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English architects. Soane’s personal style is superficially Neo-Classical, but with his interest in death and ruins Soane was also very much at the forefront of the picturesque design. Whilst Gottfried Semper (1803 -79), a German architect, took up Neo-Renaissance design as well as a belief that in the expression of the function of a building in its exterior, including any decorative. This paper will concentrate upon examine the difference and similarities of those two prominent architects in the

Kunio Maekawa is an architect who designed and built his own house, The Maekawa House, in 1941(Reynolds, 2001). Since the war was going on, he was only able to construct his home with limited materials (Reynolds, 2001). Nevertheless, he was still able to incorporate the traditional Japanese architecture with influences of the western style. The Maekawa House is considered to be modern because of the introduction it had of a different type of design in Japan (Reynolds, 2001). Maekawa obtained the

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to give insight into what the role of an enterprise architect is, focusing on the job prospects, the position they hold in organisations and the state of enterprise architecture in South Africa. The most important aspects of this paper is based on one having an understanding of what enterprise architecture is before we can even start thinking about the role of an architect. Enterprise architecture refers to how the organisation plans to use its information systems

The very first architect can be traced all the way back to the 27th century BC in ancient Egypt. His name was Imhotep, who designed and planned the Pyramid of Djoser and is said to be responsible for being the first to use columns in architecture (McRae). An architect can be described as some who designs, plans, and perhaps even constructs buildings. Within the broad definition, the job of an architect 's spreads throughout the spectrum. Architects do much more than simply design a structure and

Technology and Modern Architecture How has it changed the Architects’ way of thinking? Ali Alzahrani Arizona State University Imagine that everything in the life is operated by computers including people basics duties such as cooking, washing, working, or even thinking instead of the person. It could be something magnificent for some people, but others would think that technology would worsen people’s lives. Lawler (2005) writes “Technology

What is an architect? Throughout the years, the architecture profession has been seen to be questioned. Many theorists have debated the functionality and point of views of different forms in regards to this question. These perceptions of the architect are still being written at the present moment. These statements refer to a meaning that is perceived and read on a global scale. It is still unclear who has the correct solution or whether it might appear. This paper will look into two contemporary

Architects and customers can communicate over the internet too. Just 15 years ago, to look at design changes, the customer and architect would have to meet face to face. This alone can set the project behind because often the customers do not have time to fit in a meeting in the same day. Today, when there is a design change, architects can email pictures within seconds. Not only can they share images, but they can communicate without being in the same place. This benefits architecture in many ways

manner whereby each party benefits. For example the architect is able to gain revenues as a result of his architectural designs while the clients achieve a project outcome that meets their desired requirements, (Energy Star 2014). An example of a design project that involved mutualistic relationship is the construction of the Swiss Re Tower in London. The modern world is embracing the construction of buildings that are eco-efficient. Architects whose designs fail to meet

driving seat rather than the architects who simply provide the design (Jamieson.C, 2010and that larger multidisciplinary practices containing architects, surveyors and contractors would be even more prevalent in fifteen years time because they are able to carry the risk on behalf of the client (Jamieson.C, 2010). So surely if architects are no longer trusted or believe in themselves there is no longer a need for them to carry out certain duties or training? If an architect no longer carried the same

ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE 1. About the International Union of Architects (UIA) The International Union of Architects (Union Internationale des Architectes or UIA) was founded in 1948 to unite the architects of all countries in a federation of their national organizations. The UIA now represents some 1,300,000 architects in more than 100 countries. The mission of UIA is to represent all architectural organizations and individual architects of different countries, with parallel non-government organizations