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  Architect - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Architects and landscape architects are considered professionals on par with doctors and lawyers, because they are often required to obtain specialized education and professional licensure, similar to the requirements for other professionals, with requirements for practice varying greatly from place to place (see below).
In Canada, architects are required to belong to provincial architectural associations that require them to complete an accredited degree in architecture, finish a multi-year internship process, pass a series of exams, and pay an annual fee to acquire and maintain a license to practice.
The architects in the list of notable architects are in chronological order of when they did their most important work (or emerged), and alphabetized within each time period.
open-encyclopedia.com /Architect   (658 words)

  
 Architect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Architects are considered professionals on par with doctors and lawyers, because they are often required to obtain specialized education and professional licensure, similar to the requirements for those other professional occupations.
Although architect is a specific term referring to a licensed professional, the word is frequently used in a broader sense to define someone who brings order to the built or unbuilt environment through rational and irrational constructs using the tools of reason (for example, webmasters or designers sometimes call themselves architects).
Construction industry architects (the subject of this article) must be registered with the Architects Registration Board [1] in order to practice, and who also have the power to suspend or revoke registration.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/a/ar/architect.html   (623 words)

  
 Architecture - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He adds that an architect should be well versed in fields such as music, astronomy, etc., Philosophy is a particular favourite, in fact one frequently refers to the philosophy of each architect when one means the approach.
Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance.
Notable among these is the Deutscher Werkbund, formed in 1907 to produce better quality machine made objects.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Architecture   (1675 words)

  
 Architect
Architects and landscape architects are considered professionals on par with doctors, engineers, and lawyers, because they are often involved in the design and planning of projects that affect the safety and well being of the general public.
Architects are required to obtain specialized education and documented work experience to obtain professional licensure, similar to the requirements for other professionals, with requirements for practice varying greatly from place to place (see below).
Not all architects who are licensed by their respective states are members of the AIA, and the general public often confuses the AIA suffix with actual credentials rather than participation in a business organization.
www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Architect   (759 words)

  
 Architect :: Web Articles ::
An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a building's construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern.
Architects and landscape architects are considered professionals on par with doctors, engineers, and lawyers, and they must frequently make building design and planning decisions that affect the safety and well being of the general public.
Architects in Hong Kong are not authorised to submit building plans but use it as a 'title' only, unlike in most of the western world which carries a statutory obligation.
www.webarticles.com /Home/Decoration/Architect   (1035 words)

  
 List of notable architects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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ZGA Architects and Planners List of awards, portfolio, and list of principal architects.
Comprehensive Listing of Notable Libertarians A partial list of notable individuals who subscribe to the the libertarian philosophy of small government, individual liberty and personal responsibility.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-List_of_notable_architects.html   (293 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada [link] aims to be "the voice of Architecture and its practice in Canada." Architects who are members of this organization are permitted to use the suffix MRAIC after their names.
The American Institute of Architects [link] is the professional organization dedicated to offering a network of services to architects in the United States.
Construction industry architects (the subject of this article) must be registered with the Architects Registration Board [link] in order to practice, and who also have the power to suspend or revoke registration.
www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Architect   (677 words)

  
 Architect Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada [2] aims to be "the voice of Architecture and its practice in Canada." Architects who are members of this organization are permitted to use the suffix MRAIC after their names.
In Hong Kong to be an architect, one must be a graduate of a university specified by the HKIA plus a two year internship, then take the architect registration examination.
Architects in the UK qualify through courses and exams recognized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architects Registration Board (ARB).
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Architect   (1293 words)

  
 Net Architect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although architect is a specific term referring to a licensed professional, the word is frequently used in a broader sense to define someone who brings order to the built or unbuilt environment through rational and irrational constructs using the tools of design.
Lists are not encyclopedic and the only place these lists would be linked is from the article on the profession anyway.
For example, if someone were reading an article about Frank Lloyd Wright that said he was an architect, the natural thing for that person to expect upon clicking on the link to the article "architect" would be an article explaining what an architect ''is'', not a list.
www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/60/net-architect.html   (733 words)

  
 Architect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
An architect is a person skilled in the art of planning, designing and constructing buildings.
Architects are considered professionals[?], along with doctors and lawyers.
The architects listed below are in chronological order of when they did their most important work (or emerged), and alphabetized within each time period.
www.city-search.org /ar/architect.html   (615 words)

  
 Architecture | Design | Landscape | Napper Architects Newcastle upon Tyne UK +44 (0)191 261 0491
Napper Architects' brief was to physically 'link' the current college buildings, remodel the entrance, dining and recreational areas, and provide additional student residences, sports facilities and therapy pool as phased operations to negate major disruption.
This 52-bed secure unit, designed by Napper Architects, is centred around an enclosed landscaped courtyard which, along with the architectural language, provides a humane and residential environment in which to prepare the residents for a return to society.
Napper Architects designed this new health centre providing facilities for 8 doctors, with associated nursing, treatment rooms, pharmacy etc. A notable feature was the incorporation of many works of art within the scheme.
napperarchitects.net   (3097 words)

  
 Book Catalogues List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The list has grown beyond my ability to list all of them in a timely matter and I no longer post it to rec.arts.books, but your contributions remain appreciated, and will be added as time permits.
Vonda N. McIntyre periodically posts a list of authors who will snail-mail out their books upon request, including with inscriptions, etc. The list is currently available in one of two ways: anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu in the file /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/basement-full-of-books.
Monthly lists of collectable first editions of 20th century fiction, literature, literary biographies, and photographic monographs are available via email or snail mail.
www.io.com /~tittle/books/catalogues.html   (11494 words)

  
 Architosh News: Architects' Page at Architosh Updated: New Notable Firms!
The Architects' Page is an important aspect of Architosh, enabling a sense of community, providing a list of fellow Mac-based firms for contact purposes of all sorts, and allowing developers and Apple to see the range and type of firms using their products.
If your firm is not on the Architects' List or you know of a firm that uses Macs please let us know about them and provide us with the necessary information.
The Architects' List has the power potential of a petition and the list will not be used by Architosh for commercial uses.
www.architosh.com /news/1999-04/0416-architectspage.phtml   (353 words)

  
 NCEF Resource List: Disaster Preparedness and Response for Schools
Lists this college's emergency procedures for explosions, aircraft crashes, fires, earthquakes, storms, snow, ice, floods, hazardous materials spills, bomb threats, violence or criminal behavior, and civil disturbances.
Lists this college's emergency procedures for bomb threats, civil disturbances, earthquakes, evacuations, fire, explosions, hazardous material spills, human bodily fluid spills, lockdowns, medical emergencies, power outages, suspicious packages and envelopes, an severe weather.
This list was developed from lists created by the California Senate Select Committee on the Northridge Earthquake, Task Force on Education, and updated by the American Red Cross.
www.edfacilities.org /rl/disaster.cfm   (9271 words)

  
 The Scales of Good and Evil
Developing this list was not an easy task due to the complexity of human personalities and the fact that goodness and evilness depend on the perspective of the time.
I object to Lincoln's being on the good list for freeing the slaves because it was a necessary political move and not from the goodness of his heart.
Yes, you have her on your "good list", but anyone who says women should die rather than have abortions when their health is threathened, or that peope in poor nations who are starving should not practice birth control, is irresponsible.
sprott.physics.wisc.edu /pickover/good.html   (21142 words)

  
 ALSOP ARCHITECTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Alsop Architects were appointed by the DfES in May 2003 to design an Exemplar Secondary school as part of their Schools for the Future project.
Alsop Architects brief was to create a large space for the client, Garbe UK as well as lettable offices to modern standards and ancillary areas.The scheme balances preservation and innovation.
As a result it has an astonishing richness of buildings by a notable string of architects and designers, including Brunel, Street and Cockerell in the 19th Century, Bicknell and Hamilton, Lasdun and Seifert in the 20th.The new building brings a distinctive new architecture to the district, in the spirit of pioneers of the past.
www.alsoparchitects.com /all.asp   (11489 words)

  
 The world's top Architecture websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This unusual site is the brain-child of architects in the Netherlands, but the hate is international.
News, listings and links to institutions, organizations, firms, events and competitions.
Interviews with architects, news, flooring projects with man made tiles.
dirs.org /dir-wiki.cfm/Top/Arts/Architecture   (2139 words)

  
 The world's top Education websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With the Renaissance and its emphasis on the individual and humanity rather than religion, and with all its attendant progress and achievements, a new chapter began.
In these cases, it tends to refer to the overall structure of the system.
Norman K. Dorf offers a study guide for the Graphic Divisions of the Architect Registration Exam (US): list of contents and samples on-line.
dirs.org /dir-wiki.cfm/Top/Arts/Architecture/Education   (1897 words)

  
 Architects A-H
His focus is still on the use of organic materials, bamboo, engineered wood, and the paper rolls that bought him to world attention in his student days, but he continues to test the limits of these materials in all his work and experiment with skins and the use of prefabrication.
One of the defining landscape architects of the twentieth century Thomas Church is regarded as one of the leading designers of the domestic landscape of the postwar era in the United States.
Beams, USA, 2002, 330pp, PB Egon Eirmann 1904-1970 Architect and Designer Jaeggi, A. Classed as one of Germanys greatest and unrivalled post-war architects, Eirmann’s rich architectural oeuvre is characterised by a striking transparency, a sensitivity towards materials, high artistic standards, and a continued, rigorous attention to the quality of design.
www.architext.com.au /Cat/arch_ah.htm   (9831 words)

  
 Arkansas Secretary of State:Educational Materials:Notable Arkansans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The following list highlights some of the country's most prominent people who were either born in the state or lived here at some time in their lives.
He was designated by the American Institute of Architects in 1989 as one of the world's greatest contemporary architects.
Edward Durell Stone (1902-1978) Born in Fayetteville and schooled at the University of Arkansas and Harvard, this internationally-known architect designed the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, the Kennedy Center n Washington, DC and the General Motors Building in New York.
www.sosweb.state.ar.us /educational_notable.html   (5719 words)

  
 Learn more about List of architects in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 Read about List of architects at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research List of architects and learn about List of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866–1946) architect and writer on architectural theory
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 Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Zuckerman: Oldfield designed with ground game in mind 06/21/02
That said, the list of notable architects who haven't carved fairways through the wetlands, marsh grasses and stately oaks endemic to the area is rather short.
While the humid air, generally lush turf and omnipresent wetlands around Hilton Head are perfectly suited for the aerial assault technique which is the essence of modern golf strategy, Norman has an unusual sensibility.
The architect favors stacked sod walled bunkers with low-profile entry points.
www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/062102/LOCcoursereview.shtml   (879 words)

  
 LVAC-General Information
The gallery was renamed the List Visual Arts Center in 1985 in recognition of a generous gift from Vera and Albert List that relocated the program to three galleries on the first floor of an I.M. Pei '40 designed-building.
The staff of the List Visual Arts Center maintains and develops a Permanent Collection that includes dozens of publicly-sited sculptures by such artists as Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Calder, and hundreds of paintings, prints, and photographs located throughout campus buildings and offices.
The MIT List Visual Arts Center occupies the first floor of the Wiesner Building, 20 Ames St., located at the eastern edge of the MIT campus.
web.mit.edu /lvac/www/general   (673 words)

  
 Notable Companies Which Use PolyTrans and NuGraf
The following is a small, selective list of some of the notable 3d content development companies that we know are using PolyTrans or NuGraf in their daily development work.
Our list of users who fall into this category are so numerous that you are best to just scan through this long WEB page.
Unlike the other customers listed on this WEB page, it is rather difficult to discern whether one of our customers runs an industrial or mechanical design studio strictly from their company name along (or lack thereof; many industrial design companies purchase NuGraf using a personal name).
www.okino.com /conv/users.htm   (1346 words)

  
 Issues List
I do not think that most people who post on this list intend to ridicule anyone's beliefs, but many who post here make an attempt to challenge rigid belief systems in order to test their veracity and usefulness.
In the interest of assisting the President with this surprisingly difficult task we've compiled this list of 100 mistakes he has made since taking office.
Siding with China in February, 2004 against a democratic referenda proposed by Taiwan, a notable shift from an earlier pledge to stand with "oppressed peoples until the day of their freedom finally arrives."
issueslist.blogspot.com   (8588 words)

  
 The Sells Spout
Instead of drawing up a plan to build a v1 settlement on the moon, I felt like we were listing the issues associated with covering the entire surface with a 10-story city.
I was just putting together a list of some of my favorite books as recommendations for a gift certificate I sent to a friend as a birthday present.
I mean, their were some real losers in the room, including a 16-year old that admitted to a long list of bad decisions right out of your favorite gang movie.
www.sellsbrothers.com /spout   (13091 words)

  
 The New York Birding List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Notable birds here were snow bunting, eastern phoebe, pregrine falcon, sharp-shinned hawk, meadowlark, and two swallows I didn't get the best look at.
With the large numbers of Common Goldeneye that winter on Lake Champlain, Barrow's Goldeneye is seen annually on both the New York and Vermont sides of the lake.
It is worth noting, though, that the early date for Barrow's Goldeneye in "Birds of Clinton County" is listed as November 5.
www.birdingonthe.net /mailinglists/NYSB.html   (9155 words)

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