tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:53:06 +0000http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ronald)Blogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-1802728677977608512Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:45:00 +00002008-06-02T03:53:40.282+08:00The Fairbanks house in Dedham, Massachusetts, built about 1636, is a typical example of the colonial architecture in that part of the United States. The high, pitched roof and overlapping weatherboards were functional, making use of the materials at hand. The well in front is made of river rocks.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2008. © 1993-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2008/06/fairbanks-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-6988670159033427965Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:32:00 +00002008-06-02T03:39:04.440+08:00Polish-born American architect Daniel Libeskind produced this winning design for rebuilding the World Trade Center site in New York City. The twin towers of the trade center collapsed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Libeskind’s design, called Memory Foundations, leaves bare the exposed bedrock at the site while restoring soaring towers to New York City’s skyline.Microsoft ® http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-world-trade-center.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-6654516344199406363Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:24:00 +00002007-03-09T02:31:13.635+08:00(1800-1874), American inventor and architect, best known for popularizing the use of cast iron in building construction. He is also credited with inventing a new engraving process for postage stamps, a dry gas meter, a ring flier used in cotton spinning, and machines used for deep-sea sounding and drilling.Born in Catskill, New York, Bogardus was apprenticed to a watchmaker at the age of 14. He http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2007/03/bogardus-james.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-6198190992578711802Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:16:00 +00002007-03-09T02:20:53.453+08:00(August 18, 1899 - February 14, 1994) , Italian-born American architect, whose innovative work established a northwestern regional style. His planned community (1942) at McLaughlin, Washington, included the first modern shopping center, and his Equitable Savings and Loan Association Building (1948) in Portland, Oreg., was the first postwar curtain-wall skyscraper.was an architect, a leader of thehttp://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2007/03/belluschi-pietro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116791558416455223Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:33:00 +00002007-01-04T21:04:02.353+08:00City Planning, the unified development of cities and their environs. For most of its history, city planning dealt primarily with the regulation of land use and the physical arrangement of city structures, as guided by architectural, engineering, and land-development criteria. In the mid-20th century it broadened to include the comprehensive guidance of the physical, economic, and social http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2007/01/city-planning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116791387395017928Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:30:00 +00002007-01-04T21:05:52.403+08:00Large structure in ancient Roman or early Christian times, usually built on a rectangular, as distinct from a circular or cruciform, plan. Later the term was conferred as an honor on certain churches selected by the popes, such as Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.PAGAN BASILICAS Basilica of Maxentius This Roman basilica was begun by the emperor Maxentius between 307 and 310 and completed by http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2007/01/basilica.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116790516938530583Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:05:00 +00002007-01-04T18:18:53.306+08:00Temple building, usually of large size, dedicated to one or more divinities. The word temple is derived from templum, the Latin word for a sacred, ceremonial space. A temple almost always stands out clearly from its surroundings and has a pronounced architectural character. The type is common to most societies, being thought of as the dwelling place of the divine. The broad concept includes the http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2007/01/temple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116465891089869400Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:13:00 +00002006-11-28T04:21:51.056+08:00Sangallo, Florentine family of 15th- and 16th-century architects, who were also sculptors and military engineers.Renaissance Church by Sangallo Italian architect Giuliano da Sangallo played an important role in spreading early Renaissance architectural principles of harmony, balance, and proportion. The plan of his Church of the Madonna delle Carceri in Prato, Italy (completed 1491), is a highly http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/11/giuliano-da-sangallo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116465791824868889Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:39:00 +00002006-11-28T04:06:57.060+08:00American Architecture, architecture that developed in the European colonies in America and subsequently in the United States. This development covers a period of almost five centuries, beginning with the establishment of Saint Augustine in FloridaIn the 1800s innovations in technology and the spread of railroads made possible the rapid growth of the Midwest and West. Mass-produced building parts,http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/11/american-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116258507986037829Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:08:00 +00002006-11-04T04:18:00.326+08:00Court of the Lions, Alhambra The Court of the Lions is in the center of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The rooms surrounding the court are famous for their intricately detailed stucco reliefs. The Islamic palace fortress was built for the Moorish kings during the 13th and 14th centuries.Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York During Umayyad and early Abbasid times, princes of... the caliphs' http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/11/secular-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116223619210170763Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:22:00 +00002006-10-31T03:23:17.003+08:00Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Designed by American architect Frank Gehry, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened in 1997 in Bilbao, a city in northern Spain. The building’s curvaceous form is made even more unusual by the rippling reflections in its titanium surface.Pablo Sanchez/REUTERSIn spite of threats and a thwarted attack by Basque separatists, the inauguration of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/postmodern-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116223397115432214Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:17:00 +00002006-10-31T02:50:23.626+08:00The ideas of the German Bauhaus school of architecture and applied arts have greatly influenced the development of architecture and design in the 20th century. Founder Walter Gropius designed the unadorned, functional buildings for its quarters in Dessau in 1925.Bauhaus ArchiveThe Bauhaus was a school of design founded in Germany by architect Walter Gropius in 1919. Many outstanding artists and http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/bauhaus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116196841587427475Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:53:00 +00002006-10-28T01:00:16.186+08:00The Grundtvig Church, Copenhagen, was designed by the Danish architect P.V. Jensen-Klint in 1922. The art deco design is based in part on a style of ecclesiastical architecture that used stepped gable ends and was common in Zeeland during the Middle Ages.SEF/Art Resource, NY Such structural engineers as the Swiss Robert Maillart, the French Eugène Freyssinet, and the Italian Pier Luigi Nervi http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/innovative-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116195925495944196Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:23:00 +00002006-10-28T00:48:24.853+08:00State Capitol at Montpelier The State Capitol of Vermont at Montpelier was designed in the Federal style, the American version of neoclassical architecture. Constructed of local granite, the building’s facade features a series of Doric columns with a classical pediment above.Vermont Travel DivisionIn many countries of northern Europe the elegance and dignity attainable through adherence to http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/neoclassical-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116195162038494164Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:13:00 +00002006-10-27T20:20:34.693+08:00In early Renaissance and even Mannerist architecture, elements were combined in rather static compositions; classic design implies a serene balance among the several components, and spaces locked into the geometry of perspective. Unsatisfied with this, the baroque architects of the 17th century deployed classic elements in more complex ways, so that the identity of these elements was masked, and http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/baroque-and-rococo-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116194722707604108Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:06:00 +00002006-10-27T19:07:09.170+08:00The Renaissance, literally meaning “rebirth,” brought into being some of the most significant and admired works ever built. Beginning in Italy about 1400, it spread to the rest of Europe during the next 150 years.Italian Renaissance Architecture Tempietto The Tempietto (1502) was designed by Donato Bramante, one of the greatest architects of the Italian Renaissance. The building, with a domed http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/renaissance-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116130571952747494Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:54:00 +00002006-10-23T21:53:56.453+08:00The oldest architectural remains in India are buildings of burnt brick found at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (now in Pakistan), dating from about 2500-1750 bc. The subsequent Vedic period, which precedes the beginning of historical styles, is represented by burial mounds at Lauriya Nandangarh, in Bihar State, and rock-cut tombs in Malabar, Kerala State.Ellora Cave TemplesThe establishment of http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/indian-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116074016652253449Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:35:00 +00002006-10-23T21:58:16.066+08:00BAMBOO SOLUTIONIndiginous house on stilts are basically located in sea shores along the Philippine archipelago.Bamboo expert Jules Janssen is admiring a stalk of Bambusa vulgaris. A popular ornamental, the plant can be seen in Chinese brush paintings and along the quiet pathways of Buddhist monasteries. But the beauty of this particular piece, in Janssen's eyes, has nothing to do with its http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/philippine-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116073885590599956Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:17:00 +00002006-10-23T22:00:15.900+08:00Architecture created in colonial settlements of the Americas after the arrival of Iberian (Spanish and Portuguese) conquerors around 1500, also called Ibero-American architecture. The first settlements built by Iberian colonists were in the Caribbean islands; those in Mexico, Central America, and South America followed. Latin American architecture also includes the buildings of Spanish colonists http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/latin-american-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116073801703210241Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:03:00 +00002006-10-23T22:01:51.503+08:00Portrait of a WomanThe Copts were a Christian culture living in Egypt. Their civilization was at its height between the 2nd and 7th centuries. This portrait of a young woman is part of a mural from a Coptic building. The large, forward-looking eyes and stylized features are characteristic of the Coptic painting style.The chief remains of Coptic architecture are monasteries and churches, scatteredhttp://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/coptic-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116031779289989749Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:25:00 +00002006-10-23T22:03:14.966+08:00A Client's Guide to Engaging an Architect cover Purchase guide from RIBA BookshopsA new edition of the RIBA's "A Client's Guide to Engaging an Architect" was published in April 2004. It is different from previous guides in many ways � in particular the introduction makes clear that there are no 'standard' or 'recommended' fee scales and that the fee is dependent on the specific requirements of http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/clients-guide-to-engaging-architect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-116005858297186065Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:14:00 +00002006-10-24T15:53:47.326+08:00Rem Koolhaas House in Bordeaux Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas designed this house in Bordeaux, France, on three levels. The lower level is carved from the hillside as a series of caverns, and serves for communal family life. The middle level of glass is designed to accommodate the husband, who is confined to a wheelchair; the central part is an elevator platform that moves between levels. The thirdhttp://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/10/20th-century-housing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-115929503736980088Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:23:00 +00002006-10-23T22:08:27.200+08:00 Tiger Hill Pagoda, ChinaThe pagoda, a type of tower common in East Asia, functions as a Buddhist temple or memorial. It usually displays upward-curving roofs between its stories. The Tiger Hill Pagoda in Suzhou, China, pictured here, dates from the 10th century and stands 47.5 m (155.8 ft) high. Repaired most recently in 1981, the building has caught fire three times and tilts to the http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/09/chinese-architecture_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-115843243981688329Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:20:00 +00002006-10-24T16:07:19.736+08:00The need to rebuild Japan after World War II proved a great stimulus to Japanese architects,... and contemporary Japanese buildings rank with the finest in the world in terms of technology and formal conception. The best-known Japanese architect is Kenzo Tange, whose National Gymnasiums (1964) for the Tokyo Olympics—emphasizing the contrast and blending of pillars and walls, and with sweeping http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/09/japanese-architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31398560.post-115826014369377389Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:55:00 +00002006-10-24T16:14:55.696+08:00While the International Style continued to dominate the world of architecture through the 1960s, only in the 1970s did it become apparent that the International Style and modern architecture were not necessarily the same. Indeed, the work of such diverse architects as Aalto, Barragán, Tange, and many others reveals that modern architecture has never been limited to a single style. Among the http://abc-tech.blogspot.com/2006/09/post-modernism-diversity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ronald)0