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	Architecture - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In every usage, an architecture may be seen as a subjective mapping from a human perspective (that of the user in the case of abstract or physical artifacts) to the elements or components of some kind of structure or system, which preserves the relationships among the elements or components.
		Vitruvius states: "Architecture is a science, arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning: by the help of which a judgement is formed of those works which are the result of other arts." He adds that an architect should be well versed in fields such as music and astronomy.
		In many ancient civilisations such as the Egyptians' and Mesopotamians' architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural, while in other ancient cultures such as Iran architecture and urban planning was used to exemplify the power of the state.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php?title=Architecture&printable=yes (1744 words)

	Architecture « deptford.tv
		Architecture is a term that has over history acquired different, though indirectly related, meanings all of which have currency today.
		Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings.
		Architecture first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (shelter, security, worship, etc.) and means (available building materials and attendant skills).
	deptfordtv.wordpress.com /2006/04/11/architecture (2383 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Francis Palmer Smith (1886-1971)
		Francis Palmer Smith of the architectural firm Pringle and Smith was an academic architect in the prevailing tradition of early-twentieth-century eclecticism.
		He began his career as an architectural educator and ended his long practice as an architect with a reputation as the most accomplished of his generation in Atlanta.
		Born in 1886 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Smith studied architecture under Paul Cret at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving his B.S. in architecture in 1907.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-569 (784 words)

	RAIC - What is Architecture
		Architecture is a passion, a vocation, a calling – as well as a science and a business.
		Architecture provides a sense of place and support of all types of human activity.
		Architecture helps the man-made fit in harmony with the environment while promoting health and well-being, enriching lives aesthetically and spiritually, providing economic opportunities, and creating a legacy that reflects and symbolizes culture and traditions.
	www.raic.org /architecture_architects/what_is_architecture/index_e.htm (204 words)

	Architecture Resources
		The AAI was founded in 1896 'to promote and afford facilities for the study of architecture and the allied sciences and arts, and to provide a medium of friendly communication between members and others interested in the progress of architecture'.
		The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, established in 1907, is a voluntary national association representing more than 3,000 professional architects, and Faculty and graduates of accredited Canadian Schools of Architecture, from every region of the country.
		Architectural Research Centers Consortium, Inc. is an international consortium of architectural research centers committed to the expansion of the research culture and infrastructure in architecture and related design disciplines.
	www.soapplab.auckland.ac.nz /search/architecture.htm (958 words)

	Hall of Architecture: Carnegie Museum of Art
		Pittsburgh's architectural cast collection is distinguished for having remained essentially intact in the grand skylit space designed especially for it, Architecture Hall, which was itself inspired by one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
		By 1907, under the enthusiastic leadership of Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Institute's collection totaled 144 architectural casts, 69 plaster reproductions of sculpture, and 360 replicas in bronze (on view at the rear of the Hall of Architecture).
		By means of plaster casts, the world's masterpieces of sculpture and architecture were brought to Pittsburgh where everyone, not just those who could afford to travel, could study their form and detail in full scale.
	www.cmoa.org /info/arch.asp (513 words)

	RPL History Room - Spencer Historic District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Of the 352 properties in the district, 30 are vacant lots or park areas; of the 322 buildings in the district, 282 (81%) contribute to the architectural qualities of the district, and of these, 20 buildings (6%) are pivotal to the character of the district.
		The prominent architectural styles of the older neighborhoods of Spencer were the Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and bungalow modes, all of which were popular national trends of the period 1896 to 1930.
		By 1907 the town of Spencer was thriving as evidenced in the existence of two banks, three real estate agents, two lawyers, two contractors and over a dozen commercial enterprises in the eleven year old town.
	www.lib.co.rowan.nc.us /historyroom/natlreg/spencer/description.html (5624 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.
		Sir Banister Fletcher wrote in A History of Architecture, "The interior of the building is dimly lit through pierced marble lattices and contains a virtuoso display of carved marble.
		"Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods and men, to put man into possession of his own earth.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/a/architecture.html (2258 words)

	Architecture - MSN Encarta
		Vienna was the scene of work by Otto Wagner and by Adolf Loos, who worked in severe linear forms and proclaimed that “ornament is a crime.” Peter Behrens, a founding member of the Deutscher Werkbund (German Craft Alliance), is revered as a German precursor of modern architecture.
		When the Bauhaus opened, the modern movement in architecture began to coalesce.
		The new architecture demonstrated its virtues in new Siedlungen (low-cost housing) in Berlin and Frankfurt.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578082_10/Architecture_(building).html (830 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 (1224 words)

	School of Art, ECU, Art History
		Painting, architecture, and sculpture in Italy from 1300-1500.
		Painting, architecture, and sculpture in Italy from 1500-1600.
		Painting, architecture, and sculpture in the Low Countries, England, and France during the seventeenth century.
	www.ecu.edu /art/ahcour1.htm (734 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Breitung and Buchinger Architecture Firm (1905-1907)
		The architectural firm of Carl Alfred Breitung (1868-?) and Theobald Buchinger (1866-1940), partners from only 1905 to 1907, provided Seattle with several buildings reflecting their German and Austrian heritage.
		Theobald Buchinger was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1866, and studied at Vienna’s Polytechnic University.
		The style and layout of the building points to its Catholic function; Catholic Rome blossomed in the Baroque period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the style was often revived for its papal associations.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=123 (755 words)

	Architecture - The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii PhotographicRecord Recreated (A Library of Congress ...
		Architecture - The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii PhotographicRecord Recreated (A Library of Congress Exhibition)
		The architectural richness of the Russian Empire reflected its long history and the cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity of its people.
		This madrasa, constructed 1619-1636 and in essence a Muslim theological academy and school, is part of the complex of mosques and madrasas found in Registan, the most sacred precinct of old Samarkand.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/empire/architecture.html (1383 words)

	New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. II: Basilica - Chambers
		Architecture: A. Porter, Medieval Architecture, New York, 1908.
		Beet, J. The Church, the Churches, and the Sacraments, London, 1907.
		Stücke aus ihrem gegenseitigen Verhältnis untersucht, Tübingen, 1907.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/encyc02.iii.html?bcb=0 (1586 words)

	Organizations Related to Architecture
		Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board serves the nation as the only independent federal agency whose primary mission is accessibility for people with disabilities.
		established in 1907, RAIC is a voluntary national association representing architects, faculty and graduates of Canadian Schools of Architecture.
		The Charles Moore Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of architecture, guided by the values and thinking central to Charles W. Moore's teaching, writing and practice.
	www.dezignare.com /organizations/architecture.html (487 words)

	1907 @ ArtOfTexas.com (Art of Texas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		7, 1907: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals installed "a handsome new drinking fountain" at Main and Spring streets just north of 9th Street.
		1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar).
		Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers created a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange leading to the bank panic of 1907.
	www.artoftexas.com /encyclopedia/1907 (1174 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)

	Libraries/ArchArch: Collection Information [Carnegie Mellon Libraries]
		The Architecture Archives' collections date from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and document a diverse cross-section of the region's built environment.
		Collections represent, for example, the high-style architecture of Beaux Arts Classicism and Modernism; the progressive architecture of creative individualists; and the architectural vernacular of developer housing, "Main Street" commercial buildings, and roadside architecture.
		Carnegie Mellon's own architectural heritage is well represented, along with a sampling of the student and professional work of University alumni and faculty.
	www.library.cmu.edu /Research/ArchArch/collinfo.html (117 words)

	New York Architecture Images- ALEXANDER HAMILTON CUSTOM HOUSE
		The monumental sculptures by French are very much part of the architecture of the façade, their whiteness-and that of those at the attic by other sculptors are a rich counterpoint to the structure's gray granite.
		A superb example of Beaux Arts architecture - the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House at the southern tip of Manhattan - has had exterior and ceremonial interior spaces restored and/or conserved while old office space was renovated for modern use.
		The building was subsequently abandoned in the 1970's and was scheduled for demolition before being saved and restored in the early 1980's.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /LM/LM012-ALEXANDERHAMILTONCUSTOMHOUSE.htm (1114 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Beezer Brothers Architecture Firm (1907-1923)
		This well-managed partnership is best known for its architectural contributions to the Catholic community of Seattle and Washington state.
		Work with a construction business introduced Louis to architecture; by age 21 he was a building foreman in Altoona, Pennsylania.
		From 1900 to 1907, before their arrival in Seattle, the brothers designed a number of Pittsburgh churches and houses.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=122 (646 words)

	Engaging the Mind Lecture Series - Related University Outreach Resources
		The IEN was formed in 1980 by faculty from the School of Architecture's Department of Urban and Environmental Planning to provide mediation and consensus building services concerning the natural and built environments.
		Bluestone teaches American architecture, the theory of historic preservation, and courses that survey the methods of site-specific architectural and landscape history and preservation.
		In an innovative architectural and landscape setting, designed by leading Virginia architects, patients followed a strict regimen of bed rest, fresh air, and good nutrition.
	www.virginia.edu /engagingthemind/bluestone_resources.html (584 words)

	The Legacy of Albert Kahn - W. Hawkins Ferry
		Known principally for his development of modern industrial architecture, Kahn also made significant contributions in the areas of commercial, civic, institutional, and domestic architecture.
		Dividing the early and late works, each chapter is a chronological presentation of designs within a given architectural category.
		Eclectic and visionary, the man whose legacy included the General Motors and Fisher Buildings, the Rouge Plant, and a considerable number of buildings on the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus continues to be a source of inspiration for a new generation of architects.
	wsupress.wayne.edu /glb/art/ferrylak.htm (148 words)

	Architecture + Plus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		1907 N. "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost...that is where they should be.
		A vision needs to be shared in order to serve a purpose.
		Our goal is customer satisfaction with results that exceed expectations.
	www.austinarchitectureplus.com (57 words)

	Arcitecture
		Architecture and Humanities - produced by faculty and students of the Architecture and Humanities Research Workshop at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
		Dfxout - dedicated to pioneering uses of computing in architecture, architectural implications of cyberspace,and advanced technology theory in architecture.
		Onsite Ireland - documents specific architectural projects currently being developed and built and heightens awareness of architectural developments within Ireland.
	www.artist-show.com /ArtFields/Architecture/Architecture.html (447 words)

	ArchitectureWeek Next Week
		In 1907, a new house in Springfield, Ohio was considered by local residents a monstrosity.
		Now almost 100 years later, the unique wood and stucco house by Frank Lloyd Wright is the subject of international attention and a restoration campaign.
		After years of gradual deterioration, the house is under the protection of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and the Westcott House Foundation, which are collaborating in its preservation.
	www.architectureweek.com /2001/0425/next_week.html (269 words)

	Dept. of Architecture: Faculty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Ball State University's architecture faculty are part of a team of more than 50 full-time professors, instructors, and visiting scholars in the College of Architecture and Planning who are committed to teaching, research, practice, and public service.
		The architecture faculty represent a wide spectrum of expertise.
		Chairperson of the Department of Architecture Professor of Architecture
	www.bsu.edu /architecture/faculty (189 words)

	German Architecture
		The Bauhaus style evolved from the Bauhaus school existing in 1919-1933 in Weimar and Dessau.
		It has defined the trends for German architecture of the 20th century.
		The art and architecture produced in Germany under the Saxon rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, from Art History Guide Andrea Mulder-Slater.
	www.germanculture.com.ua /library/links/architecture.htm (146 words)

	Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture
		The present volume offers eloquent testimony that many of the master builders of this century have held passionate convictions regarding the philosophic and social basis of their art.
		Nearly every important development in the modern architectural movement began with the proclamation of these convictions in the form of a program or manifesto.
		Taken together, they constitute a subjective history of modern architecture; compared with one another, their great diversity of style reveals in many cases the basic differences of attitude and temperament that produced a corresponding divergence in architectural style.
	www.booklounge.com /content/view/full/2414 (551 words)

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