Post Office Building In Texas

The Dome of the Rock is constructed with a wood structure encased with marble and stone mosaics. The octagonal plan has a large central space which is separated with two surrounding ambulatories. Supporting the tall cylindrical dome is four masonry piers and twelve Corinthian columns. With tie beams separating columns from their capitals, is twenty-four Corinthian columns and piers in an alternating pattern mimicking the central circle support. The interior of this space is embellished lavishly with veined marble, gilded glass, and coloured stone. On lower half of the arcades are fitted marble with intricate patterns as above is decorative with mosaics of trees, plants, fruits, jewels (such as breast plates and necklaces), chalices and crowns. The gold gilded wood dome is decorated with red and gold floral

Another building that was constructed for the fair was the Agricultural Building. “In keeping with the custom of its famous designers, the building was in classical style with the noteworthy feature of a sixty-four foot wide entrance flanked by mammoth Corinthian columns fifty feet high and five in diameter.” (Burg 128) In the middle of the building there was a large dome; the Romans were the first to create and use domes. Both Greek and Roman ideas were incorporated into this building.

These impossible lengths of the building gives the reader insight on how powerful Burnham is with architecture. Burnham’s mind “pioneered the erection of tall structures” (13). that gives the visual image that Burnham made the first tall buildings of his generation, a huge accomplishment for an architect. Larson uses Burnham as the “leading architect”

Andres Construction Services is a family-owned construction company which employs about one hundred employees. The company focuses on negotiated work on multi-family apartments, retirement communities, adaptive re-use complexes, private schools and universities, office buildings, and churches. During Mr. Whittle’s lecture, he focused on a handful of projects Andres Construction has worked on in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. These buildings include the SO.7 Shops and Lofts, The

The northern and southern site would be given to either company and decided by a coin toss. In the end, Armour won the coin toss and chose the northern site; construction began in 1902. As for the Swift & Co. the southern site had a large gravel pit that was very useful for the construction of their plant. They had such an abundance of gravel they even sold some of the gravel Armour at the northern site. In that same year, construction on the pens, barns, and also the new Livestock Exchange Building. The Livestock Exchange Building was home to many livestock companies, telegraph and railroad offices, and many support businesses. With Ft. Worth booming for all its latest success it was known as “The Wall Street of the West.” With a little background information on the Stockyards, we can see the evolution of the city of Fort Worth from where it was back in the 1860’s to now in 2017. The Stockyards were a valuable asset to the historical rise of Fort Worth and growing attention it has and still receives. Today, without destroying the architectural integrity of the original structure, The Fort Worth Stockyards offer visitors an exciting opportunity to experience the Old West in an authentic but modern setting. Thousands of people flood the streets to relive the real-life cowboy days and take pride into keeping the Stockyards history rich and

Geoffrey Wright, an El Paso architect, describes Henry Trost’s grand design of El Paso High School incorrectly as a “renaissance revival” in a 1991 article in the Austin American-Statesman. Although he was mistaken in this observation, he made another observation that was correct, which is that the eastern façade of El Paso High School’s six humongous columns, on top of it’s bases and adorned with acanthus leaves, is most definitely a design of the Classical Revival style. He also went on to state, “[T]he style adopted the best parts of Greek and Italian architecture centuries later.”

The building is four stories high made of brick, tile, and concrete. The east façade also has Classical features such as a frieze, dentils, cornice, raking cornice, entablature and an architrave. The front of the façade was adorned with floral coffers, corbels, as well as post and lintels (Photo 2).

In the capital of financial services, two insurance buildings dominate Boston’s skyline. The Hancock Tower and the Prudential Center are structures that display the uneven change and the urban development that has occurred in this city over the course 19th century. Located in back bay these edifices work with the directionalities of their adjacent streets and the cultural history of the structures that surround them. Boston’s foundation was composed in a manner that designated and organized space. This creates the tension and contrast present in that between the two structures. The iconography that these structures have over the city is important. It represents a sense of the past as well as the purpose that the built environment has

Influenced by his readings of ancient and modern architectural writings, Jefferson gleaned the best from both his readings and from his observations in Europe, creating his own personal style of architecture, a mix of Neoclassicism’s Roman temples, and Palladian villa. Partly, because of Jefferson’s influence, our federal buildings set an American precedent for the neoclassical style. Jefferson’s admiration for neoclassical style went so far as to design

Since its construction in 1799, Ash-Lawn Highland underwent constant structural additions, renovations, and modifications for nearly 131 years. It is the scope of my research assignment to identify the various architectural styles and historical changes in the structure from 1799 to 1930.

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.

Fort Worth has a long, colorful history, complete with with cowboys and outlaws, but has since become a modern city that has never forgotten its roots. Established in 1849, Fort Worth was originally a military outpost. Also called cowtown, the city flourished during the cattle drives, with cattle still being an important industry. Today, Fort Worth is a growing city, full of culture and home to many new exciting business and activities. With varied geography, a cowboy culture, and a strong influence from the past Fort Worth is an important part of Texas history.

Louis was one of the most worldwide-circulated examples of concentrated poverty and public housing failure. When Charles Jencks announced “Modern architecture died in St Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1972, at 3:32pm”, he was referring to the demolition of Pruitt-Igoe housing development, a 57 acre array of 11-stories public housing blocks, representing the death of modern architecture and its iconic failure in American public housing

elegance, and color. The structure is an octagonal exterior wall placed under a golden dome. The

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