Architecture Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Question 2: Select an architect of your choice and write about his/her philosophy/ideas on lighting for the built environment. How does the architect utilize lighting in his/her design? Interior/exterior and natural/electrical lighting is appropriate.
Architect William van Alen is the expert behind the Chrysler building located at the northeast corner of Lexington avenue 42 street New York. The building was ranked the tallest from the year 1930 to 1931and stood at a height of 319 metres with 77 floors. The building plan had decorations such as a domed lantern, frieze on the 30th floor, huge gargoyles, Chrysler eagle radiator caps ...

Introduction The US government has adopted a unique and distinctive designs in building its embassies in various countries whereby, it ensures security get promoted (McDonnell). Prominent and experienced architects are mostly consulted and hired when it comes to such issues. The buildings stand in an isolated area and surrounded by a big compound that helps security personnel to carryout surveillance activities. Hence, a visual manifesto would be appropriate to take into consideration all factors that matter in designing of these buildings now and in the future (Hunting). A number of rules of design must be followed to ensure that the final design ...

Abstract

Mamluk history is divided into two periods based on different dynastic lines: the Bahri Mamluks of Qipchaq Turkic, and the Burji Mamluks of Caucasian Circassian origin. After receiving instruction in Arabic, the fundamentals of Islam, and the art of warfare, slaves in the royal barracks were manumitted and given responsibilities in the Mamluk hierarchy. The following is a brief discussion of the rise and fall of the dynasty of these slave warriors.

Introduction

The Mamluks, originally bands of slave warriors, were the rulers Egypt and Syria from the year 1250 until 1517 AD; their dynasty brought down by the Ottomans after. ...

Gabrielle M. Spiegel, “The cult of St.Dennis and Capctian Kingship” The past as Text. The theory and Practice of Medieval Histiography. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
In the excerpt, The Past as Text, Gabrielle M Spiegel explores medieval history while applying the concept of postmodernism. Spiegel allows the reader to make an assessment while applying critical and theoretical assessments of postmodernism. Similarly, Spiegel would like the reader to know that the texts are artifice and are mostly determined by historical occurrences that would be difficult to dig for the modern eye to capture.
She begins her quest ...

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Introduction
Among the oldest forms of heritage that every community, country or society boasts to possess as the oldest form of culture and tradition that it has maintained over centuries include art and architecture. One of the most essential things to note concerning art and architecture is the fact that every community and society has its own unique and authentic designs, which were developed centuries ago, with inspiration drawn from different sources, such as the indigenous people’s ways of life, as well as other close-knit and personal aspects and reasons, such as the artistic skill, talent and ...

1. (10 pts.) Discuss how organizational architecture and corporate culture are related. Use an example of a real-life firm and discuss how its corporate culture blends with its organizational architecture.
Organizational architecture is based on the way the organization’s design incorporate the following three aspects: the designation of decision rights, modalities of rewarding employees, and the evaluation system structures to gauge performances of employees or business units. Corporate culture entails how people work and how authority and power is spread through the organization (Alvesson, 2002). This is the point where the organization’s architecture and corporate culture meet. ...

Creswell’s “Defining Place” has outlined the importance of human geography in landscape architecture. I appreciate Creswell’s attempt to explain the importance of place and how it is used in our daily conversations as well as speeches. The author of this article has also done well to explain how place can be used to describe a location that has various elements of landscape. However, from a landscape architecture view, the author fails to acknowledge a place as a representation of the whole landscape under a location. In addition to this, his definitions of place do not integrate the cultural characteristics of societies. On a ...

Originality involves art work that is done by a respective artist. Reception illustrates how art work can be related to modern world and lastly re-contextualization involves the rearranging of art work to make it modern hence making it more creative. It is these three factors that will be used in the analysis of the articles below.
The first article by the name expanded kind of field of landscape by an author called Elizabeth Meyer shows the history of art in summary form. However, originality of the article is present by the use of illustrations and graphs. Also, the lack ...

The articles all contain a common theme of development and appreciation of landscape architecture. They interconnect smoothly to bring out the final theme and appear to be from the same ideas. In this way, they form a long road leading to landscape design and architecture appreciation. The road itself is landscape architecture and design development. So as to have a clear illumination on the, let us analyze each article and then show their connection.

Looking deeper into Meyer’s article, she tries to bring out the idea of using the known ideas and landscape designs to come up with new sophisticated designs ...

A close examination of the article “Representation and Landscape: Drawing in the Landscape Medium” reveals the various ways in which landscape is represented. This article explains how drawings and paintings have been used to make a representation of various forms of landscape architecture. From a landscape architecture perspective, this argument is good since it helps designers to understand the changes in landscape architecture for better decision making. However, the article fails to clearly explain how the landscape media affect the land designers. Some reviewers have argued that this would be important since the designers would be in a position to choose the ...

Allen in his article ‘infrastructural urbanism’ drives at the emphasis of using updated designs and infrastructural information. His work appears more theoretical though it gives an insight on what should be done and considered. From his definition about post modernism, it is clear that his aim is to equip designers and landscape planners with knowledge about the little things that they neglect yet have great impact on landscape architecture and nature in general. From a very oblique angle, the author can be said to have a good illumination on urban design and organization since use of post modernism in architecture will ...

Summary and Critique about nature.

All the six articles appear to have a common point of interest, ‘Nature’. From one of the advanced dictionaries, nature is taken to mean distinct characteristics used to point out an object to which the traits are attributed. Considering Casey’s work, the argument is entirely based on defining wilderness and variation in the meaning of the word according to context of use. Casey tries to give some characteristics of wilderness and what wilderness is all about. This work closely intertwines with Cornon’s version and the outcome is even a clearer definition of the nature of wilderness. Considering a layman’s ...

Viewing the three articles closely, there is consistence in the story line structures that converge at the point: creativity has greatly transformed Landscape architecture. Examining the article by Corner J, he shows that the basic conception of the landscape architecture has greatly changed. In the prior text (Discourse in Theory I), landscape architecture is portrayed as the product of conceptualization and in the current text (Discourse in Theory II), he furthers this by expounding on how creativity has changed the landscape architecture. In a rather similar manner but from a different angle, Heidegger in his text (building, dwelling thinking) portrays a similar ...

Landscape is a word that is used to describe the objects that are on earth that are physical in nature. These include features like land, oceans, rivers, hills, mountains, terrains and seas. On the other hand, landscape architecture involves modifying and designing these objects in order to achieve the objectives of individuals as well as large organizations. Landscape architecture has been viewed as one of the reasons why there are a lot of changes in the landscape in various parts of the world.

The theory of landscape architecture has certain elements which need to be critically examined. Various authors have used ...

The Chinese culture is deeply rooted and has managed to prevail in the changing world for thousands of year. Feng shui art for instance can be dated back to 4000 years ago; it has a history as intricate as its tradition (Yuan, 8). Feng shui came to be as a result of scientific philosophical tradition. In the past years feng shui was used in different structures and sites like graves, temples and palaces. As time passed on it has become a fading culture and heritage used in modern buildings and for beauty purposes. It is one of Chinese oldest art of architecture ...

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According to John Arend, Mike Benkert, Audrey deFilippis and Saretta Tillmaand, when the Commerzbank building opened its doors in 1997, the “53-story” edifice became the one of the “tallest” buildings located in Europe (1). Nevertheless, the edifice’s distinctiveness did not come from its height, but, rather, it came from the way in which it combined “form, inventiveness, and technical expertise” (Arend, Benkert, deFilippis, & Tillmaand 1). The design and construction of the Commerzbank saw the “[b]reaking away from the American model of deep-planned, air-conditioned structures” that have a “central service core” (Arend, Benkert, deFilippis, & ...

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Aldo Rossi argues that architecture should be seen as having “profound value as a human thing that shapes reality and adapts material according to an aesthetic conception” (394). This proposal may appear to be simply when studying the subject of architecture, but, throughout the years, architecture has not always presented itself in such clear and direct terms. In fact, Charles Jencks’s definition of the “Post-Modern building” underscores the point that architects can take multiple positions in their very design of a building (306). Whether this is done consciously or subconsciously is unknown. Nevertheless, it ...

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According to Mark Linder defining the discipline of architectural theory can only be perceived as a “general” and “wholly trivial matter” (167). The scholar posits that the practice of architecture should be emphasized more than the theoretical discourse. However, it should be noted that he does not support the complete separation of “criticism from practice” (Linder 168). On the other hand, Mark Wigley argues that both the practice and theoretical discourse of architecture are inextricably linked; and, therefore, both should be given equal priority. Wigley posits that the theoretical discourse of architecture provides an argument ...

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Peter Eisenman explains that modernism “‘changed the relationship between man and object away from an object whose primary purpose was to speak about man to one which was concerned with its own objecthood’” (qtd. in Eisenman 234). In addition, Eisenman indicates that the building, influenced by the principles of architecture, is able to communicate about its “‘objecthood’” through a system of symbols (qtd. in Eisenman 234). Hence, based on a critical assessment of the writings of Eisenman and Mario Gandelsonas it can be said that the idea of perceiving edifices as being similar to textual ...

The main point portrays that architecture is an art and not a profession (Jencks and Karl 56). According to Adolf Behne, the single-mindedness of artists is what retards the growth of architecture, and the development of architectural ideas. Ideas in architecture are developed through observation and innovation. History of architecture entails the development and creation of thoughtful space and designing materials to engulf the physical spaces. The innovation in the art can best be depicted through architectural sculptures, which imitate the art in paintings which aims to capture the beholders’ eyes. Buyers of paintings and architectural paintings are in ...

Works of art can communicate critical information on the times in which they were created. Different time periods and different cultural backgrounds provide the stylistic and media elements of a work of art. There may be no specific intent to portray the times, but that is what happens when the artist creates a work of art in a particular artistic period. Examples of art works from two distinctly different times and cultures will demonstrate how the art in the Medieval period of European history and Pop Art from the late mid-20th century differ.
The Medieval period in art history ...

Mid Term Exam

Discuss the impact of the theories of Immanuel Kant, Charles Darwin and Jean-Paul Sartre on modernity.

Jean-Paul Sartre was flourished in Existentialism. He believed that a man acts in his free will in the society and time in which he lives. This philosophy inspired others to acknowledge their own free thinking and live the life they believed in. It broke the cookie cutter of what people were otherwise programmed to be and motivated others to break free in essence of their true self. It’s the true quest to fine a purpose in life. Because Jean Paul Sartre wrote and published many of his writings on Existentialism, his readers began to think ...

According to Schoenfield, Stewart & Ransome (2015), information system threats are a major problem facing IT systems globally because of the growth in the use and development of computer networks aimed towards supporting information systems. Information systems are finding use in industries that require to keep their data confidential and away from unauthorized access such as banks, production companies, manufacturers, databases with private information, hospitals, government systems just to mention a few. It is therefore critical to identify threats that may face a system and adopt mitigation strategies aimed towards reducing the impact of such threats when they occur or ...

Architecture is a topic that comprises several other disciplines; it is undeniable that a good building must take several other accounts into consideration (Battista, 32). More often than not, you would find architects veering off to other aspects just to make their architectural designs more pleasant and elegant. These aspects did not just start the other day; they date several centuries back in history. The pioneer architects also struggled to design their architectural works with elegance. It’s something which started as early as the 14th century (Battista, 33).
One of the most important aspects of any given architectural ...

Instituition

1.What are the steps in the business continuity planning process?Why is a clear understanding of company's architecture critical to this process?

Creation of road map: This identifies where the company is now and where it wants to be in the future.

Identification of risks in critical systems of both IT and business and establishing the level of acceptable risk.
Planning the budget: This clearly demonstrates various activities needed to be performed ,the time duration required for completion of activities,the expenditure involved.
Listing and rating of threats which threaten company's survival. This step demystifies the threats and in the process they are approached and resolved.
Strengthening the systems: This step involves identifying the working systems and processes and strengthening ...

Modern multinational corporations thrive on their ability to collect and process data in an attempt to improve themselves continuously over the years. As their corporation branches are spread over a large geographical distance, their information system infrastructure cannot simply be confined to data collection and data processing or mining components. These multinational corporations need a global information infrastructure that is detailed with both human as well as technical components. These components are mainly 1.Hardware 2.Software 3.Communication and Networking 4.Human Resources and 5.Data Management and Knowledge (Jessup).
Each component indicate a certain aspect of Information Infrastructure. Hardware: They include both ...

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In Robin Evans’s “In Front of lines that leave Nothing Behind,” the writer argues that architectural reviewers tend to perceive architecture as forms of “iconology” that needs to be examined to determine the “meaning” that exists “behind, beneath, or within” the “subjects” that they are critiquing (482). Furthermore, Evans explains that the “critic” or architectural reviewer often goes in “search of origins, essences, intentions, motives, causes” of the “appearances” presented by an architectural design (482). However, one may not always depend on the “architect’s” “intention” to “orient” his work “towards us,” especially as ...

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La Géode (at the Bernard Tschumi’s Parc de la Villete,) Carlos ZGZ| Flickr, n.d.
Bernard Tschumi’s Parc de la Villete is a good example of deconstruction in architecture because it correctly illustrates how an architect, similar to a writer, can use rhetorical devices, such as “repetition, distortion, or juxtaposition” (Tschumi 146). In the above photograph, the fountain, named La Géode, does not look like a traditional fountain. The shape of the fountain is distorted and allows the water to spray downwards instead of upwards. Additionally, instead of the water curving and ...

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Norman Foster, who clearly designed the HSBC Bank in Hong Kong and the Commerzbank in Frankfurt for the financial industry, employed two different approaches when designing each of these buildings. Foster when designing the HSBC Bank ensured that the building was created to facilitate and mirror the ways in which technology is used in today’s world. However, the Commerzbank edifice was designed by Foster to ensure the efficient use of energy while integrating green spaces into the architecture. It can be argued that Foster in designing the HSBC Bank the architect focused on technological ...

Introduction

Time management is key facet in life. However, people have different abilities in terms of managing their time. In order to ascertain that this hypothesis holds, this paper takes students from Royal Docks business as the test sample. The students sampled are almost of the same age thereby reducing bias that might be brought about by the issue of age. This research is interesting because there are two different groups of people, of the same age, who employ different time management skills. The students from the school of Architecture, Computing and Engineering manage their time more effectively compared to ...

More than a hundred years ago, it would have been hard to find a clear association with San Diego. In fact, it was a small town that did not differ much from any other city in the south of the USA. It continued until citizens started to take care after the oldest recreational park in the country. They put in a great deal of effort in order to keep a fragile beauty of nature and open special places for the needs of the community. In 1909, a City Council committee decided to take advantage of the former devotion to ...

Robert Venturi and Robert Scott Brown gave out distinct definitions of the duck and a decorated shed, and their definitions gave out the basis for classifying architectural marvels. A duck is an architectural marvel by itself, with inbuilt decorations, which are recognizable by the building itself (Venturi, Scott and Steven 90). On the other hand, a decorated shed is a piece of architecture that cannot be distinguished from its purpose or existence and entails exterior art decorations, which make it appealing to the general public (Venturi, Scott and Steven 92). Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, therefore, produced a ...

Question 1

A Security program decision enables a high-level view of the way that security is ensured for a particular resource throughout an enterprise (Kaisler et al., 2005). The solution, however, covers four dimensions of security: Physical, data, personnel as well as operational and may involve matrices as well.

Operational security

In the section of operational security, the security program promotes a development of standard operating procedures for every enterprise architecture component that supports line of business operations.

Data security

In this section of information security, the security program promotes security-conscious designs, source authentication, data access and control and content assurance.

Personnel security

In this section of ...

The pantheon is an ancient temple which sits in Rome, Italy. The temple was much later converted to a church of Santa Maria ad Martyres. The church is also one of the outstanding buildings in the country dating from 125 AD. The building has also been the largest concrete structure in the world up to the 20th century. Before starting a design of the St. Peter’s Basilica, Michelangelo first studied the Pantheon to gain more insight on the design and architecture. The Pantheon has also been a burial place for significant people like Raphael, the artist. The building ...

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In Gilles Deleuze’s “The Diagramme” and Michel Foucault’s “Panopticism,” organization is connected in some manner to the creative process. In Foucault’s article, spatial organization is interpreted as extending one’s power rather than representing it. On the other hand, Deleuze’s argument reveals that the diagram, which is removed from “optical organization,” is used by the artist to suggest to him how he should create his work (Deleuze 1). Therefore, it can be argued that although both readings focus on the importance of organization both authors have different approaches in dealing with ...

The group and individual energy of an academic excursion to an art institute has undertones of expectation of the unexpected. Whether art or architecture the anticipation of engaging in the creation of another person and connecting to the artist's intention. The recent fieldwork accompanying the class to both the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton and to Princeton University Art Museum the expectation and the final experience engaging in art and architecture fulfills the anticipation.
Without a question, experiencing as many of the 270 sculptures offered at the Grounds for Sculpture Museum in Trenton explodes with dynamic extremes of ...

The culmination of artistic explorations and developments known as the High Renaissance began with the works of Leonardo in 1480´s and ended in 1527 with the sack of Rome. High Renaissance represents a wide range of outstanding talents who worked in the same area and the same period of time, they did not follow strict rules of antiquity anymore. The main ideals of classical humanism were already successfully put into effect in painting and sculpture, now the artists had the tools, technology, ideas and belief in their own powers and abilities to go their own way. The smaller parts ...

In the world over the years, various ages have come and gone. Some ages don’t go but stay with us for along time. Those that go become history, but the ages that persist form part of our daily life. In the history of our world, various ages have come and others have come and gone. We have read in the history books about the ice age, the Iron Age when mankind used iron in making his tools and so on. Over along time now, we have been characterized by changes in technology and fast movement of information. This ...

Question 1

Paleolithic period refers to the stage of human development characterized by the early life which involved the Stone Age in relation to tools and weapons. This is the earliest stage in the lives of human beings history. The technical human prehistory is well covered in this period or era. The stone tools and weapons as well as stone sculptures were the distinct characteristics of this age. The human activities during this period were hunting and gathering as well as scavenging wild animals. In this period, wood and bones were also used in making of tools and other useful elements ...

Life cycle cost analysis is a method that is used in assessing the total cost of facility ownership. In its assessment, it takes into account all expenditures of purchasing, possessing, planning, design, construction and acquisition, operations, repairs, restoration and rehabilitation, devaluation and the cost of finance and replacement or disposing of a building or building system. It is an important economic tool of analysis in selection of alternatives that impact current and future costs.it compares the initial cost and the least alternative in a twenty year duration.it is also referred to as “cradle to grave” or “womb to tomb” cost and it ...

Discuss the difference between business requirements and design requirements in network upgrading. Please give four examples of each.
Business requirements relate to particular needs that must be addressed to achieve business objectives, vision, and goals for the organization (Parker, 2012). In network upgrading, business requirements describe

Cost efficiency – this entails the reduction in costs of maintaining multiple voice and data networks.

Expansion – business expansion using the network to provide support for rollout strategies of new remote sites in new markets.
Productivity –improved worker productivity using enhancement and integration of internal communications through mobile devices, PDAs, and other electronics without compromising the organization’s security policy.
Compliance – compliance with some the industry ISO standards and ...

Richard Buchanan - Design Discourse

Design Within Reach is a modernist studio based in Pasadena in a building that is very reminiscent of a Bauhaus styled building. However, the focus of the business is on the replication of Modernist furniture. The work that is being sold here are manufactured replicas of the many designers of the Modernist period. Some of them include Eero Saarinen, Le Corbusier, and a number of other prominent Modernist designers. This allows the designs to be as authentic as possible. In light of this background, it would be interesting to analyze, and critique one of these designs ...

Synopsis

Colomina argues that architecture is not just an envelopment of space; an enclosure of space where people get solace from the elements of nature and other forms of physical threat. Colomina further argues that the impression of the interior of an architectural space is not just what is left by the users of the space; the imprint of their daily activities. Instead, he argues that the interior of an architectural contains hidden mechanisms that may not be overt to the untrained eye.
These hidden mechanisms help describe the construction of the interior space of the building (Colomina 233). Based ...

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It was clear upon walking into the welcome center that they were aiming for modernization. The lighting was relatively dim, with minimal electrical lighting coming from overhead, and most of the light in the entryway itself being provided by large windows. According to, Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment, lighting is a classic technique to modernize any space. The welcome center was able to do this well by providing adequate light, but also less light in order to make the space less abrasive. Not only is the space not lit with natural light, but the building is also more efficient.
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IST 305- Assignment # 5

Enterprise Applications
Enterprise applications include applications for pay role, supply chain, employ/customer records, accounting and customer service. Enterprise applications involve persistent data that needs to be kept for several years. For an organization, to implement an Enterprise application, it must consider various factors before deciding on the enterprise application provider. The enterprise application can be of different kinds and cater to different segments of the business; it could be for a business to customer or a customer to customer model. Before deciding on an enterprise system, the organization must think about the performance (Moser et al.). The other factors ...

The history of theatre can be traced back to the times of antiquity or, more precisely, to the legendary times of the Homeric Greece. In that times, the ritualistic games in honor of Dionysus appeared the predecessors of the initial forms of theatre. Some tome later, in the 5th century B.C., democratic Athens, which was considered as the most progressive state of the slaveholding world of that time, witnessed the bloom of the theatre of Ancient Greece (Csapo, Miller 105-114, 156-157).
The Roman theatre emerged much later, in the 3-2nd centuries B.C. The theatrical art of Ancient Rome quite ...

Linux distributions have for a long time been associated with enhanced computer security; this is related to the nature of the file format that the Linux kernel implements. Currently, however, security has become a major security concern when dealing with different Linux distribution. Security threats range from malware attacks to denial of services attack. Most Linux distribution provides security features that are used to protect the computer from different attacks. The most fundamental are SELinux.

SELinux

SELinus is a Red Hat distribution is package used to enhance security. This application implements mandatory access control architecture that provides access controls for ...

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In reading the excerpt from The Book of Suger, Abbot of Saint-Denis and Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture, one will identify the principles of design, which will ensure that an edifice is well-constructed. These two writings show how important it is to adhere to a particular plan or design to achieve “durability, convenience, and beauty” (Vitruvius Pollio 17). For instance, in Abbot Saint-Denis explains that make the Carolingian pilgrimage church by using “geometrical and arithmetical tools” to make the “center of the old church” coincide with the “center of the new construction” (Suger 23). ...

Marketing Products and Services

Theory of Branding Imagery and Attributes
Marketing Products and Services
Theory of Branding Imagery and Attributes

Introduction

Literature provides the dimensions of the impact of the theory of branding imagery and its attributes in marketing products and services as applied to this process in the Nokia and Microsoft agreement. Aligned to this is how textual stimuli combined with the influence pictorial marketing practices using product brand engages the consumer in spending decision-making behavior. Purposeful evaluation of the theory of branding reveals quality consumption as well as sophisticated visionary reactions to advertising producing emotional reaction and responses to the ...

Question one

In regards to the design for way finding, the Facebook developer by has state of the art navigation option which allows and direct the users what they want. Facebook enables the user to navigate to different places with many simplicities. In addition, it also displays related pages, for instance, suggesting s group of people that that facebook account holder may know.
Critical analysis of the how facebook was design shows that the developer considered three things. These were attracting massive traffic, ensure high levels of user satisfaction and loyalty, and securing a substantial budget justifying the proposal in commercial ...

The United States Courts- Chapter 5

Caylee Anthony’s murder takes place in Orange County, Florida in this case; courts in Orange County heard the case. In the case of appeals due to the charge of murder, Judges in the Appellate courts in Florida will listen to the case. If the Jury finds the defendant guilty and imposes the death penalty, the defendant has the opportunity of challenging the sentence in the federal courts. The issue describes the complexity of the court system in America. United States has close to 17,000 courthouses with elaborate architecture. The modern courthouses don a faceless structure due to lack ...

Question one

The theory of checks and balances is a theory seeking to limit the power of the branches of government by way of accountability as against each other. This theory is premised on the footing that if power vested in an individual or a branch of government is left unchecked, it is bound to be abused. Checks and balances are described as the sharing of power. In essence, it is not entirely true. Rather, checks and balances refers to a system of accountability whereby each arm of government that is the executive, the judiciary, and the Legislature serve as watchmen or better still, ...

The growth of the American urban centers dates back to the colonial period. Urban cultures have emerged since the early nineteenth Century to the modern cities. Boston was among the first cities to develop, from its trading advantage over other cities such as New York and Philadelphia. The three distinct periods in the history of the development of American cities are the provincial, commercial, and industrial periods. ‘The first was a provincial period, which lasted from the foundation of Manhattan down to the opening up of ocean commerce after the War of 1812, This was followed by a commercial period, which ...

Describe the hardware, software and network architectural design of the infrastructure used to build cloud computing infrastructures.

Cloud computing is a computing model that depends on sharing computing resources as opposed to having local servers handling applications. Cloud computing involves delivering services that have been hosted over the internet. Such services can be classified into three main categories:
- Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
The following is the architectural design of a cloud computing infrastructure. It involves software and hardware designed by a particular cloud architect. Cloud computing involves a large number of cloud components communicating with each other over various application programming interfaces (APIs), usually as web services. The cloud computing architectural ...

Constructivism

The term constructivism refers to an architectural and artistic philosophy believed to have been originated in Russia in the tear 1919. It was started as a movement by Kazimir Malevich as a rejection of the inefficiencies of autonomous art. As a philosophy, it favored the idea of art as a social tool. The rise of constructivism greatly influenced dance, film, music, fashion, design, theatre, graphic, architecture and industrial design.
Some of the major contributions of this ideology include the street designs for the Bolshevik government revolution at Vitebsk; public festivals and OBMOKhU exhibitions, just to mention but a few. Later, after the Russian ...

Importance of Semiotics

People often communicate using a lot of ways. Men communicate using verbal and non-verbal forms of communication. Well, there is actually another form of communication that is usually not recognized: communication through pictures, signs and symbols. A single picture can indeed say a thousand words. An image portraying something can also be interpreted by people in a lot of varying ways, depending on how one links something to another thing or even on his perceptions. People can always benefit from good and clear communication and there is no doubt that the deconstruction of signs and symbols have played a big role in ancient ( ...