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    Architects and Engineers "The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines (Frank Lloyd Wright, Biography)." This quote, said by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, suggests that out of all the careers in this world to choose from, being an engineer or an architect requires the most skill and precision. Two of the most influential people in this career are Frank Lloyd Wright, who was mostly known for his contributions to architecture, and Nikola Tesla,

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    wheels, but an architect can’t” – Louis Kahn, American Architect. An architectural drawing is a technical drawing of a structure or building. These are used by architects to develop a design, to communicate their ideas and concepts, to convince clients, to enable a building contractor to construct it, and to make a record of a building that already exists. Drawing, sketches and animations are just some of non-verbal languages used by architects to show their works. Truly, architects communicate through

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    all the stakeholders updating everyone the progress of their work, discuss any issues faced and resolving those issues. Additionally, the plan of action for the next week is discussed. These meetings also include finalizing of designs with the Architects of finalizing the method of construction with the GC and the concerned Subcontractor. The company also maintains a separate schedule and budget for the project which not only involves the construction phase of the project, but also the developmental

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    Architektur”, has been presented during a recitation in the Abbey of Seckau, in Austria, on the 4th of July 1958, by his author Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Hundertwasser (Friedrich Stowasser; born 15 December 1928 in Vienna) was an Austrian visionary architect, artist and spiritual ecologist, founder of the “Transautomatism” theory and style. He believed that he was at the vanguard of the Avant-guard, transcending the automatism of the Tachism and the Informalism, reaching this way an ultimate unsurpassable

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    Structured Literature Review of “Bridging” with design-build and traditional design-bid-build for effective decision-making. Professionals in the 21st century construction industry believe that for effective completion of a construction project, selection of a suitable project delivery system is essential. Design-bid-build (DBB) is one of the conventional project delivery methods extensively used in construction for defining contractual responsibilities to various parties involved in a construction

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    and dropping of entropy in the live generating and live continuing sequences. As an architect, it is important to be mindful of all the possible issue of energy in the design process, and try to integrate the energy concerns in the all the aspect of design, construction, maintaining and evolving. The topic of the emergence of architecture could be the first concern of energy in the design process of an architect. In a small scale and narrow definition of energy, when designing one building at one

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    In this method, the design and the construction roles are combined into a single responsibility and the team is referred to as the Design Build Contractor. The architect is under contract to the contractor and not the owner. The advantages of this method are that the owner is dealing with one contract for the design and construction and does not get involved in the details of the design and construction. The design

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    graduate high school and receive a diploma. To be an architect there is more you have to do than just receive a diploma unless it is for small sheds or barns. For houses usually require two years of college. The longer time you spend in collage the better job you will find. With that you will be making quite a bit more money. An average carpenter makes $40,500 per year (Carpenter Course and Educationand Training Requierments, n.d.). An architect makes a lot more than that. They make on average $73

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    Project Introduction Project Details 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Figure. 1 Sanbano project image1 Sanbano Coolangatta located at 60 Marine Parade Coolangatta is residence. This project covers an area of 1006 square meters at the zone of Coolangatta LAP – Centre Core which height is 25 storeys. The density is RD8, as 13 square meters per bedroom. The site covers 40% equals 402 square meters. It consists 7 types of unit (A, A1, B, B1, C, D, E). The project has two level car park underground

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    originator—the world itself has been “Fram’d by that mighty Artchitect” (Upon the Burning of our House line 44). The ‘Mighty Architect’ aforementioned, in its metaphorical nature, links and compares God to an ordinary Architect. However, the word architect holds a very strong connotation because an architect is a creator who dictates plans from afar and intervenes when necessary. A good architect subsists as a skilled, and disciplined worker that most people respect and in turn, is usually a trailblazer,

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