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Sustainable Architecture in and around pune city 2008-04-09 11:10:00 Abstract:- "Architecture
presents a unique challenge in the field of sustainability. Construction projects typically consume large amounts of materials, produce tons of waste Sustainably designed buildings aim to lessen their impact on our environment through energy and resource efficiency”.Purpose and Methodology of research:- Sustainable
building involves considering the entire life cycle of buildings, taking environmental quality, functional quality and future values into account. In the past, attention has been primarily focused on the size of the building stock in Punes city. Quality issues have hardly played a significant role. However, in strict quantity terms, the building and housing market is now saturated in most countries, and the demand for quality is growing in imp
architectural presentation-ASPHALT ROOFING 2008-04-10 11:52:00 WHAT IS ASPHALT?A dark brown to black cementitious material in which the predominating constituents are bitumens, which occur in nature or are obtained in petroleum processing.Asphalt is a constituent in varying proportions of most crude petroleum and used for paving, roofing, industrial and other special purposes.PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIESAsphalt is obtained from fractional distillation of petroleum.Felt used for paper. This felt is saturated with asphalt shingles and sidings which is used as roofing.Stabilizers like silica, marble, sandstone etc. are combined with asphalt to control its hardness, elasticity, adhesion and weatherability.Fine surfacing materials like talc, mica are finely ground and used to prevent the various asphalt materials from sticking together when packed.Colo Read more:architectural
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PASSIVE FIRE CONTROL 2008-04-10 11:32:00 INTRODUCTIONFire safety is a essential part of any building. Fire safety aspects are of two types :ACTIVE FIRE CONTROLPASSIVE FIRE CONTROLPassive fire protection are those measures taken care of during designing of a structure and does not need any energy consumption.They directly affect the architecture of the building.Such means device the methods of assembling of components of a building such that spread of fire is limited to barest minimum.FIRE SAFETY ASPECTSFollowing fire safety aspects are taken care of in passive fire protection :(1)Internal hazards(2)Personal hazards(3)Exposure hazards1) INTERNAL HAZARDSInternal hazards are hazards related to building itself and the property inside the building .They depend upon :• Size, shape, and height of the building• Material and design of
Difference between Architecture student and other fields student?? 2008-04-13 09:39:00 Seating infront of my drafting table i was just thinking of my past architecure studies and life...submissions,those late night studies , elevanth our model making , runnig for plotting , xeroxing the jurnals , computer failure befor the day of submissions....list will go on.. that was amazing..but whats the different between us and the other students like medical or enggi students? what do u think?? is there an difference?? Read more:Architecture
Shopping Mall 2008-04-18 08:17:00 This is our 4 th year design project Shopping
Mall at Aundh.I have designed on a basic grid pattern , with alcobond cladding..hows the view?I did it in 1 night..... Please comment freely..
St. Denis Abbey Church 2008-08-20 09:56:51 The Abbey
of St. Denis is situated in a small municipality (now a suburb) of the same name, about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) north of Paris. Its thirty-sixth abbot, Suger (1081–1151), commissioned the present church from about 1140. It is a milestone in the history of architecture because, like Durham Cathedral in England, it has in it the seeds of a new way of building for Europe: the highly inve Read more:Church
St. Chapelle 2008-08-20 09:55:47 St. Chapelle, at 6 boulevard du Palais, is now surrounded by the Palace of Justice on the Ile de la Cité, Paris, near Notre Dame. It was built as a palatine chapel for King Louis IX of France (known as St. Louis, reigned 1226–1270) between 1242 and 1247, and consecrated on 26 April 1248. During Louis IX’s reign, Gothic architecture in France entered the rayonnant phase, its name derived from
Sagrada Familia (Church of the Holy Family) 2008-08-20 09:54:16 The 328-foot-tall (100-meter) spires of the Church
of the Sagrada Familia dominate the skyline of Barcelona, the chief city of Catalonia, in northeastern Spain. This unique church, which, in the tradition of the medieval cathedrals of Europe, remains unfinished more than a century after it was started, is one of the great pieces of world architecture. Its fantastic forms defy our vocabulary and co Read more:Family
Royal Albert Bridge 2008-08-18 13:44:42 The RoyalAlbert
Bridge at Saltash, completed in 1859, was Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s last bridge and probably his finest work. Certainly, it was one of the great engineering feats of the nineteenth century, because (it is widely agreed) of its size, its economy of design, its revolutionary superstructure, and not least because of the way in which Brunel solved difficult logistical problems. It
On Tender Hooks 2008-08-16 07:19:44 French-US Sculptor Bourgeois's famous 30 feet tall spider installation in bronze titled Maman ( mother),stands at the entrance of the Guggenheim Museum,Bilbao,Spain. Read more:Tender
The Royal Pavilion 2008-08-15 03:16:20 The RoyalPavilion
, Brighton (1817–1822), “a grand oriental fantasy” with Indian domes and minarets and Chinese interiors, is a fascinating example of the diverse architectural styles allowed in the Regency period, which was otherwise dominated by refined neoclassical architecture. Two elements were necessary for its realization: an esthetically adaptable architect—in this case, John Nash
Roman concrete construction 2008-08-15 03:12:47 Concrete is made by mixing broken stone or gravel and sand (aggregate), a bonding agent, and water, and allowing the mixture to harden through chemical process into a solid mass. So-called cementitious materials had been used in ancient Egypt about 3,000 years earlier and later by the Chinese, Minoans, and Mycenaeans, but this synthetic stone—a new building material—was developed and exploited Read more:Roman
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Retractable roofs 2008-08-15 03:12:10 The Houston Astrodome in Texas, opened in 1966, was the first stadium with a roof over the playing area. It set a trend for sports fields for the next twenty years. Its roof, designed to resist 135-mph (216-kph) winds, has a clear span of 642 feet (196 meters); it is 208 feet (64 meters) high at the apex. It was not, however, the first arena to have a roof. It was predated by almost 2,000 years by Read more:Retractable
Renault Distribution Center 2008-08-15 03:11:28 High-technology (usually contracted to “high-tech”) architecture was a movement born in the 1960s and sustained through the 1980s. It sought to express zeitgeist—the spirit of the age—defined by its followers as resting in the technological advances of industry, communications, and travel, including aerospace developments. These advances offered an alternative building approach. “High-te Read more:Renault
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Reinforced concrete 2008-08-15 03:10:14 Concrete is a combination of small aggregate (sand), large aggregate (gravel), a binding agent or matrix, and water. Historically, lime was used as a matrix, mostly for mortars that had no large aggregate. In 1774 the British engineer John Smeaton added crushed iron-slag to the usual quicklime-sand-water mix, making the first modern concrete
for the foundations of the Eddystone Lighthouse off the
Reichstag Berlin, Germany 2008-08-15 03:09:48 The restored Reichstag in Berlin
, designed by the London architectural firm of Foster and Partners, epitomizes a new kind of architecture—one that respects the physical and cultural environment and takes account of the past while assuming responsibility for the future.The institution known as the Reichstag was set up in 1867 by the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to allow the bourgeoisie to Read more:Germany
Bexley Heath, England 2008-08-15 03:07:34 Designed for William Morris in 1859 by his friend and coworker Philip Webb, the Red House in the London suburb of Bexley Heath
has been called “a cornerstone in the history of English domestic architecture.” Much more than that, although in one sense a piece of eclectic architecture, it was a milestone in the way that architects designed houses, making the house to fit the occupant, rather tha Read more:England
Queen’s House 2008-08-15 03:05:04 The Queen
’s House
on the edge of the Royal Park at Greenwich near London was designed by Inigo Jones—probably the greatest of all English architects—early in the seventeenth century. It was a major architectural feat because it represented, all at once and in a single building, the introduction of a new kind of architecture in the face of a well-established and reactionary building industry.
Qosqo, Peru 2008-08-15 03:03:42 Qosqo (“navel” or “center”) in southern central Peru was once the ancient capital of the Inkan Empire. Continuously occupied for three millennia, the oldest living city in the Americas perches 11,150 feet (3,400 meters) above sea level in the Andes Mountains. Strategically located, Qosqo reached out to the entire Tahuantinsuyu (Land of the Four Quarters) by means of an extensive road netwo
Potala Palace 2008-08-14 12:15:17 The thirteen-story, 380-foot-high (117-meter) Potala Palace
rises from sheer walls on a cliff named Marpo Ri (Red Hill), 130 meters above Lhasa, the capital city of what is now the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. The 1,200-foot-wide (360-meter) complex of stone and timber buildings contains literally thousands of rooms with a total floor area of 154,000 square yards (1
Postmodern architecture 2008-08-14 12:13:52 Simplistically, postmodern architecture emerged in the 1960s as a reaction to the Modern Movement that had commanded world architecture since the mid-1920s. Its theories were first expounded by the American architect Robert Venturi and realized in his Chestnut Hill Villa of 1962. Within less than a decade, designers were willfully denying the pervasive geometrical glass boxes that Henry-Russell Hi Read more:Postmodern
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct 2008-08-14 12:13:15 At Pontcysyllte (Welsh for “connecting bridge”) the Llangollen Canal crosses the River Dee at a height of 120 feet (36 meters) by means of a breathtaking aqueduct that marches more than 1,000 feet (306 meters) over the valley on nineteen slender, tapering (and partly hollow) masonry piers. Built between 1795 and 1805, the graceful structure remains the highest navigable canal aqueduct ever bui Read more:Aqueduct
Pont du Gard 2008-08-14 12:12:22 The highest aqueduct the Romans ever built, described as “the most daring construction” of its day, supplied the provincial town of Nemausus (modern Nîmes) in Gaul (France). It delivered daily an estimated 44 million gallons (200 million liters) that were distributed through ten mains to the city’s baths, fountains, public buildings, and houses. The most spectacular part of it is now known
Pompidou Center (Beaubourg) 2008-08-14 12:10:04 The Centre Nationale d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, commonly known as the Pompidou Center
, is in the Marais district of Paris. Initially given the working title Beaubourg (after its site), the center was formally named for its initiator, French president Georges Pompidou (1911–1974), following his untimely death. In December 1969 he announced an international design competition for a mo
Pneumatic structures 2008-08-14 12:08:23 The most familiar inflated membrane structures are airships, from nonrigid blimps to giant vessels such as the proposed 1,003-foot-long (307-meter) ATC SkyCat cargo lifter with a payload of 2,200 tons (2,000 tonnes). The German firm Zeppelin built several rigid-frame airships between 1900 and 1936, including the famous Graf Zeppelin. The new technology had consequences in the building industry. Th
Pisa Cathedral: The Campanile (Leaning Tower) 2008-08-14 12:07:31 The city of Pisa stands on the River Arno in the Tuscan region of northern Italy. Its Piazza dei Miracoli is graced by the most beautiful group of Romanesque buildings in the country: the white marble basilican cathedral (begun 1063); the circular, domed baptistery (begun 1153); and the highly original bell tower (campanile), situated between the apse and the southeastern end of the cathedral’s Read more:Cathedral
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Pétra 2008-08-14 12:06:11 Pétra (the name means “rock”) in southern Jordan lies about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the Dead Sea on the border of the mountainous Wadi Araba Desert. Although there is evidence of earlier occupation of the site, the city was founded around the sixth century b.c. as the practically inaccessible capital of the Nabataean Arabs who dominated the region and controlled international trade
Persepolis 2008-08-14 12:04:14 The ruins of Persepolis (in Persian, Parsa) lie at the foot of Kuh-i-Rahmat (Mountain of Mercy) beside a small river on the Marv Dasht plain of southwestern Iran, about 400 miles (640 kilometers) south of Tehran. Widely held to be one of the greatest architectural complexes of the ancient world, and even claimed to be the most beautiful the world has ever seen, it was probably commissioned by Dari
Pennsylvania Station 2008-08-14 12:03:00 Pennsylvania Station
, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, New York City, represented the high point of railroad architecture. Built from 1904 to 1910 at a cost of $100 million (about $5.6 billion in today’s terms), it was over 30 percent larger than its largest contemporary, Liverpool Street Station in London, England. In its first year of operation 112,000 trains carrying over 10 million passen Read more:Pennsylvania
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