No More Weird Architecture And Its Effect On The Construction Industry

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Architecture should not be separated from the political and social life of human-beings. On the contrary, “throughout the history, architects have always been involved to some extent in politics, and have a nearly always sought positions of power and influence’’. Communist ideology in the Soviet Union had a huge impact on the architectural development of many modern nations: Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Azerbaijan. The amount of affected countries makes the topic of my analysis relevant and worth-discussing. My essay will be structured in a following way. I argue that communist ideology had an

Question 1. Choose an architect or practice whose work is covered by or relevant to this course and discuss critically one or more of their design projects or drawings or urban proposals as precedent case-studies. Selectively situate this work in relation to their body of work, and against the practices and concerns of the period. Focus on the architectural qualities of a specific key aspect of the design of the projects. Selectively consider how they might relate to the historical situation, cultural values, theoretical concerns and design practices of the time. This may involve a selective analysis of compositional design practices, material fabrication production and the experiential reception of built outcomes of the projects.

Ching, Francis D., Jarzombek, Mark M., and Prakash, Vikramaditya. Global History of Architecture (2nd Edition). Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 21 October 2015.

“The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built” (Frank Lloyd Wright). Throughout the centuries, architecture has fascinated everyone. History is inscribed in buildings and they can express the political and economic power of a nation. Although time has gone by, buildings have not. You can still idolize ancient Egyptian and Greek architecture and see how the events that occurred at that time influenced them.

This book is a harsh criticism China's housing reform system for destroying its own people, written by the author who observes China from liberal's point of view. The author, Qin Shao wrote for those people who want to learn about the large-scale housing revolution in China throughout crucial experiences that citizens have gone through. It criticize the demolition and relocation system, questioning the level of morals. In introduction, he gives concretely negative words of China's abusing housing system and as he explains the historical process in order. For instance, Shao describes the government's policies and its corruption as “crucial,” “distrustful,” and he even calls them as “ugly twins.” There

Sze states, “Under changing political contexts that reshaped the literal spatial development in Shanghai, its residents faced immense changes in the physical and ideological landscapes of the city.”(p. 111) She then goes on to say that even though the city was supposed to be a landmark in cultural renovation and cutting edge Chinese architecture, that it looked similar to the western building. Skyscrapers like the ones in Shanghai, “But the Shanghai Tower and Dongtan are not as different as their architectural rendering would imply.” (p. 91) Sze’s view of Dongtan was similar to that of a Californian city in the United States. The fact that the same American developers that made many cities in the U.S. also built these buildings leaves no doubt that the building are similar intentionally. The feelings that Sze has on this seems a bit misplaced seeing how she is an American with dethatched Chinese ancestry. She makes the inferences that it makes her mad and upset that her home island was made to be an alternate American city. One with whites models all over the street signs and American companies. To me this seems like a cultural push, whether it was intentional by the Chinese government or not, to force our culture upon the Chinese. An article by Gizmodo state, “When we talk about China, we're usually talking about megacities like Beijing and Shanghai. But China has

Traditional Chinese architectural techniques have significantly decreased the impacts of natural hazards on the Chinese buildings. An example where Chinese architectural innovations mitigate the impacts of natural hazards is the building structure of the Forbidden City. Earthquakes have struck The Forbidden City at least 200 times within 600 years until now. The Forbidden City, also known as the Earthquake proof palace, has survived this long and this much earthquakes only because of the technical innovation behind the architectural design. To the Chinese, The Forbidden City is a very memorable monument. An earthquake is formed because of earth’s constant movements. The crust is broken up into tectonic plates that move in different directions and different speeds. The technology used to mitigate the impacts of the earthquake, is the structural building itself. The traditional Chinese buildings are built from a lot of materials. Because of the materials used to build these, it makes them vulnerable to some natural hazards but almost indestructible to some. Its vulnerability is fire. Those are the only natural hazards that completely destroyed the Forbidden City. It’s been rebuilt a lot of times after that. The “Earthquake Proof Palace” is made up with mostly timberworks and other famous wood. The roof is a very

Since the 1970s, the architectural industry in Hong Kong enjoyed a brilliant growth as a result of real estate and stock market speculation. In 1996, the industry was very profit-oriented and time conscious, and heavy bureaucracy was one of the main characteristics of the market. The role of the government and others institutions such as the HKIA (Hong Kong Institute of Architects) are essential in the Hong Kong architectural industry.

Tourists often have what they believe to where they will visit, such as Western tourists often think Beijing as an old-fashioned teahouse, old Beijing recipes, old customs, or the real Beijing can be found only in the hutongs. They are confused between popular, tradition and authentic Beijing. Therefore, whenever tourists went to Beijing, the reality had bitten them by a real Beijing: cars, bus, trucks, etc. which they didn't want to see or weren't looking for. However, it is a widely-held myth and in seeing the many versions of the authentic that power of this myth becomes even more apparent as of great civilizations past. Authenticity is hard to find and harder to pin down. The city is merely an anthology of descriptions whose truthfulness gets lost every time one travels to seek the truth from the

Before the end of my second year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture, I began to ponder on the possibility of quitting architecture. It was a convoluted time of uncertainty; I wasn’t sure whether I was prepared to become an architect and take on the responsibility and commitment to better the built environment. Nevertheless, I decided to give myself one last shot at architecture before giving up – I accepted the internship offer from MAD Architects in Beijing, China. There, I got to meet many young architects

Today technology allows us to construct structures that we would never have been able to make in the past. Some of the creations are impressive based on what they accomplish but others are masterpieces in themselves. Man’s capability to build such tall buildings, as the skyscrapers we are familiar with covering our cities today, is a major expression of the advancements we have made as a culture. The power necessary to build such tall structures inspired competition between architects to see who could build the tallest one. One skyscraper that has inspired many and served as a model, for high rise buildings that were created after, is the Chrysler Building. The Chrysler Building serves as an identifying mark to anyone that

Since the past two decades, China had experienced continuous growth of economy and captured attention yet announced slowing down by the public media in recent years, the attention from the west Architectural professional practice is a relatively regional field in which architects conduct their comprehensive manner in a specific localized territory.

It is all known that architectural culture play an important role in any nation culture and history. It reveals the achievements of the nation in various aspects such as artistic realizations, the development level of the nation and at the same time the civilization degree of the nation.This paper will discuss and compare the different culture between Chinese traditional architecture and Western architecture.

After 16th century, the traditional European architects began professionalized work dividing with the raising of requirement of civil engineering technology. It divided into design and construction and a part of the architect into teaching skill servicing for society and providing technical advice for the owners to solve problems, moreover, they are hired to supervise and manage of construction so that construction supervision