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A Critical Comparison of Gothic Architecture in Italy, France and Germany
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,345 words, approx. 5 pages)
Compares Gothic architecture in Italy, Germany and France. Explores the history of the Gothic Style and explains its original purpose.
An Architect's Job
Essay Grade: 86%   (634 words, approx. 2 pages)
Discusses what's involved in the job of an architect and what sort of personal skills are required.
Ancient Egyptian Architecture
Essay Grade: 92%   (972 words, approx. 3 pages)
Types of Egptians art and architecture and its themes.
Antoni Gaudi
Essay Grade: 86%   (676 words, approx. 2 pages)
Describes the influence Antoni Gaudi on Spain's architecture.
Architectural Advances During the Industrial Revolution
Essay Grade: 88%   (1,470 words, approx. 5 pages)
Describes technological advances in the field of architecture during the Industrial Revolution. Discusses the modern movement, including arts and crafts and art nouveau. Explores how engineering architecture in the nineteenth century was largely changed by the development of iron, first as cast iron, then as wrought iron, later as steel.
Architecture of the "Food Street" in Lahore, Pakistan
Essay Grade: 83%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
A description of the poor state of architecture of "Food Street" in Lahore, Pakistan. Most of the houses are a mixture of Colonial and Hindu architecture from the early 20th cenutry.
Characteristics of Elizabethan Architecture
Essay Grade: 81%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
The ways homes were built for the different classes during England's Elizabethan Era. This was influenced by wars, available building materials, and the political climate.
Concrete
Essay Grade: 88%   (432 words, approx. 1 pages)
Discusses the building material, concrete. Describes its evolution as well as the wide range of applications that concrete offers, including its great strength, affordability, durability, and versatility.
Design and Architecture of Art Galleries
Essay Grade: 86%   (2,112 words, approx. 7 pages)
Explores how the architecture and designs of art museums and galleries have evolved since the mid-twentieth century. Outlines the history and development of individual museums and galleries, observing the exterior architecture as well as the internal design, and the reasons behind any developments or renovations done to the buildings.
Essay Outline on African Architecture
Essay Grade: 80%   (509 words, approx. 2 pages)
The following provides an essay outline on African architecture.
Geometry in Gothic Architecture
Essay Grade: 88%   (3,535 words, approx. 12 pages)
The 12th Century saw the move away from the Romanesque architecture which had typified the preceding centuries to the era of the great gothic cathedrals which were to become the architectural symbol of the middle ages. Numbers and geometry had acquired a metaphysical significance and were believed to have occult symbolism and power. The introduction of sacred geometry into all aspects of the design of places of worship was therefore inevitable.
Gothic Cathedral Architecture
Essay Grade: 86%   (1,729 words, approx. 6 pages)
Gothic cathedrals, grand religious structures erected in the Middle Ages, shared the essential characteristics of beauty, functionality, and religion. Certain aspects make up and define these cathedrals as magnificent works of art -- from the materials used, such as wood, stone, gold, stained glass, and external details like gargoyles; to the advanced architectural techinques of the day, including the ribbed vault, the spire, and the flying buttress.
Gothic Romanesque: Chartres Cathedral's West Towers
Essay Grade: 88%   (532 words, approx. 2 pages)
Compares and contrasts the Gothic and Romanesque styles behind the two west towers of Chartres Cathedral.
Grace Cathedral Essay
Essay Grade: 83%   (1,326 words, approx. 4 pages)
Essay on Grace cathedral and how it compares to cathedrals build in Europe centuries ago.
History and Significance of the Glasgow School of Art
Essay Grade: 94%   (1,675 words, approx. 6 pages)
An essay about the history and significance of the Glasgow School of Art.
Home Analysis
Essay Grade: 88%   (2,360 words, approx. 8 pages)
Explains the importance of conducting a home analysis prior to purchase. Provides a detailed structural analysis of a 3-bedroom colonial home. Makes recommendations for its improvement.
How Does the Red House by Phillip Webb Embody the Arts and Crafts Movement?
Essay Grade: 75%   (1,993 words, approx. 7 pages)
There was a change, due to a brotherhood of designers, in the balance of emphasis between style and method As a result of numerous discussions between the architect Philip Webb and the designer William Morris (1834-96) on a boat trip in France in 1859 the unique Red House in Bexleyheath, England was created as a residence for Morris himself. It is thought by many that the Red House is the definitive arts and crafts style house complying with the central conceptualisations originally visualised by Morris, Webb and their contemporary associates.
Installation Art: beyond the Museum, beyond the Boundaries
Essay Grade: 91%   (3,112 words, approx. 10 pages)
Brief exploration of installation art in the context of interdisciplinarity, and theatre.
Memorial Hall
Essay Grade: 75%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
A description of the architecture and design of Memorial Hall at Harvard University.
Richard Meier. Saltzman House and Bronx Developmental Center
Essay Grade: 88%   (2,292 words, approx. 8 pages)
The world renowned architect Richard Meier and two of his buildings, which are the Saltzman House and the Bronx Developmental Center. One could not expect that an architect of Meier's caliber would be without outside inspiration. Meier himself recounts numerous inspirations he has received from well renowned architects such as Le Corbusier, Wright, and Aalto. From Wright and Aalto he receives his inspiration for flow of space and for light.
St. Stephen's church in Boston, Massachusetts
Essay Grade: 94%   (1,428 words, approx. 5 pages)
An essay on St. Stephen's church in Boston, Massachusetts.  The church was built between the years 1802 and 1804 and was designed in the Federal Style.
The Art and Architecture of León Battista Alberti
Essay Grade: 83%   (1,791 words, approx. 6 pages)
Reviews Santa Marìa, a book describing the art and architecture of Italian artist Leon Battista Alberti.
The Evolution of Anthony Caro Work from 1960 to the Present Day.
Essay Grade: 78%   (1,393 words, approx. 5 pages)
Caro revolutionised sculpture in terms of subject, appearance, materials, methods and ideas. He broke away from the traditions of European sculpture by showing that sculpture need not be dependent on the human figure. He dispensed with the plinth and expanded the possibilities of sculpture, moving into abstraction. He is one of Britain's most well-known and prolific abstract sculptors.
The Royal Pavilion
Essay Grade: 92%   (1,614 words, approx. 5 pages)
Discusses how the Royal Pavilion reflects fashionable tastes in architecture, design, attitudes and way of life of the late 18th and early 19th century.
Victorian Architecture
Essay Grade: 83%   (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Victorian architectural styles are used in modern residential construction of today. The irresistible charm of the Victorian house has made the Victorian era a historical symbol of elegance and class.
Wright: the Father of Organic Architecture
Essay Grade: 92%   (985 words, approx. 3 pages)
Offers biographical detail on the life of influential American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Discusses his unique designs, environmental influences and body of work. Explains why he is the most accomplished and celebrated American architect in American history.
Zaha Hadid: Making Utopia a Reality in Architecture
Essay Grade: 96%   (2,240 words, approx. 8 pages)
Describes Zaha Hadid's unorthodox style of architecture, examining a number of her works. Keywords: deconstructivism
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