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1) Like a Jewel In The Sun: Barcelona
Author:
Isla Campbell
Category:
Travel and Leisure
Some people love the hot weather, whilst others love skiing in sub-zero temperatures. But if you prefer somewhere comfortable that will enable you to explore in glorious weather without it being too hot then Barcelona may prove the ideal destination.
This wonderful city in Spain enjoys temperatures between five and twenty eight degrees Celcius, making it ideal to visit at any time of the year. And as always in any major city that you visit, you will find that there are some attr...
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2) The Attractions of Monumental Paris
Author:
Victoria Cochrane
Category:
Travel and Leisure
Of course, Paris is widely renowned as the international city of romance. But in addition, it is not too difficult to notice the intricacies of some of the most beautiful buildings a city has to offer. There is something wonderful about taking the time to look out over the Paris skyline; a magnificent mix of striking monuments, old domed churches and of course, the unmistakeable Eiffel Tower.
The city's architecture has a delicate and intricate, structural form, where many of th...
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3) Barcelona: A Cultural Whirlwind
Author:
Victoria Cochrane
Category:
Travel and Leisure
Upon landing in Barcelona it is likely that your eyes will be instantly drawn to the array of Antony Gaudi designed buildings, with their spindly towers, colourful mosaics and chimera animals. Indeed, Gaudi's architecture is instantly recognisable and sits beautifully against the hub of city life and the crystal clear blue skies.
Furthermore, there are many great - and world renowned - art galleries, making Barcelona a bit of a one-stop-shop for famous artistic culture. The Pic...
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4) Dubai - Architectural and development dreams coming true
Author:
William King
Category:
Real Estate
First it was China, who became the center of attention by starting some of the most amazingly designed architectural project. Now it is Dubai's turn to arrest the world's attention, with a vision to make it an ultimate destination for tourists from all over the world, backed by the power of petrodollar, Dubai is keen to achieve every landmark that exists in architectural world. Be it the tallest building, biggest shopping mall, largest hotel or biggest man-made islands. Every development going...
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5) Follow the Gaudi trail to Barcelona
Author:
Victoria Cochrane
Category:
Travel and Leisure
Barcelona is considered to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This is perhaps not surprising considering it is also the birthplace of famous Catalan architect, Antonio Gaudi. The Modernist style work of Gaudi can be experienced all over the city in its buildings and parks. Indeed, even the most cultured of individuals would perhaps agree that this is the perfect way to experience this popular Spanish metropolis.
The most visited piece of Gaudi's sights in Barcelo...
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6) Architecture Posters - An aesthetic way of decorating your home & office
Author:
Patrick Arden
Category:
Shopping and Product Reviews
Architecture posters serve people's decorating needs in a cost-effective manner, and can also be gifted to friends. There are various ways in which you can decorate your home, but nothing beats the way you can spruce up your home walls with architecture posters. But what are they and why they are important, and where you can find them ? Architecture posters are decorating materials, containing pictures of architectural buildings of various forms, sizes, colors, and belonging to different places...
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7) Journey to the Magical City of Architecture: Prague
Author:
Matthew Pressman
Category:
Travel and Leisure
As the capital city of the Czech Republic, Prague attracts over three million visitors every year, making it the sixth most visited city in Europe. Prague is known as one of the best cities in Europe in which to view buildings from nine different architectural periods, built over the past 1000 years.
The city's biggest architectural boom occurred in the 14th Century, as the city became the cultural and political hub of Europe. Many buildings and monuments were erected in the Go...
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8) Information Architecture - Building Blocks For Techies!
Author:
Akhil Shahani
Category:
Business
What can be more frustrating than having loads of information but not knowing how best to arrange it?Information Architecture is the art of building a structure for managing information. For example, you might use it to organize your company website's content into groups and create an interface to support those categories. Information architecture has unlimited application in the knowledge universe - you can use it to organize data on your system, make your email more manageable or si...
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9) Architecture Posters: Bring Home Human Endeavour
Author:
Patrick Arden
Category:
Shopping and Product Reviews
Some structures become a part of our life. The structure can be a statue, a building, a bridge or some monument. Wherever we go we keep these structures in our heart. These are signs of human endeavour, patience, courage, creativity and also ability. Some architectures are world famous. For example the Taj Mahal, the beautiful mausoleum at Agra, India, built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife. People from all over the world go to India just to see the Taj. This is th...
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10) Prague: A City Of Reinvention
Author:
Daniel Collins
Category:
Travel and Leisure
Throughout history Prague has been affected by political and social problems, with scars to bear from the Second World War, The Cold War and the Velvet Revolution to name only the major events. But this vibrant Czech capital seems to constantly move on - reinventing itself along the way - whilst never losing its sense of self.
Prague seems refreshingly able to heal itself and embrace all that is fresh and positive, whilst also cherishing its ancient past. Not content to ever just lay bac...
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11) Architecture Posters: How Bricks Spread Beauty
Author:
Patrick Arden
Category:
Shopping and Product Reviews
There is no limit of human imagination. It can turn brick and mortar into beautiful creations of art. The art that can attract a thousand eyes in the same direction for just a single glimpse of it. I am talking about architecture which are world famous for their charm. Due to their charm only, posters of buildings are sold and people buy them with choice. This is also a fact that you can not find a building poster of your choice in any shop.
This is true if you want to buy an architecture...
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12) Architecture Posters: Bring Castles To Your Home
Author:
Patrick Arden
Category:
Shopping and Product Reviews
There are many buildings in this world which are very famous and so there posters. These architecture posters mark a class and they are great decorative pieces. Elegance is a must if you want to decorate your place. One material of decoration which is very popular is a poster. Indeed, posters are ubiquitous decorating material which are liked by everyone. Anywhere you go, be it a hotel, restaurant, resort, a friends house or a museum, you can find many architecture posters in big sizes....
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13) Implementing New Technology
Author:
John Mehrmann
Category:
Computers
There are amusing and horrific stories of the trials and tribulations associated with the transfer of technology, and the implementation of new systems and architecture. There are lessons that we can learn from those who have blazed the trails before us, and those who have been burned by the blaze. Get your fingers ready to count the five fundamental considerations for implementing new technology.What we learned from Oracle"The original plan was to transition the existing IT in...
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14) Modern Architecture - Beauty Or Beast?
Author:
J Leason
Category:
Arts and Entertainment
To keep pace with population explosion and to provide each and every one with a space to live in, the style of modern architecture was adopted.The technique adopts the form of simplification and eliminates the ornament form of building styles. This style of conserving space was conceptualized in the early 1920s.Modern architecture was followed by many powerful architects and architectural pedagogues. But this method gained its popularity only after the Second World War and now...
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15) Business Architecture - The MS Yahoo Merger
Author:
Hans Bool
Category:
Business
If Microsoft succeeds in the takeover of Yahoo, what will that mean for business architecture of the new company?Microsoft is a unique company -- like so many others you would say -- but the uniqueness of MS lies in its legacy power. An example will make this clear. If you surf to the Microsoft Site for the annual report (1) you are offered this report. Now comes a unique MS feature. You can download this report but it is not in pdf -- everybody would agree that pdf is the STANDARD fo...
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16) Open Architecture - No Guarantee for Dynamics
Author:
Hans Bool
Category:
Business
Architecture is often used as a parallel for building and construction in other areas than the original physical environment. Architecture has an "accommodating" function; people can live and work because of the existence of buildings and infrastructure. Thus, although buildings are fixed and static they can accommodate a "flow."In ICT architecture is used to describe a configuration of programs and interface-standards by which software is built. The standard makes it possible to exch...
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17) Overt Consumerism
Author:
karenvosjan
Category:
Home Improvement
What is the impact of extreme wealth on design and what is the role of design professionals when retained to participate in obscenely expensive projects?
Swiss-born Architect Mario Botta, best known in The United States for designing the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and considered one of the world's foremost architects for churches and museums, once said that "making architecture is a way of resisting the loss of iden...
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18) Are Architects and Designers Worth Their Weight?
Author:
karenvosjan
Category:
Home Improvement
Identifying the cost savings architects and designers can deliver and assessing whether they are worth their fee.
Knowledge can be categorized as follows -
* There are things you know
* There are things you know that you don't know
* Then there are things you don't know that you don't know.
We are all at our best when we live and work in environments which are aesthetically pleasing and function efficiently. Form and function are uniquely personal and we all aspire to l...
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19) How to Effectively Brief Design Professionals
Author:
karenvosjan
Category:
Home Improvement
Balancing the need to communicate aesthetic preferences and functional requirements with the benefits to be derived from the unconstrained output of Architects and designers.
We all know that the contribution of architects and designers to a finished house, garden or building extends beyond the aesthetics of the structure or outdoor envi...
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20) Climate: A Design Imperative
Author:
karenvosjan
Category:
Home Improvement
Climatic variations across regions alter architectural demands for shelter, warmth, cooling and the relationship of indoor and outdoor living spaces. In designing any structure it is imperative that its context be embraced and that both current climatic conditions and those which may be experienced during the life span of the structure are factored into the design. A structure which ignores its climatic context risks undermining functionality and sustainability.
Michael Sandberg of Sandberg...
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