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	Ancient Egyptian architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Even today, its architectural monuments, which include Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx, are among the largest and most famous buildings in the world.
		The pylon was decorated with scenes of Ramesses's military triumphs (particularly the Battle of Qadesh); later pharaohs, particularly those of the Nubian and Ethiopian dynasties, also recorded their victories there.
		This area, and the pylon, were built at an oblique angle to the rest of the temple, presumably to accommodate the three pre-existing barque shrines located in the northwest corner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_architecture (1120 words)

	Eternal Egypt - The Facade of the Pylon at Luxor Temple
		The Facade of the Pylon at Luxor Temple
		The pylon, or temple gateway, and the first big court at Luxor Temple were built during the reign of King Ramesses the Second as northern additions to the earlier temple of King Amenhotep the Third.
		The pylon is 65 meters or 213 feet wide and has a staircase the same thickness as the eastern tower.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.element&story_id=&module_id=&language_id=1&element_id=30770 (167 words)

	Teacher Packet: The Art of Construction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The architecture of ancient Egypt is marked by a regularity of design and a consistency of formal elements.
		The pylons are the buildings found on either side of the gateway located in the center of the slide image.
		Pylon temples were constructed to honor the gods of ancient Egypt.
	www.joslyn.org /teach/packets/construc/slide01.html (357 words)

	Neon Survey: Monte Carlo
		The pylon fits into the category commonly seen at resorts such as The Mirage, or Luxor.
		Once you cross the drive it is not hard to be attracted the by classical architecture which serves its purpose of bringing in the patron with the limited space utilized for pedestrian passage across the front.
		The use of architecture makes the utmost use of this great strength of aesthetic by making it interactive for the pedestrian by allowing them to pass up close to the elements while entering the building or traversing the façade.
	gaming.unlv.edu /v_museum/neon_survey/surveys/monte_carlo.html (774 words)

	USS Clueless - Packaging design
		The seeming advantage of a central pylon is that the lateral forces on it are balanced so that most of the force is straight downward.
		The initial expectation would be that an offset pylon would be subject to a lot of lateral force thus requiring a very elaborate and expensive foundation, and what you gained by moving onto dry land you'd more than give away again by dealing with lateral force one way or another.
		Because the pylon is slanted away from the bridge, the force of gravity on the pylon creates lateral force to the left in the picture above.
	denbeste.nu /cd_log_entries/2002/11/Packagingdesign.shtml (2140 words)

	Egyptian architecture - Amun at Karnak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The axis of the east to the west correspond with the orbit of the sun and means the sun in the heaven or real terra.The axis of the south to the north correspond the Nile and means absolute power of the gods and pharaoh of Egypt.
		After the Second Pylon, the columns of the Great hypostyle hall can be seen, the chamber in Egyptian temples in which a number of columns supported a flat stone roof.
		Forming the chief and largest inner space of the temple, it was entered from the outer courtyard and, in turn, gave access to the holy of holies and the small inner sanctuaries occupying the rear of the structure.
	www.aldokkan.com /art/amun.htm (295 words)

	Turtle Bay Exploration Park
		The pylon leans back at a 42-degree angle to create an upward pull on 14 galvanized steel cables that, in turn, support the steel trusses and translucent glass surface of the 700-foot span.
		The strength of the pylon holds the bridge in place; the weight of the bridge keeps the pylon erect.
		For instance, you don't see the engineering calculations that direct most of the pylon's weight onto a single ball bearing that's hidden inside the base of the pylon, resting in a bowl fused to a concrete foundation that sinks 45 feet into the ground.
	www.turtlebay.org /press/art10.shtml (782 words)

	New Version Of Pylon From iAnywhere Makes It Easier To Manage And Use Mobile Domino Applications - Sybase Inc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pylon Application Server 6.0 enables deployment of Domino applications using a web-based architecture and supports client-side business logic, scanning and application management.
		Pylon Application Server 6.0 also introduces client-side business logic, scanning support and web-based management to simplify the development and deployment of robust mobile enterprise applications.
		Pylon is the industry's most comprehensive solution for extending LotusÒ Notes and Microsoft Exchange™ environments to mobile devices.
	www.sybase.com /detail?id=1029734 (793 words)

	CAECW '00
		Third Workshops on Computer Architecture Evaluation using Commercial Workloads, this fourth workshop will again bring together researchers and practitioners in computer architecture and commercial workloads from industry and academia.
		Pylon can be configured to generate a sequence of values for an attribute that is identical to the sequence in the observed workload, or chosen randomly from the summarizing distribution.
		For example, we could configure Pylon so that the sequence of request sizes, interarrival times, and read/write type is identical to that of the observed workload, and only the location of each I/O is generated randomly.
	iacoma.cs.uiuc.edu /caecw01 (5066 words)

	School Arts - Views of Ancient Egypt
		The annual flooding of the Nile, the daily rhythm of the sun, and the relative isolation of Egypt (it is situated between two desert areas) lent a stability and continuity to life and religious beliefs.
		Three distinctive architectural elements were developed in ancient Egypt--the pyramid, the propylaeum or pylon, and the obelisk.
		The propylaeum, or pylon, is a large wall used at the entrance to temples and palaces.
	www.nga.gov /education/schoolarts/egypt.htm (1285 words)

	93.01.03: Play on Architecture
		Since architecture affects each person daily, from the home in which one lives, to the place in which one works or goes to school, to the community in which one roams, it would be useful to have a language with which to communicate about architecture.
		I want to create an introductory unit on architecture with the emphasis on the art of, rather than the science of architecture; the feeling, rather than the thinking that architecture evokes; the senses, rather than the intuition, which architecture involves.
		Architecture always implies “more than its obvious and immediate meaning.” (Which leads me to the realization of why architecture, a symbolic art, does not usually exist in our curriculum!) Through drama, movement, and architecture (as a symbolic language) I see opportunities for people to understand and connect with architecture in new and creative ways.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/1/93.01.03.x.html (5790 words)

	Temple of Luxor
		The large pylon front, a kind of triumphal entrance, is about 213 feet across.
		Inscriptions on the pylon cite Ramses II as the builder of the temple, even though he is only responsible for the pylon and the first courtyard.
		Left: the base of the obelisk and right tower of the pylon; center: one of the remaining standing statues of Ramses II; right: the front of the temple from the west
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/egypt/luxor/luxor2.html (592 words)

	glossary
		the triangular upper portion of a wall at the end of a pitched roof corresponding to a pediment in classical architecture
		in classical architecture, a low-pitched, triangular gable above a portico.
		in ancient Egyptian architecture, a sepulchral monument in the form of a huge stone structure with a square base and sloping sides meeting at an apex
	library.thinkquest.org /3786/glossary.html (941 words)

	History of Egyptian Architecture : Karnak No.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The temple of Karnak which is located 4km north from Luxor is the largest and the most complicated architecture in Egypt.
		Since Middle Kingdom, Thebe was a center of cult of Amon and Karnak had become the most important sancturary of Amon-Ra in Thebe.
		A short avenue of cryocephlous sphinxes leads to the first and largest pylon, 113m wide and 15m thick, constituting the monumental entrance to the temple.
	web.kyoto-inet.or.jp /org/orion/eng/hst/egypt/karnak.html (220 words)

	Arch., Tech., and Urbanism in Ancient Egypt
		High government officials were royal ÏarchitectsÓ by virtue of their office, but some did design buildings.
		A center of trade, politics, and metal-working whose architecture and culture were based on synthesis of local, Egyptian, and Roman ideas.
		Egyptian architecture in the classical, Renaissance, and modern worlds.
	arch.ced.berkeley.edu /courses/arch170/past/96fall/960910.html (348 words)

	TIME Fast Forward: The Fine Art of Science
		With architecture studios in Valencia, Paris and Zurich, where he lives, Calatrava has a peculiarly animal way with concrete and steel, his buildings evoking huge eyes, venus flytraps, giant birds about to take flight, delicate arrangements of human bones.
		Like the Romans who left such an architectural legacy in Spain — they founded Valencia in 138 B.C. — Calatrava says, "our constructions are also for our children and grandchildren." He is referring particularly to bridges, his specialty.
		Today, the raked pylon both holds the bridge and gives those who walk or drive across it the chance to discuss whether it brings to mind, as some Seville citizens say, a giant erection, or, as Calatrava himself thinks, more a harp or a bird.
	www.time.com /time/europe/specials/ff/trip3/calatrava.html (794 words)

	Wired 9.09: Suspended Animation
		As an expert in architecture and engineering, he has sparked criticism on both sides of the professional divide.
		Far from slipping between the professions of engineering and architecture, Calatrava spans them, and, in doing so, has rediscovered a classical tradition that defines public building as public art.
		When I was in architecture school, I became curious about the exact mathematics, physics, and construction of the great structures I had been studying.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/9.09/calatrava_pr.html (2364 words)

	public_intro.html
		Main St BP06-428S(pylon) — Application for two-sided pylon, 4 ft. high 10 ft. wide, with white copy, blue logo, a blue strip near logo at end of sign, to be installed horizontal to the ground, unanimously approved.
		BP06-435S(pylon) — Application for two-sided pylon, 4 ft high 10 ft. wide, with white copy, blue logo, a blue strip near logo at end of sign, to be installed horizontal to the ground, unanimously approved.
		Tom Drumond, sign contractor, presented the pylon application which was reviewed and unanimously approved with blue lettering on ivory background, with logo in a lighter blue and words Floor Covering in fl letters.
	www.town.clarkstown.ny.us /cgi-bin/public_notices.pl?action=show_cat&id=35 (723 words)

	Amazon.com: The Grammar of Architecture: Books: et al., Emily Cole,Emily Cole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		THE GRAMMAR OF ARCHITECTURE uses beautifully engraved plates from the great works of architectural history to illustrate a show-and-tell journey around the architecture of civilizations east and west, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution.
		The detailed illustrations of famous architectural works please the eye while the descriptions of the styles, movements, and terminology engage the mind.
		After looking through many architectural books that were either too dry and wordy or simply picture books with no information, I have finally found one that is fun to read and higly informative as well.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0821227742?v=glance (916 words)

	Pylon: a foundation library ~ User's guide (Chapter 1)
		Pylon is a compact minimalist library with portability as a prime concern.
		Pylon provides a small set of general classes missing from the standard kernel to complement the data structure classes.
		It is sometimes useful to have a representation of an object that may be stored in a file or in a configuration management facility; or to send objects over communication devices.
	www.nenie.org /eiffel/pylon/pylon1.html (7176 words)

	New Kingdom Architecture
		Though probably never the administrative centre of Egypt, Thebes was the religious centre for much of the New Kingdom; most of the preserved temples and tombs are there (though other well preserved temples are in Nubia).
		The city is very much destroyed, but some remains of New Kingdom temples and the remains of a palace survived, as well as some imposing tombs in its cemeteries (Saqqara).
		Among the surviving examples, most common are temples with a pylon, one or more courtyards and the sanctuary at the back.
	www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk /art/nkarchitecture.html (283 words)

	Medinet Habu: The Mortuary Temple of Ramses III
		The first pylon is 63 meters long with four niches, used for flagstaffs.
		The foundations remain for a palace which adjoined the temple on the south side in the area between the first and second pylons.
		On the back of the southern tower of the first pylon the hunting pharaoh is depicted, his spear impaled on one writhing bull while another attempts to hide in the rushes.
	www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/egypt/thebes/medhabu/medhabu.html (520 words)

	Teacher Packet: The Art of Construction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Adapted from the Penguin Dictionary of Architecture by John Fleming, Hugh Honour, and Nikolaus Pevsner with drawings by David Etherton, Fourth Edition, 1991.
		a concave spandrel leading from the angle of two walls to the base of a circular dome; the structural means of support for a circular dome to rest on a square drum, common in Byzantine architecture.
		in Roman architecture, the land-owner's residence or farmstead on his country estate; in Renaissance architecture, a country house; in 19th-century England, a detached house usually on the outskirts of town; in modern architecture, a small house.
	www.joslyn.org /teach/packets/construc/glossary.html (1433 words)

	City of Toronto, Architecture and Urban Design Awards
		Effective identification for the passing vehicular traffic on Hwy 401 was achieved through the sign pylon and roof lantern.
		Jurors felt that the sign pylon could have been designed to a greater scale.
		Toronto, ON Present all entries mounted horizontally on a maximum of two unframed, rigid boards, each measuring 11" X 17" (280 X 432 mm).
	www.toronto.ca /auda/awards2.htm (375 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Empire State Building
		"The architectural, commercial, and popular success of the Empire State Building depended on a highly rationalized process, and equally efficient advertising and construction campaigns.
		Skillful designers of Manhattan office buildings, architects Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon were familiar with the imperatives of design and construction efficiency that maximized investors' returns by filling the building with tenants as soon as possible.
		The epitome of big buildings, billed as the Eighth Wonder of the World at its opening, the Empire State Building broke records in many categories, including height (1250 feet) and construction time (it took only one year and forty-five days to build).
	www.nyc-architecture.com /MID/MID073.htm (723 words)

	Large Arch by Henry Moore
		Paul Kennon, Dean of the Rice University School of Architecture, was hired in 1988 to develop a major plan for Columbus' Front Door Project.
		The purpose of the plan is to develop an attractive and efficient entry to the downtown area.
		The Second Street Bridge is an important addition to the architecture of Columbus, and it provides a safe crossing for more than 32,000 vehicles every day.
	www.kid-at-art.com /htdoc/secbrig.html (337 words)

	Architecture Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The two most recognizable forms of architecture connected to Ancient Egypt are the pyramids and the sphinx.
		A Hypostyle Hall and the Pylon Temple was built to honor a specific god.
		The characteristic of a Hypostyle Hall and Pylon Temple is the broad front entrance moving into a long hall with a roof supported by towering columns.
	www.arttreasuresofegypt.com /ArchitecturePage570.htm (336 words)

	A Daily Dose of Architecture: July 2004
		What seems to be happening is an awareness, on the critics part, that architecture exists as a part of urban - and other - fabrics, but their coverage tends to focus on the individual works of architecture instead, typically by well-known architects like Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas.
		Recently the Chicago Architecture Foundation announced that it would be adding another architecture prize to the mix, but instead of awarding architects, as is the norm, their Patron of the Year Award will focus, naturally, on the client.
		Today is the start of registration for Architecture for Humanity's International Open Design Competition, Siyathemba, for a soccer/football facility in Somkhele, South Africa, an area with one of the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world.
	archidose.blogspot.com /2004_07_01_archidose_archive.html (5203 words)

	Tour of the Church
		The architecture of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church is English Perpendicular Gothic or Lancastrian Gothic.
		The church is constructed of Indiana limestone, which is rough sawn.
		The main facade faces West Walnut Street with a prominent rose window and two pylon sculptures near the roof line.
	www.sacredheartlanc.org /parish_info/tour_of_the_church.htm (527 words)

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