Eero Saarinen

Hybrid architecture is developed out of a complex social, cultural and political interaction, which is often far from simple or clear. This essay discusses the Chinese influence of Buddhism in Japan to bring us the Japanese Tea House, and further more the philosophies of the Tea House architecture and its influence on the western world; in particular, the Farnsworth House in Illinois by Mies Van der Rohe. Vernacular styles of every country change over time. International influence is inevitable

1837 John Deere fashions a polished-steel plow in his Grand Detour, Illinois, blacksmith shop that lets pioneer farmers cut clean furrows through sticky Midwest prairie soil. 1838 John Deere, blacksmith, evolves into John Deere, manufacturer. Later he remembers building 10 plows in 1839, 75 in 1841, and 100 in 1842. 1842 John Deere adds retailing to his business, filling orders for the Patent Cary Plow. 1843 Deere and Leonard Andrus become "co-partners in the art and trade of blacksmithing, plow-making

RMIT UNIVERSITY HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY WESTERN ARCHITECTURE CRITICAL ESSAY : QUESTION 1 Name : Valerie Joe C Arnesto Student ID : S3427083 Tutorial Day & Time : Monday 12.30pm Tutor : Christine Phillips 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

Periods and their Artists * Chapter 3 Egypt * Old Kingdom (2700-2190 BCE) * Imhotep – Stepped Pyramid of Djoser * Chapter 5 Ancient Greece * Archaic (600-480 BCE) * Andokides Painter –Achilles and Ajax * Ergotimos –[and Kleitius] Fracois Vase * Euphronios –Death of Sarpedon * Exekias –Achilles and Ajax; Suicide of Ajax; Dionysis in a Boat * Polykleitos –Doryphoros * Classical (480-320 BCE) * Kalikrates