Essay On The Castle

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. This is evident in Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, which reiterates the story of Jeannette who is raised within a family that is both deeply dysfunctional and distinctively vibrant. Jeannette is faced with numerous barriers throughout her life. Despite the many obstacles set forth by her parents during her childhood, Jeannette develops into a successful adult later in life. One of these obstacles is the lack of a stable home base moulds her into the woman she grows up to be. Throughout her life, Jeannette must cope with the carelessness of her

Darryl’s life is worth fighting for. “You can’t buy what I’ve got.” ‘The Castle’ directed by Rob Sitch, about one man, his family and neighbours on the verge of being homeless. Darryl Kerrigan, the “backbone of the family” won’t stand for that. Of course no one can buy what he has. He’s spent almost his entire lifetime building what he has, why should he give it up? Darryl’s way of life is simple yet filled with family values. 3 Highview Crescent is the home to Darryl, his wife Sal and their 3 children: Wayne, Steve, Tracy and Dale. (Wayne currently being in jail.) The house is made up of love, and simple family values. Darryl’s also added bits and pieces to it. He’s added on so much to the house, his own personal touch. His neighbours,

The inside is entirely covered in gold leaf, celebrating the Moorish style of forgoing human forms for geographic symmetry. Built by the Spanish shortly after they took power, the walls also have indigenous symbols, used to attract locals to come to church.

At the entrance, we can see there are a staircase that connect the lower and upper level of the restaurant and wood walls around the tiny eating space in lower level and the stairs. The wood gives the feeling of nature and also talks me that there are more seats available in upper level. The color of stair railing is brighter and more obvious than the wood wall color. The function is to remind customers holding the handrail and watching the steps. I

This handcrafted marble medieval-gothic hybrid style castle, which has three floors contain in the 4 walls structure. Once people enter the wooden arch door, they will be introduced to the two parallel brick walls that each consist of two pointed arches that leads you to the courtyards. The courtyards will be an area where the kids from the neighboring towns can play and people can relax while enjoying the sun coming from above. Above the main entrance, there will be a huge mural of the King and his family. The floors and stairwells will be made out of marble, and the walls will also have paintings all around. The first flight of stairs will be in the middle of the first floor. If we go beyond and behind the staircase towards this huge wall,

There are many different types of castles with their own different materials in Medieval times. Different places

The interiors were elaborately decorated, with specially designed furniture and fittings; the designs include extensive use of symbolism drawing on classical and legendary themes. Joseph Mordaunt Crook wrote that the castle represented "the learned dream world of a great patron and his favourite architect, recreating from a heap of rubble a fairy-tale castle which seems almost to have materialised from the margins of a medieval

Upon entering everywhere you look there are decorations, flowers, fountains, and furnishings of high quality. The reception area has Italian marble flooring checkered with a botanical mosaic border. Behind reception is an alcove decorated in seasonal themes throughout

The exterior of the house is fairly plain. The main entrance (pictured top right) opens off the west side of the Vico Dei Vettii just north of its junction with the Vicolo di Mercurio. Save for this entrance and a side door near the south east corner the exterior walls were unbroken except for small, square windows some of which were in low second storey rooms (an artist's reconstruction of what the house may have looked like is pictured right).

Its characteristics include “its grand scale, dramatic use of columns, and its simplicity of geometric scale.” Its façade is the most well-known part of the building. The two-story portico on the church’s front façade was constructed in the 1700’s. On the very top lies statues of of Jesus, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist, and other Doctors of Greek and Latin churches, made by sculptors of the late baroque era. The central doors are composed of bronze and were previously used at the Roman Senate House within the Roman Forum.

Hotel d’Angelterre is a grand palais building with a baroque and neoclassical design, white in color with ornate detail in the façade. The hotel’s nattily dressed doorman, in top hat and tails, greets guests

The interior of the bank is far more ornate than the exterior. One of the features of the banking chamber is the appealing cast iron columns and decorated trusses. The cast iron columns and scallop brackets are locally made in a Carlton foundry. Each column capitals was designed differently with wrought copper flowers, foliage or vegetatbles. The cast iron metal trusses were painted and decorated to relate harmoniously to the colomns’ colouring. The practice of combining structural elements and decorations were accomplished in the Gothic idiom.

A medieval castle usually had five main buildings: The hall, the kitchen, barracks/living quarters/supply buildings, water rooms, and a chapel. The chapel was the most influential and sacred place of the entire castle. Usually the chapel would be two stories tall to separate the royal family from servants. The royal family would be on the second floor while the servants would be on the ground floor.

The Crystal Palace, located in London, England, was constructed in 1851 by Joseph Paxton. Having been the world’s first structure to be built entirely out of glass, it has inspired and influenced many glass frame construction throughout the years. It held many exhibitions during its lifetime and hosted thousands of people from around the world. Unfortunately, the great Crystal Palace had a major design flaw that inevitable caused its great destruction: flammable wood flooring and glass frame work. The Palace caught fire and a sunny day in November 1936 and was never rebuilt. One of the many buildings that were influenced by the Crystal Palace was the Masison de Verre in Paris, France. The Maison de Verre was building in 1932 for a rich doctor who used the home as both a living space and his office. The designer had to design the space in such a way that accommodated the doctor’s needs. For the purpose of this paper, I will be comparing the structure of both the Crystal Palace and the Maison de Verre.

The library was nearly eight hundred millimeters higher than the surrounding grassland and the building also had a nearly one hundred and fifty millimeters higher step on all four sides. The whole building seemed quiet and introverted, however, the windows at the four corners and the four-side arcade attracted me to walk close. Due to budget restrictions, the entrance was designed in the arcade, facing north to the academy and main street, however, the continuous arcade faced to all sides which provided convenience for people no matter which direction they came from. Passing from exterior to interior, two grand semi-circular stairs stood in front of me. Following the stairs, I finally entered the famous central hall, which was surrounded by four large circular openings and a huge cross beam above. Through the openings, the arranged book stacks seemed inviting me to read books. Seduced by the books, I went upstairs and found that I could still