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  Origins of Software Architecture Study
Although the term architecture is still used today in some communities to refer to the user view of a system, it isn't what is meant by software architecture, which refers to the structure of the system quite hidden from the user.
However, the notion of architecture as a common description of a class of systems -- i.e., an abstraction, where all the instantiations are said to exhibit the architecture -- endures, and is at the heart of the concept.
Work in software architecture can be seen as attempting to codify the commonality among members of a program family, so that the high-level design decisions inherent in each member of a program family need not be re-invented, re-validated, and re-described.
www.sei.cmu.edu /architecture/roots.html   (1060 words)

  
 Japanese architecture Summary
In the mid-nineteenth century, the profession of architecture was introduced to Japan from abroad, and the first architects were trained to use Western historical styles in their work.
The Ohiroma of Nijo Castle (17th century) in Kyoto is one of the classic examples of the shoin, with its tokonoma (alcove), shoin window (overlooking a carefully landscaped garden), and clearly differentiated areas for the Tokugawa lords and their vassals.
He adapted the inner courtyards of traditional Osaka houses to new urban architecture, using open stairways and bridges to lessen the sealed atmosphere of the standard city dwelling.
www.bookrags.com /Japanese_architecture   (4617 words)

  
  Symmetry in Architecture by Kim Williams, Architect
Architecture is most frequently characterized by the nature of its elements: we recognize a Greek temple by its portico and pediments; a Gothic cathedral is characterized by its pointed arches and flying buttresses.
This architectural space is most likely characterized by symmetry as well, though it is perhaps less familiar, and it is a symmetry which we experience.
Thus we see that in this arc of architectural history, the dominant symmetry evolved from a generalized axial symmetry in the Roman age, to bilateral symmetry in the Paleo-Christian, Romanesque and Gothic ages, to rotational and reflectional symmetry in the Renaissance.
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 Architecture school to honor former dean, five alumni   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He received a bachelor of arts degree in 1961 and a bachelor of architecture degree in 1965 and is a member of the University's National Council.
He received a bachelor of architecture degree in 1956 and is a member of the University's National Council.
Caballero studied at the University of Rosario from 1976 to 1982 and received a master of architecture degree from Washington University in 1987.
record.wustl.edu /archive/1997/05-01-97/4915.html   (487 words)

  
 History of Labor and Industry in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region
Describes the architectural lighting in a 19th-century carpet mill in Amsterdam, NY that was adapted to office and light manufacturing use.
The architecture and history of this historic house is discussed.
The architecture and history of this house in Albany is described.
www.rpi.edu /~carroll/tvc/biblio3.html   (2877 words)

  
 ArtLex on architecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1969
The Soyuz 5 was a Soyuz spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union on January 15, 1969 that docked with Soyuz 4 in orbit.
As part of the wider Mariner program, in 1969 Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 completed the first dual mission to Mars, flying by over the equator and south polar regions and analysing atmosphere and surface with remote sensors as well as recording and relaying hundreds of pictures.
Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1969   (10150 words)

  
 Definitions, Distinctions, and Polarities | Michigan Architecture | TCAUP
“Architecture is the reaction of a creative mind to a problem in the nature of materials” is the one most quoted.
Corb's approach to architecture became more sculptural as he grew older, and this change is poignantly reflected in the definition.
Architecture is the battlefield of the spirit.” So far as is known, Mies Van Der Rohe had nothing against either children or playgrounds but for him architecture was a profoundly serious effort—as it was for the other architects under discussion here.
www.tcaup.umich.edu /arch/polarities.html   (1996 words)

  
 Symmetry in Architecture by Kim Williams, Architect
Architecture is most frequently characterized by the nature of its elements: we recognize a Greek temple by its portico and pediments; a Gothic cathedral is characterized by its pointed arches and flying buttresses.
In Roman architecture, strictly observed axial symmetry gives rise to spaces that are monumental and static, that is, generally embodying a sense of equilibrium rather than expressing a sense of dynamic movement.[8]
Thus we see that in this arc of architectural history, the dominant symmetry evolved from a generalized axial symmetry in the Roman age, to bilateral symmetry in the Paleo-Christian, Romanesque and Gothic ages, to rotational and reflectional symmetry in the Renaissance.
www.mi.sanu.ac.yu /vismath/kim/index.html   (4294 words)

  
 Hierarchy and History in Simon's "Architecture of Complexity"
In [complex] systems, the whole is more than the sum of its parts, not in an ultimate, metaphysical sense, but in the important pragmatic sense that, given the properties of the parts and the laws of their interaction, it is not a trivial matter to infer the properties of the whole.
Elementary components that are far apart in terms of the graph structure of parts and subparts are typically far apart in spatial terms as well; in any event they are likely to be far apart in causal terms [13].
The year that he wrote "The Architecture of Complexity" (1962) might be seen in retrospect as the high-water mark of the classical hierarchical organization.
polaris.gseis.ucla.edu /pagre/simon.html   (5712 words)

  
 Campus News May 6, 2001
Michel L. Pillet, professor emeritus, School of Architecture and Planning, died recently in Montpellier, France from complications related to leukemia.
He taught design studios at all levels as well as 19th and 20th century history courses on the architecture of the Southwest.
Well regarded by his colleagues, the staff and faculty of the School of Architecture and Planning put together a quilt for Pillet when they learned of his illness.
www.unm.edu /news/05-06-02/memoriam.htm   (441 words)

  
 Dr. William P. Thompson
He gives courses in history and theory of architecture, in preservation of architecture at the University of Manitoba where he is an Associate Professor.
From 1969-1992 he taught in the Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba, a variety of history, theory, and practice of architecture and urban design and both under grad and graduate design studies.
His architectural works between 1969 and 1992 involve renovation and restoration of historic buildings including two residences of the 1880s, one reconstruction of a 19th century farmhouse, and one apartment building of the turn of the century.
www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/people/thompson_wp.shtml   (333 words)

  
 DeBARTOLO jack3 bio
Jack DeBartolo 3 (Texas 1969) studied architecture at the University of Arizona, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received honors for his Master's thesis in 1994.
The studio is dedicated to challenge the normative path, creating potent architecture through the innovative use of materials within the discipline of restraint.
He is particularly interested in an architecture that 'moves and awakens the dormant spirit within man'.
www.debartoloarchitects.com /jack3bio.html   (241 words)

  
 David M. Foxe Architecture Independent Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Architecture as a course of study is able to demonstrate the integrated ideas in the fields of art, technology, scientific analysis, critical thinking and writing, and history.
The integrated interaction of Architecture and History is evidenced in the social implications of changing architecture in the past and present and in the reflections of social history in the corresponding architectural ideas.
Architectural styles, principles, and designs have their own sequential chronology, known as Architectural History (which is only one facet of this independent study and is not to be confused with the overall title and thesis).
web.mit.edu /dmfoxe/www/archind.htm   (18761 words)

  
 RECOMMENDED READING
Semantic architecture and the interpretation of prehistoric rock art: An ethno-(pre-)historical approach.
Der Historismus der quantifizierten Proportion (the historism of quantified proportion; critical objections towards Wittkower's 'Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism').
Architecture and Cultural Change: Essays in Built Form and Culture Research.
home.worldcom.ch /~negenter/171RecommReading_E.html   (681 words)

  
 New York Architecture Images- Robert A. M. Stern
He studied architecture at Yale Univ., became a practicing architect in the mid-1960s, and a professor of architecture at Columbia Univ. in 1970.
An important figure in architectural postmodernism, he is particularly skilled at adapting historical styles to a contemporary context and at integrating buildings into their settings.
He was previously a professor of Architecture and director of the Historic Preservation Program at the Graduate Schools of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.
www.nyc-architecture.com /ARCH/ARCH-Stern.htm   (431 words)

  
 Dean of Students   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Hubbell is Professor of Architecture at Cornell University where he was the Chairman of the Architecture Department and Nathaniel and Margaret Owings Distinguished Alumni Professor from 1993-1998.
For 18 years he was Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan and Chairman of the Architecture Program from 1985-93.
Both architectural firms have been especially well known for their work in the area of fabric structures.
www.sas.cornell.edu /dos/DOS/dean.html   (481 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - Ancient Egyptian Religious Architecture
Egypt’s grand architectural design was a result of the religious values and beliefs that were in place at the time.
One of the most outstanding factors that makes the Egyptians religious architecture so great is the fact that it has remained unmoved for thousands of years, undeterred by all that has taken place around.
Undoubtedly the most striking reflection of Egypt’s architectural prowess is in the mechanical construction of their monuments, in particular the pyramid, with its ‘sheer size alone enough to dumbfound any passer-by’ (Silverman:135, 1997).
www.planetpapers.com /Assets/3656.php   (1218 words)

  
 if:book: architecture Archives
The book will be developed in collaboration with Kazys Varnelis, an architectural historian whom we met this past year at the Annenberg Center at USC, when he was a visiting fellow leading the "Networked Publics" research project.
Lately, Kazys' focus has been on contemporary architecture and urbanism in the context of network technologies, and how machine-mediated interactions are becoming a key feature of human environments.
The AUDC Network Architecture Lab is an experimental unit at Columbia University that embraces the studio and the seminar as venues for architectural analysis and speculation, exploring new forms of research through architecture, text, new media design, film production and environment design.
www.futureofthebook.org /blog/archives/tags/architecture   (1290 words)

  
 Mental constructs Art in America - Find Articles
Architectural Theory, Volume 1: An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870, edited by Harry Francis Mallgrave, Malden, Mass., Blackwell Publishers, 2005; 590 pages, $49.95.
Levine was himself a student of Scully's, and his writings on French 19th-century Beaux-Arts architecture owe much to his mentor's rehabilitation of those aspects of architectural history (such as academic practice and its dedication to historical styles) once denigrated by modernist architects and their critical apologists.
Scully's position at Yale was something of a pulpit from which he could preach this new gospel of what would soon be called postmodernism to a sophisticated, elite audience.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_10_94/ai_n16865133   (429 words)

  
 MANCHESTER ARCHITECTURE at Pride Of Manchester
John J. Parkinson-Bailey's "Manchester - An Architectural History" is a comprehensive and critical examination of the city's architecture, from its origins in the Roman settlement at Castlefield to the present-day rebuilding of the city centre.
"The Manchester Architecture Papers 2000" are a stimulating collection of papers by staff and students at the Manchester School of Architecture covering a broad range of subjects from textiles to tessellations, all having their roots in architecture
The work is illustrated with photographs and illustrations from the past 50 years, and should enable the reader to be better informed about Manchester's planning history and understand the historic forces that are helping to shape the city in modern times [ISBN 0117020060].
www.prideofmanchester.com /guides/architecture.htm   (527 words)

  
 UVa School of Architecture | Jack Douglas
This course was a redesign of two courses and, in the tradition of the School of Architecture’s eco-tech course offerings, encourages students to apply those principals to their work in this class.
Douglas, a certified landscape architect, graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture in 1969.
In the fall of 1976, he entered the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and completed his Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture in 1979 at the GSD where he was awarded the Janet Darling Webel Award for Design Excellence.
www.arch.virginia.edu /faculty/JackDouglas   (540 words)

  
 College of Architecture, Texas A&M University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Several longtime College of Architecture administrators who returned to full-time teaching posts at the beginning of the 2001-02 academic year, were presented with a special gift at the annual faculty and staff luncheon last August.
Ward Wells, professor of architecture, who served as a senior administrator for nine years, including stints as assistant dean, executive associate dean and interim dean, was recognized by Ronald G. Douglas, executive vice president and provost of Texas A&M University.
Rodney Hill, professor of architecture and former associate dean for student services, was recognized by Mark Weichold, associate provost for undergraduate programs and academic services.
archnt2.tamu.edu /College/news/archive/excitingadmin.html   (440 words)

  
 1969 in architecture -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1969_in_architecture.htm   (125 words)

  
 Technical Reference Center
Located on the second floor of the Langford Architecture Center, Building A, the TRC is convenient to the Department and Program offices, faculty offices and studio areas.
In 1956 the Department of Architecture was changed to the Division of Architecture, and then in 1969 Architecture separated from Engineering, becoming a separate college within the Texas AandM System.
A collection of 1500 rare architectural and design books are housed within a special collection in the library and are available for in-library use.
archone.tamu.edu /trc/location.html   (873 words)

  
 Dean of Students
Hubbell is Professor of Architecture at Cornell University where he was the Chairman of the Architecture Department and Nathaniel and Margaret Owings Distinguished Alumni Professor from 1993-1998.
For 18 years he was Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan and Chairman of the Architecture Program from 1985-93.
Both architectural firms have been especially well known for their work in the area of fabric structures.
www.dos.cornell.edu /DOS/dean.html   (477 words)

  
 American Architecture - Twentieth Century - 1960 to 1969 - Great Buildings Online
Cooper Residence, by Gwathmey-Siegel, at Orleans, Massachusetts, 1968 to 1969.
Steel Residences, by Gwathmey-Siegel, at Bridgehampton, New York, 1968 to 1969.
Plaza, by Roche-Dinkeloo, at New York, New York, 1969 to 1975.
www.greatbuildings.com /types/usa/usa_1960-1969.html   (864 words)

  
 Robert Stern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Stern was Professor of Architecture and Director of the Historic Preservation Program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.
Stern is the author of New Directions in American Architecture (Braziller, 1969; revised edition, 1977); George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture (Yale University Press, 1975); and Modern Classicism (London: Thames & Hudson; New York: Rizzoli, 1988).
Stern is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and received the AIA New York Chapter's Medal of Honor in 1984 and the Chapter's President's Award in 2001.
www2.aya.yale.edu /classes/yc1952/reunion_highlights_stern.html   (220 words)

  
 Architecture Department | History
The present Architecture Program was founded in 1969, granting four-year degrees.
In 1978, at the first possible point of qualification, Temple's five-year Bachelor of Architecture program was accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.
Faculty members continue in their own professional practices and through them, the students have access to the wide range of professional viewpoints and opportunities in Philadelphia.
www.temple.edu /architecture/history.htm   (125 words)

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