in the farm architecture throughout town.
		Beaverbrook, and with Brookdale Farms and its state preservation for agriculture keeping the center of town with open cultivated land, but new houses are often not built with thought to their fit with neighbors in a town that is dedicated to preserving “rural character”.
	www.hollis.nh.us /windowsonhollispast/architecture/houses.html (8747 words)

	:..::. Museum Of Architecture ..:::.::
		Vallaury was the founder of the Architectural Department at the Academy of Fine Arts and the first teacher of architecture there.
		Vallaury was a leader in the work of setting up a Department of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts where he spent 25 years as a teacher beginning in 1883 until his resignation.
		In his approach to architecture, he also used a synthesis of Islam-Ottoman and Neo-Classic styles in the broad sweep of which there was great variety.
	www.archmuseum.org /biyografi.asp?id=59 (539 words)

	Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This contextualisation of architectural design is a key theme of the work, demonstrating that while women may not have always been centre-stage, they were very frequently in the wings, playing a role which influenced the final outcome.
		She also provides a telling contrast between the architectural design for Gordine's planned studio in Hampstead, where the sculptor's ideas came into conflict with those of the modernist architect, Godfrey Samuel, who was commissioned to undertake the project, and that of Dorich House where no architect was employed and Gordine had a much freer hand.
		This case study focused on the architectural process — `the act of design' —shows, with important evidence from primary sources to support it, that architecture has been a key arena of gender dispute and negotiation in the twentieth century and argues that our understanding of this `act' should be significantly broadened to include other agencies.
	www.wordtrade.com /themes/architecture2.htm (4663 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		During the Mexican period (1821-35), relatively little architectural progress was made beyond the construction of dwellings and some military work, although several new towns were established, including Bastrop (laid out in 1830), Liberty (founded in 1831), and Gonzales (founded in 1832).
		Architectural motifs from many historic styles were combined in an eclectic fashion, with the Medieval Romanesque and Gothic vying with the Renaissance for popularity.
		The architecture of the first half of the twentieth century reflects the growing unity of architectural expression throughout the United States.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/cmask.html (6024 words)

	AIArchitect, January 10, 2005 - Great Beginnings: 13 Projects Celebrate the New Year with Honor Awards for Architecture
		There is clarity in the use of materials, from the horizontal siding to the metal wall that faces the prevailing winds to the wood finishes that help to define the interiors and frame views into the landscape.
		Originally completed in 1878, the Conservatory of Flowers is one of San Francisco’s most noteworthy historic and cultural resources.
		Having survived the 1906 earthquake, the conservatory is the oldest building in Golden Gate Park and the oldest public greenhouse in the state.
	www.aia.org /aiarchitect/thisweek05/tw0107/0107ha_architecture.htm (2249 words)

	Architecture: International Websites & Resources: G-K
		The "largest architectural firm in the world as ranked by World Architecture Magazine, January 2000." Contains a history of the firm and descriptions of projects from 1962 to the present.
		The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the US and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as windmills, one-room schoolhouses, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
		Architecture For All / A joint project between RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) and the VandA (Victoria and Albert Museum) showing photos, drawings and paintings from their collections.
	www.library.auckland.ac.nz /subjects/arc/os_websites/arcsourc4.htm (1987 words)

	Myanmar Architecture: Shwenandaw Kyaung Temple Temple, Mandalay
		Originally part of the royal palace at Amarapura, it was moved to Mandalay, and, with the name Mya Nan San Kyaw, became the northern section of the Glass Palace and part of the king’s royal apartments.
		Over the next five years it was reconstructed as a monastery--and dedicated as a work of merit to the memory of King Mindon--on a plot adjoining the Atumashi Monastery near the northeast corner of the Royal City.
		The Shwenandaw is a wonderfully fragile yet grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture and also a significant masterpiece of the wood-carver’s art.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /mandalay/SHWENANDAW.htm (492 words)

	American Architects' Biographies: V
		He was born in Rome in 1878, studied architecture in Paris, and later in Boston.
		He was a member of the Architectural Commission of the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933.
		He was elected a member of the Western Association of Architects in 1886 and, by act of consolidation with the American Institute of Architects, became a Fellow of the Institute in 1889.
	www.sah.org /oldsite06012004/aame/biov.html (1042 words)

	Noho.com - The Architecture of Northampton
		So much Victorian commercial architecture survives on Main Street that it looks much like it did 100 years ago; this area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
		Romanesque Revival in the manner of H. Richardson (1838 - 1886) is the style of a number of Northampton buildings, most notably the Hampshire County Court House, built in 1885-87 in the center of town, and the Forbes Library (1895) on West Street.
		The important Boston architectural firm of Peabody and Stearns designed the gothic-inspired First Church of Christ (1878) at 129 Main Street, and also College Hall (1875) and Alumnae Gymnasium (1890) of Smith College.
	www.noho.com /townarch.html (785 words)

	New York Architecture Images- SEARCH- gone but not forgotten
		As with most treasured places, it is not just the architecture and décor that people so prize, but the memories that were born there.
		The new plans for the Plaza have awakened recollections of the fate of the old Pennsylvania Station, the 1910 McKim, Mead and White masterpiece, the razing of which in 1963 ultimately led to the creation of the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission.
		Unabashedly extravagant, the parent castle was modeled in part on a Loire Valley chateau, while the adjacent building to the north, one of a matching pair constructed by Brokaw for two sons, was flamboyantly Gothic.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /GON/GON.htm (4232 words)

	The Fire Tower
		He attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and in 1908 won a fellowship to study architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
		Born in 1878, he studied architecture at Yale and later trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
		These critics were all looking for a new style of architecture that would be more appropriate for a new technology.
	rebirthofreason.com /Articles/ACeely/The_Fire_Tower.shtml (1443 words)

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		Born into an artisan family in 1852 in Reus, Gaudi obtained his architecture degree in 1878.
		He brought a movement to architecture at the Modernisme period, when a trend of modernism in all the arts in Barcelona, and most of Europe started.
		His ideologies in architecture are not formulated in written terms, but patent and active everywhere in his expressive architectural pieces: He inspires nature in his work.
	www.cs.concordia.ca /~a_keigho/tmp/speech4.doc (873 words)

	Student Work
		As a result of the post-Civil War building boom, many architectural firms of the 1870s and 1880s were too busy to provide the in-house training previously offered to their new employees.
		Ware realized that a flexible course of study at the Institute was necessary to accommodate draftsmen and architects at all levels of expertise.
		William Dowse, class of 1874, and Charles Baker, class of 1878, never practiced architecture.
	web.mit.edu /museum/ware/student.html (483 words)

	Dublin - Darlington Community Planning Area
		To ensure the continuation of these roles in the future, the size, shape, and appearance of new construction should be compatible with existing structures and the primary functions of Darlington and Dublin as Rural Villages.
		Commercial development should be confined within the boundaries of the established villages; it should be designed in a manner compatible with existing architecture in the villages and should help support community needs.
		A cooperative planning approach should be developed that would discourage the development of highway-oriented, strip-commercial centers and spot development that may disturb the rural character of the area and de-stabilize the established village centers.
	www.harfordcountymd.gov /1996MP/dublin.html (1016 words)

	About \| College of Architecture, Planning & Design
		Kansas State University’s College of Architecture and Design was established in 1963 by bringing together into one administrative unit the Departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Construction Science, Interior Architecture, and Regional and Community Planning.
		Today, the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design continues to be a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, environmental design school with accredited professional programs in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, and regional and community planning.
		We are proud to offer this multi-disciplinary education, which reflects the nature of the professions the College serves and contributes to our students’ successes.
	capd.ksu.edu /about (406 words)

	E.B. Green
		Although he cannot be considered a stylistic innovator, he was a master at working in a variety of historic vocabularies as he catered to society's upper crust.
		He was graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor of architecture degree in 1878 and was the eighth architect to be registered by the State University of New York.
		During his long lifetime, E. Green had a relationship with Buffalo that was so strong that he was the very often first among local architects to receive commissions for the design of the city's significant civic, commercial, educational, religious, and residential buildings.
	freenet.buffalo.edu /bah/a/archs/ebg/ebg.html (993 words)

	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1878-1920
		This collection of brief essays describes important events and personalities in Senate history, and highlights recurring themes in the Senate's institutional development during the years 1878 to 1920.
		Many elements of the modern Senate developed during this period, including the evolution of Senate leaders, modernization of committees, and the establishment of direct election of senators (click on title for full story).
		When the building opened three years later, however, there was a good deal of attention, especially press coverage of the building's grand Beaux Arts architecture, lavish furnishings, and ornate offices.
	www.senate.gov /pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/1878.htm (2334 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Andrew F. Crosse: The Transylvanian Germans, 1878
		The origin of this form of architecture is very obvious; it was necessary to have a defence against the incursions of the Tartars and Turks, who for centuries troubled the peace of this fair land.
		In every village of the Saxons in the south and east of Transylvania the church is also a fortified place, fitted to maintain a siege if necessary.
		There are, I believe, only two other specimens of this kind of architecture in the country.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1878trnslvnagermans.html (842 words)

	Trinity Architecture and Hartford
		Trinity Architecture is some of the finest collegiate architecture in the country.
		The Long Walk: Built in 1878, these buildings were based on the Burge's plan for the college.
		Cleverly combining stone, wood, and glass, the admissions office is a modern building that manages to blend in with the rest of the campus architecture (unlike the aforementioned Life Sciences Center).
	www.trincoll.edu /~jtarzi/trinity_architecture_and_hartfor.htm (1127 words)

	History Landscape Architecture University of Maryland
		Thirteen Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degrees awarded that academic year.
		Department name changed to Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.
		Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture merges with Agronomy to become Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture.
	www.larch.umd.edu /welcome/history.htm (135 words)

	ArchitectureWeek - Culture - Preservation Awards 2004 - 2005.0105
		The damaging effects of natural disasters, neglect, and "progress" often destroy old buildings before their historic value can be appreciated.
		As a way of encouraging respect for our architectural elders, the National Trust for Historic Preservation makes annual awards to exemplars.
		Once believed to be the world's largest and most technologically advanced flour mill, the General Mills building, vintage circa 1878, suffered decades of neglect during the 20th century and a disastrous fire in 1991.
	www.architectureweek.com /2005/0105/culture_1-1.html (248 words)

	Barcelona Gaudi: Barcelona Architecture
		Gaudi's work is admired by architects around the World as being one of the most unique and distinctive styles.
		Antoni Gaudi was born in Reus in 1852 and received his Architectural degree in 1878.
		Gaudi's work was greatly influenced by forms of nature and this is reflected by the use of curved construction stones, twisted iron sculptures, and organic-like forms which are traits of Gaudi's Barcelona architecture.
	www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com /gaudi/barcelona-gaudi.html (344 words)

	Painting Index 1878
		With summer, Beckwith returns to the United Sates, and Sargent works alone in their Paris studio and takes over his share of heat and rent.
		The city is abuzz with activity as the Paris Exposition of 1878 is getting underway.
		It's believed that Sargent may have briefly met McKim before McKim preceded to the south of France with Saint-Gaudens to study architecture.
	www.jssgallery.org /Thumbnails/Sargent_Paintings1878.htm (563 words)

	2005 AIA Honor Awards Recognize Excellence in Architecture, Interiors, and Urban Design
		The house, which includes living space, an office, and a garden enclosed within a 12-foot-high fence, is clad in light-gauge galvanized sheet steel to protect it from weather extremes and wildfire.
		Originally completed in 1878, and damaged during a 1995 storm, repair and preservation of the structure allows new interpretative exhibits and enhanced visitor accommodations.
		While the location and size of rooms were predetermined, the architects were able to transform the spaces by the intervention of new architectural objects.
	www.aia.org /release_010705_honorawards (2610 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Fellner, Ferdinand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The firm subsequently became one of the most active and successful companies in the field of theatre architecture, building 47 theatres all over the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in Germany and in south-east Europe.
		Fellner and Helmer were originally influenced by the architecture of Fellner the elder.
		However, new regulations for fire protection, issued in the 1880s as a result of frequent and disastrous theatre fires, came to influence strongly the exterior and interior construction.
	www.artnet.com /library/02/0278/T027814.asp (420 words)

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