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    Victorian architectural styles are used in modern residential construction of today. The alluring attraction of the Victorian house has made the Victorian era a traditional symbol of elegance and class. Architects like Philip Webb embraced the essence of the Victorian architectural style. Known as the father of the Arts & Crafts Movement, along with his friend and designer William Morris. Philip Webb is most famous for his comfortable, unpretentious country homes, and urban terraced houses. Philip

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    alongside with the Baroque Period. The architecture is generally evident in England, where there are buildings like the St Paul’s Cathedral, The Royal Observatory, and The Royal Chelsea Hospital. Large-scale structures, Ionic pillars, and huge Renaissance-style noodles represent the Neoclassical architecture. Many took inspirations from simple shapes like spheres, cubes, and cylinders so they could provide a more abstract classicism. Two well-known architects of the neoclassical period were the British architect

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    the Exam Hall displays classical semblances of the Roman Corinthian Order while the interior is decorated using a classical color pallet and style. This paper will

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    The abbey church of St Michael is an early Romanesque style building and is located in Hildensheim, Germany. The church was constructed between 1001 and 1031 during the Ottoman period in the early middle ages. St. Michaels was commissioned by and built under the direction of Bishop Bernward. La Sainte-Chapelle is located in Paris, France and was founded by King Louis IX. The construction began in 1246 and was finished in 1248. This Gothis style cathedral was designed by Thomas De Cormont, an architect

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    my presentations, you’ll know it’ll be hilarious. This, my friends, will (probably) be fun. Body: For the sake of simplicity, I’ll only be talking about the most recent trends in architecture at their respective cultures. Going into general architectural styles in the two nations would be impossible for many reasons. Architecture is prominent in every civilization, as it is useful for

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    Field Trip Directions (Mt Victoria) Begin - National War Memorial (Buckle St) Starting on Buckle St in the South-east Direction, walk into the intersection between Buckle St and Taranaki St. We could see there is a red brick cladding building with images of old time soldiers. Continue on Buckle St, we arrived at the Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Inside the Park there is the towering standing National War Memorial and the Hall of Memories. Walked past the intersection of Tasman St and Tory

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    Comparing Cathedrals

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    name including Basilica of Saint Denis and Basilique Saint Denis. Both of these cathedrals were built in France. These cathedrals were also used as burial grounds for past rulers. The architectural style of both Notre-Dame d’Amiens and Basilique Saint Denis was gothic. Due to these churches being of gothic style meant they used pointed arches and ribbed vaults

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    tradition as a form of dissent? Essay Plan Introduction – What is dissent? Introduce Pugin Paragraphs 1 & 2 – Pugin’s aims and inspiration Paragraph 3 – Attack on the era of Reformations and Protestantism. Plate 4.7 “decay of taste”. Difference in Church styles. Paragraph 4 – Treatment of the poor. Plate 2.4.11 Paragraph 5 – “Christian” architecture – pointing upwards. Paragraphs 6 & 7 – Emphasis on Britain’s’ greatness – not requiring ideas from other countries. Big Ben Paragraph 8 - Conclusion

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    18th century Irish building which is representative to Neoclassicism. External building analysis of 18th century Irish building which is Dublin City Hall was completed. These identified that Dublin City Hall is neoclassical building in Corinthian style made of Portland stone fabric (Irish tourist, 2014). With the findings from research about building’s interior was found that interior is beautiful massive domed area bathed in natural light with the mosaic floor and mosaic ceiling ornaments- stucco

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    Distinguishable characteristics like the form, method of construction, regional features, and the materials used to make a building or any other construction, which helps in identifying that structure amongst others are what comprise an architectural style. Architectural styles have a vast diversity as they represent changes in beliefs, religion, fashion, and the invention of new technology over a broad time period. Over the ages, different empires would rule over a region with each ruler of those empires

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