Historical And Religious Depictions Of The Great Hall At Goodenough College

With Constructing the Good Life, we’ve looked the ways in which architecture and specific places in the environments we inhabit are defined by a sense of cultural and personal connection or significance, beyond the physical conditions or even basic function of the space. This week’s readings, “Subconscious Landscapes of the Heart” by Randy Hester and “Replacement” by W.G. Clark in particular, help to show the ways that meaningful spaces are often designed and constructed by the people who use them, and the deeper connections to the land that may develop.

Our walk continues through the fields to Lartington Hall. Built in 1635 during the reign of Charles I, Lartington Hall was the ancestral home of the Maires family. They were one of the North’s wealthiest Catholic families, whose ancestry has been traced to the twelfth-century Lords of Appleby. The hall served as a Red Cross convalescent home during the war and after extensive restoration it became a hotel. The restored gardens were originally laid out by architect Joseph Hansom, most famous for introducing the Hansom

The dormitories at Manehattan University were nothing spectacular: A single bed, a bathroom with a vanity, a small kitchen, some desk space, and two bookcases. Often times, students and roommates alike would argue about which side of the bed or room was theirs, and what posters would be plastered on the wall, or, hell, even what drapes would cover the windows. Other times, students would quarrel about who gets to use the bathroom first in the morning; but usually it was the first one to get up; even then it spawned a dispute.

At least one person from each table was wearing a shirt or sweatshirt with different Greek letters on it. As the time went on I figured out that it was spring recruitment so all Greek life obtained new members. This floor is a common place for Greek life to go to get their work done. While I was observing I noticed quite a lot of norms. The first one I noticed was headphones. Headphones are helpful in this kind of library because they block out external sound and students are able to focus on their work more. I picked up on that when somebody would have headphones in they would be more determined in their work rather than the students who did not have headphones on. A lot of people tend to leave and bring back food from the Student Union. As expected, many people are drinking a coffee from either Starbucks or Tim Hortons. Students rely on coffee to keep them awake while studying or doing homework. Also, more than half of the students brought their

I woke up with my face pressed against cold glass, neck sore from a long and awkward nap. The view outside the windows of my family van is no different from the suburban landscape I had driven away from six hours ago, comforting in its familiarity. Finding Parrish Hall is easy, the iconic building larger than I expected. As I dutifully follow a tour guide through building after building, I can’t help but picture myself as a student at Swarthmore.

The traditional house of Britain is built upon a strong foundation to stand the test of time, just as the once empires influence is still strong today. The closed floorpan of the house tailors to the importance of privacy and the “famed stoicism” (Gannon, 2016, p.224)

Unnerving, spooky, disturbing, frightful… All common characteristics of a hauntingly terrific tale by the famous Edgar Allan Poe. His story “The Masque of the Red Death” brought a grotesque taste to the horror genre throughout the 19th century with the use of literary devices. To summarize, Poe’s story discussed, in detail, the horrifying inevitability of death, which reveal the value of a device known as symbolism used by Poe in this literary work. As people are familiar with, Poe’s psychological weaknesses spurred his creativity to which he poured his problems into Gothic Literature, and he produced these unforeseen symbols as pawns of his life. In this popular short story, subtle objects are manipulated to reflect Edgar Allan Poe’s misfortunes.

The course looks intently into the beliefs and practices of a range of communities in the city, (Liverpool). Liverpool has seen the growth of a variety of religious and ethnic communities since the latter half of the 19th century. Being a seaport, Liverpool has attracted ex-seamen from Africa, the Arab Gulf and parts of Asia, who have chosen to settle in the city and as a result bringing with them, various traditions and religious beliefs. This therefore makes a range of ethnic and religious communities play an important part in the life of the city today.

Staircases are transitionary components of architecture; the joint that connects two individual floors of a building. They are an integral division of steps that guide from one story of a building to the next. Staircases occupy multiple spaces at once, while maintaing an individual style segue connecting the floors in a unified manner. A staircase provides the unique opportunity of existing as an interim space, one with a distinct style that gives cues to the following space. The contrast between Thomas Hall’s main staircase and the staircase separating the first and second floors in the Campus Center exhibit just this, two separate transitionary segments, one which exhibits the formality of the space, and the other illustrating the versatile

Gehry's house is not only an object but a space for inhabitation, and the way in which it is experienced from the point of view of someone who lives in it is rarely mentioned. Lastly, the house, when it is considered first as a dwelling, clears the way for a discussion of issues which are inspired by but not limited to it. The relationship of Gehry's house to the realm of the domestic invokes questions about the meaning, responsibility and role of any house, anywhere. Gehry's house offers a segue for understanding a house primarily as a house, doing what houses

Of the eighteen freshman dorms I have chosen Canaday as my primary place of study. Canaday is centrally located in Harvard`s Oak Yard in which it shares with Thayer. It is the newest dorm built by Harvard and its students enjoy its central location next to Annenberg and the Science Center. Canaday is divided into seven vertical entryways which have a variety of different suites available. Canaday is actually three separate buildings which create a courtyard in the center. My particular room of study was located on the fourth floor of C hall. The room dimension is eight feet by ten feet. The reason for excavating this dorm room was to find out more about the life of a college student at Harvard by non-intrusively excavating

Architecture has been around since the earliest of times, although it wasn 't until the time of the Roman Empire when architecture was truly evolved. Since then architecture had then been remarkably evolved worldwide as each different countries’ architecture acts like a mirror for a perception of the way of they 're living and also the developments of the place that have led to the creation of the country as it looks in modern day. For this essay I will be analysing two type of houses that is in a two different time period which are a vernacular and a contemporary house and also both is in a different type of geographical region. The first house is the Farnsworth House which was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945 and was constructed in 1951 for Dr Edith Farnsworth, who wanted it to be a weekend retreat where she could engage in her hobbies such as playing the violin and to simply relax and enjoy the nature. It is located in Illinois, USA, facing the Fox River and is set within ten acre of land outside Plano. Farnsworth House is widely recognised as an iconic modern masterpiece of International style of architecture in its time, regardless with its complication between Dr Edith Farnsworth and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe relationship. For the second house, I have chosen a vernacular architecture which is called Toraja Tongkonan, located in the northern part of the South Sulawesi Province, in one of the island of Indonesia. This megalithic Tongkonan architecture is the

The hall was alive with an excitement that was practically euphoric, but very few could say as to why. Those chosen few who knew the reason, were the fathers of some of the fortunate girls who had gained the attention of one very special young lady. And, those particular fathers’ wasn’t excited for the same reason as the young boys and those young men who were unassociated within the room. Someone had let it slip that the reason why there were no young ladies within the reception hall when they had arrived was so they could make a grand entrance that would be epic. By how the elongated high ceiling room was decorated, epic was only half of the story.

The private accommodation is one of the biggest housing types in Glasgow. It was designed up to the environmental standards for the time being, giving the homeowners comfort. The architectural heritage and the quiet, wide, tree line Street of this unique garden suburb, combined with the added bonus of the proximity to all amenities: City Centre, motorways and airport, made it an ideal choice for the clients busy lifestyle, business needs, extended families and sense of urban architectural taste. The house itself is inspired by the clients love of classical modern architecture combined with the love of Spanish lifestyle: family oriented space, daily swimming and the pleasure of entertaining. The inspiration came from a timeless house

The purpose of the assignment is to choose one 18th century Irish building, representative to neoclassical style, and to describe the external features and discuss two of the interior rooms which are Rotunda and Vaults of Dublin’s City Hall, paying particular attention to decoration and furnishings.