Romanesque,Romanesque architecture- a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades ...
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) represents living cultural expressions and practices that are part of the heritage of a community, and their preservatio
several hotels across Africa stand as physical records of important parts of their respective country's history.Following an exploration of the histories of West Africa's Modernist Hotels, this second article turns to East Africa to uncover the ways in which this understated typology relates to lar...
The hexagon was a relatively rarely used form in late antique architecture compared to the octagon, however, hexagons can still be detected in all parts of the Roman Empire in all kinds of architectural contexts: they appeared in late Roman villae , baths, funerary buildings, early...
MAAT / AL_A. © Francisco Nogueira Selected the European Capital of Culture in 1994 and Ibero-American Capital of Culture 2017, Lisbon has been the destiny of tourists from many parts of the world over the past years. With thriving cultural programming, the city hosts important events related...
Architecture of Stone Church Church of stone bearing the Gotic church architecture with 3 distinct parts, the bottom part is the door, the middle part is the big round window with stained glass adorn the roses; the top part is a corridor and two bell towers. The unique features of the cat...
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion has always featured beautiful white columns along the outside of the main building. These signature columns were in a sad state in 1990, but Stromberg knew exactly what to do. Building materials have come a long way since 1939, and Stromberg’s mast...
None of these solutions is perfect, but you need to dosomethingif there are people blocking important parts of your photo. For architectural photography more than any other genre, you’ll want to keep these tools in mind. 5) Conclusion ...
Fallingwater or Kaufmann Residence is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 43 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The home was built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in...
To be precise, students had previously been told about the importance of various factors to the success of a design—site, surrounding architecture, regional adaptation, ornament (or rather excluding it), the relationship among distinct structural scales, proportions, trees and green areas—but were...