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Papers On Architecture & Design
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Kimball Museum
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A 4 page paper which examines the inside and outside of the
Kimball Museum. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is compared as well. Bibliography
lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAkimbll.rtf
Lancaster Castle
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A 5 page paper which examines the history of Lancaster Castle. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAcastle.rtf
Landscaping of California Bungalows
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A 3 page paper which examines the landscaping done in the California bungalows of the past. The paper also discusses some similarities in Canadian (Vancouver) landscaping with bungalows. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAbung.rtf
Le Corbusier
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An 8 page paper regarding the man and his archetectual contributions during the early 20th century. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Lecorbus.wps
Le Corbusier’s Modernist Architectural Theory and Robert Venturi’s Postmodern Architectural Theory
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This is a 4 page paper discussing the architectural theories of modernist Le Corbusier and postmodernist Robert Venturi. Modernist architect Le Corbusier and postmodern architect Robert Venturi present vastly different perspectives on the needs in architecture in their works “Towards a New Architecture” (Le Corbusier, 1924) and “Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture” (Venturi, 1966). Every component considered as important to Le Corbusier such as mass, surface, generating lines, simplicity, function and “the generating plan” were considered by Venturi as too simplistic for the modern complex society. Instead, Venturi advocates architectural designs which are complex, contradictory, ambiguous, redundant and at times, perverse to challenge the increasing complex visual perceptions in modern society. In addition, Le Corbusier believed in the relation of designs to that of the larger plan and designed city plans with functionalism in mind whereas Venturi did not believe that individual structures needed to be in relation to a larger plan but could only add to the complexity and variety within the cities themselves.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TJLeCor1.rtf
Legal Descriptions and Plot Plans
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This 5 page paper provides a general overview of terms and definitions of terminology as used in creating plot plans. Lots, blocks, metes and bounds are each looked at. Sewage and various methods of treatment in home building are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA205plt.rtf
Leon & Rob Krier/ New Urbanism
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An 8 page research paper that discusses the New Urbanism architectural philosophy of brother architects Leon and Rob Krier. Their architectural ideas reflect back to previous era, drawing on architectural history to produce high-density urban area which combine private homes and businesses. The writer also discusses their complaints against Modernism and Leon Krier's project of Poundbury in Dorset, Cornwall. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khbrokri.rtf
Linking Visual Design Factors in the Theatre Arts
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5 pages. This interesting paper links the common concept of visual design perspectives between two operas and a full-length film. Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough as well as two operas by Philip Glass: Satyagraha and Akhnaten, are all compared as to their visual links based on critical perspectives in design. Bibliography list 3 sources.
Filename: JAvisual.rtf
Listening to Color
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In six pages this paper examines how color theory influences interior design in an overview that consider the psychological effects of color on the home environment, how people choose colors on the basis of perceptions and what that says about them, why people are afraid of certain colors, and how an interior designer can help such individuals can steer them the right direction. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGcolordes.rtf
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