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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1886 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alfonso XIII of Spain (May 17, 1886 â€“ February 28, 1941), King of Spain, posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, was proclaimed King at his birth.
		Henri Marie Coandă (June 7, 1886 - November 25, 1972) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and the parent of the modern jet aircraft.
		Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 â€“ July 17, 1961), nicknamed the Georgia Peach, was an American baseball player generally considered to be the greatest player of the dead ball era (1900 â€“ 1920).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1886 (6872 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In later times the dome was largely employed in architecture by the Persian Sassanids, Mohammedans, and the Byzantines.
		The dome is the prevailing conception of Byzantine architecture, and M. Choisy, in his "Art de bâtir chez les Byzantins" traces the influence of this domical construction on Greek architecture to show how from their fusion the architecture of the Eastern Empire became possible.
		The dome of the cathedral at Pisa, the first model of the Tuscan style of architecture, was begun in the eleventh century, and in the thirteenth was founded the cathedral at Florence.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05100b.htm (1635 words)

	Architecture: International Websites & Resources: P-R
		Honors contemporary architecture in Asia and the Pacific Region that successfully balance the spiritual and material aspects in designing an environment that is in harmony with its natural and cultural setting.
		The architecture prizes include: The Auguste Perret Prize, for applied technology in architecture; The Jean Tschumi Prize, for architectural criticism and/or architectural education; The Sir Robert Matthew Prize, for the improvement in the quality of human settlements.
		The goals are to provide the first systematic documentation of the architecture and decoration of the forum, to interpret evidence as it pertains to Pompeii's urban history, and to make wider contributions to both the history of urbanism and contemporary problems of urban design.
	www.library.auckland.ac.nz /subjects/arc/os_websites/arcsourc6.htm (1546 words)

	Riika.net city portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Means of artistic expression used by E. Laube are: picturesque volumes, derived from Latvian national wooden architecture, ornaments in relief "dissipated" on all the surface of the facades, stylised Latvian floristic elements, abstract and geometrical motives as well as ethnographic designs, corner turrets, window embrasures and doorways varied in forms and proportions.
		In 1920ies-1930ies he was doctor of architecture and dean of the faculty of architecture In Latvian University.
		It means that architecture carries out not only the exterior character and aesthetic values, but also the inner climate and temper of the site and thus influences people's minds and mentality.
	www.riika.net /english/architecture.htm (2366 words)

	VLN: S.F. Architecture 1884-1886
		The house, enhanced by the large garden lot to the south, was built in 1886 for William Haas, a Bavarian merchant who came to San Francisco in the 1870's, and has been a family residence for all of its more than eighty years.
		A fascinating combination of wooden details was erected upon the brick foundation, with sharp gables, dormers, and sidings which range from horizontal lapped types on the first floor, to fish-scale shingles on the third.
		This three-story clapboard house was built in 1886, possibly by William Pluns, a carpenter and builder who lived in the house.
	www.verlang.com /sfbay0004ref_19thc_011.html (2546 words)

	Religious Architecture
		That a sophisticated taste in architecture was present early in Charleston was illustrated by the second St. Philip's Church, built in 1710-23.
		Mills' first major contribution to Charleston architecture was the design of the Circular Congregational Church, built in 1804-06, which was the first Pantheon-like church in America.
		The style was derived from earlier medieval church architecture, before the rise of the Gothic, and is distinguished from the latter mainly in the use of round, rather than pointed, arches.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/Charleston/architecture.htm (3424 words)

	1886 in architecture - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		See also: 1885 in architecture, other events of 1886, 1887 in architecture and the architecture timeline.
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		1886 in architecture, Buildings, Births, Deaths, 1886 and Years in architecture.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1886_in_architecture (118 words)

	ArtLex on architecture
		Islamic tomb in a walled garden built for Shah Jahan's wife Mumatz Mahal [aka Arjuman Banu Begum], of bearing masonry and inlaid marble, with onion-shape domes and flanking towers, in Agra, India, seat of the Mughal Empire.
		"Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods and men, to put man into possession of his own earth.
		Great Buildings Collection is a gateway to architecture from around the world and across history.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/a/architecture.html (2258 words)

	[1886] \| [All the best 1886 resources at ipod.topicsware.com] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The History of Arsenal Football Club - 1886 to 1992Arsenal was originally formed in 1886 by a group of workers at the Woolwich armaments factory in south London, and the club was first known as Dial Square.
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	BSP Gallery Bookshop Architecture books
		Many masterpieces of Islamic art, such as the Alhambra and the Taj Mahal, were produced during the period between the early 13th century and the advent of European colonial rule in the 19th.
		Architecture and society in New South Wales 1788-1842.
		Recording the architectural casualties suffered during the whole period of air bombardment 1940-45 profusely illus.
	www.bspgallery.com.au /archit.htm (3032 words)

	Paris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The city, which is renowned for its defining neo-classical architecture, hosts many museums and galleries and has an active nightlife.
		The Eiffel Tower was built for the French Revolution centennial 1889 Universal Exposition, as a "temporary" display of architectural engineering prowess but remained the world's tallest building until 1930, and today is the city's best-known landmark.
		Another symbol of the Revolution are the two Statues of Liberty located on the Île des Cygnes on the Seine and in the Luxembourg Garden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris (7710 words)

	VLN: S.F. Architecture 1886-1890
		In 1888 the wife of the owner of property at the top of the hill asked Joseph Worcester, pastor at the Swedenborgian Church, to design three houses to be built on part of the parcel.
		Although he lacked formal training in architecture, Worcester was experimenting with a vernacular shingled design just before Henry Hobson Richardson, the architect most closely associated with the Shingle Style, began designing shingled homes in New England.
		A catalog of two generations of local domestic architecture, Raycliff Terrace is a rare collection of Bay Region Modernism that reveals its evolution over two decades.
	www.verlang.com /sfbay0004ref_19thc_012.html (1933 words)

	Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The single-most important factor that shaped Victorian architecture as we know it was the invention of balloon frame construction; which is still the primary way homes are built today.
		It "enabled them to understand the supremely important roles of fantasy and decoration in architecture in a manner far beyond anything we are capable of - this led to many of their houses being far more human and livable than ours." What a fitting opinion for such wonderful homes.
		These homes, with their massive elaborate architecture, could only be afforded by those at the top of the class system.
	www.normanhistorichouse.org /Architectureframe.htm (3849 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)

	19th-Century Adrian Architecture - Colonial Revival and Classical Revival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Then, in the mid-1880s, the firm designed a series of elegant mansions that preserved the key design features of these buildings while modernizing them and expanding their proportions to suit the needs of their wealthy clients.
		Among their earliest designs were the 1884 Appleton House in Lennox, Massachusetts, and the 1886 H. Taylor House in Newport, Rhode Island.
		Architectural descendents of the Appleton and Taylor Houses, which tended to become more historically accurate and simplified over time, feature a rectangular plan and an imposing central door that is framed by decorative fan lights and/or side lights.
	www.adrianarchitecture.com /colonial.html (596 words)

	Mathematics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A collection of over 14,000 photographs documenting "the architecture and social life of the Washington [D.C.] metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, including exteriors and interiors of commercial, residential, and government buildings, as well as street scenes and views of neighborhoods." Searchable by keywords, and browsable by subject.
		Photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens including the Acropolis, Philopappos Monument, the Pnyx, the Agora, the Roman Agora, Tower of the Winds, Library of Hadrian, Lysikrates Monument, Street of the Tripods, Arch of Hadrian, Olympieion, and Kerameikos.
		This is a large collection of architectural photographs from the Renaissance and Baroque periods in Europe.
	www.lfhs.org /library/html/Planesolidgeometryjerch.htm (8517 words)

	Architronic v6n1.05b
		The objective of the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington, London, was "to give to the inhabitants of the British Isles, to foreigners and to one another, practical demonstration of the wealth and industrial development of the outlying portions of the British Empire."
		The temple architecture of South India, for example, belonging to a later period in Indian history had been decried by a succession of British architectural historians for its 'monstrous,' 'impure' decorations with which they drew a direct correlation of a decaying society.
		In architecture this was the denial of the urban vocabulary of nineteenth century Indian cities which contained a mixture of Indian and European design idioms to express the identity of their inhabitants -- the urbanized middle class of cities like Calcutta.
	architronic.saed.kent.edu /v6n1/v6n1.05b.html (1552 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)

	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)

	Architecture
		The skyscraper is the most important development in 20th century architecture.
		Preachers at time called the Woolworth Building the "Cathedral of Commerce" because of its Gothic details and its 3-story lobby with gold mosaics, one of which depicts Woolworth holding his building, just as medieval paintings depicted the donors of churches offering their works to God.
		In 1922 an important architectural competition was held.
	www.bluffton.edu /~humanities/art/19c/arch/skyscraper.html (939 words)

	Schmidt, Friedrich Freiherrvon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Studied architecture in Stuttgart and trained as a stonemason; award-winning design for Vienna's Votive Church, from 1857 in Milan, from 1859 taught at the Vienna Academy and 1863 cathedral architect of St. Stephen´s in Vienna; 1866-1870 member of the Vienna City Council, 1889 Member of the Upper Chamber of the Austrian Parliament.
		was central to the successful introduction of neo-Gothic brick construction in Austrian religious architecture; he also established the neo-Gothic style for secular buildings (Vienna City Hall, 1883); introduced the German Renaissance into Vienna's repertoire of styles (annex to the Österreichisch-Ungarische Bank, 1875).
		He repeatedly combined his architectural work, including the construction of palaces, with the restauration and preservation of monuments.
	www.aeiou.at /aeiou.encyclop.s/s275884.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en (280 words)

	ARS285: Introduction to Architecture
		Excellent survey articles on major art and architecture movements, the art and architecture of countries and regions, and the life and work of individual artists and architects (e.g., Andrea Palladio, Francesco Borromini, Walter Gropius).
		These two databases cover all aspects of the visual arts including architecture, planning, interior design, and furnishings providing cover to cover indexing of over 400 periodicals published throughout the world.
		Covering architecture and related fields such as planning, landscape architecture, and interior design Avery Index provides regular access to approximately 1,000 periodicals from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present.
	www.smith.edu /libraries/research/class/ars285gs_sp05.htm (563 words)

	German American Corner: MIES VAN DER ROHE, Ludwig (1886-1969)
		Born in Aachen, Germany, on March 27, 1886, Mies received his principal training as an employee of the architect and furniture designer Bruno Paul (1874-1968) from 1905 to 1907 and then as an employee of the pioneering industrial architect Peter Behrens from 1908 to 1911.
		Rigidly geometrical and devoid of ornamentation, his buildings depended for their effect on subtlety of proportion, elegance of material (including marble, onyx, chrome, and travertine), and precision of details.
		He moved to the U.S. in 1937, where, as director of architecture (1938-58) at the Illinois Institute of Technology, he trained a new generation of American architects.
	www.germanheritage.com /biographies/mtoz/mies.html (402 words)

	1886 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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		You can find it there under the keyword 1886 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1886andaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/1886 (895 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 1886 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)
		1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar)
		List of errors on Portuguese ex-Colonies stamps of Angola 1886
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /1886 (924 words)

	Architecture: International Websites & Resources: L-O
		Sustainable architecture: Eco-design and landscaping / R.D. Hotten.
		Information about sustainable architecture: ecological planning, design, integrated architecture and landscaping for tropical, sub-tropical or temperate climates.
		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)

	Broadway Baptist Church - Architecture in Fort Worth's Medical District
		The congregation was organized in 1882 as the South Side Baptist Church.
		In 1886, a wood frame building was constructed and the congregation changed to its current name.
		In 1906, the first brick church building was erected here, but it burned in the Great South Side Fire of 1909.
	www.fortwortharchitecture.com /md/broadway.htm (169 words)

	Preservation Alliance of Owensboro-Daviess County Inc
		The original 1886 portion of the Old Jail was built in the Second Empire style of architecture.
		Bids were made under two options, one requiring preservation of the historic 1886 portion of the complex under a restrictive covenant, the other option with no stipulations of any kind – meaning the Old Jail could be demolished, if the purchaser desired.
		The Second Empire architecture of the 1886 structure is unique in the downtown area.
	paupdate.org (805 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Mies van der Rohe
		He made major contributions to the architectural philosophies of the late 1920s and 1930s as artistic director of the Werkbund-sponsored Weissenhof project and as Director of the Bauhaus.
		Famous for his dictum 'Less is More', Mies attempted to create contemplative, neutral spaces through an architecture based on material honesty and structural integrity.
		Over the last twenty years of his life, Mies achieved his vision of a monumental 'skin and bone' architecture.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-MiesvanderRohe.htm (223 words)

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