Architecture Creative Writings Samples For Students

Assignment 2.

Concerning the circle of Hell I would send him to, as Dante, it might have been the second circle, meaning the one responsible for lust and where sinners were hunted by horrible storm. On the other hand, I think it would be too mild because Dante's perception of lust is more connected with love and obsession with one's beloved one, rather than an act of dominance and possession of one' will and freedom. So, I would place him in the Seventh circle for violence because he committed violence against those women he raped. I would place him in the ...

Renaissance can be defined as the humanistic rebirth of classical knowledge, architecture, literature, art and learning that originated from Italy in the 14th century and spread all over Europe. Renaissance took place between 14th and 17th century. It was subdivided into Italian and Northern renaissance. Italian renaissance was the earliest demonstration of overall larger European renaissance. Its inception was in the 14th century and lasted until 17th century marking the transit from the medieval age to give way for the new age. The Northern renaissance was the renaissance which took place in the Northern Europe from the late 15th ...

Abstract

This essay offers a Marxist perspective of Graham Greene’s short story “The Destructors,” where the protagonist Trevor is portrayed as the Marxist intellectual who endeavors to overthrow the old regime and enforce a new one. Being the child of an architect, he uses his creative knowledge to destroy the house that symbolizes old values and regime, and his creativity is so well though through that is equals the architect’s efforts at creating this beautiful house. Green reveals only a limited omniscient narrator voice, which urges the reader not to merely blindly follow the information given about the characters and their ...

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In Julien-David Le Roy’s The Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments in Greece, shows that he was a proponent of creating architecture that had a “pleasing effect on the eyes” (165). Therefore, he was more appreciative of the manner in which the Greeks created their edifices. He noted that the Greeks used their surroundings to influence how they created a building. For instance, he explains how Calimachus, a Greek architect, was inspired to build the “Corinthian capital” after seeing some “Acanthus leaves,” which were in a basket that was “covered with a tile,” growing ...

The International exhibition in Paris or ‘Exhibition Universelle, 1889’ was a world fair held in Paris from May-October 1889 and designed by architect Ferdinand Dutert and engineer Victor Contamin (Garland 1893). Chicago world fair 1893 or ‘World’s Columbian Exposition’ was designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted (Langmead, Garnaut 2001).
The exposition Paris consisted of machinery pavilion made of steel arches, electric railcar and Edison’s incandescent lamps (4th Paris international exposition). The Chicago brought many revolutionizing components in technology and innovative entertainments of America. The Columbian was in the form of ‘the white ...

A system that I use on daily basis is my home computer. My processor is a core i7 with 4GB RAM. My internal memory is 1 terabyte and runs on windows 8, the latest Microsoft operating system. The main components of my computer include: power supply, motherboard, the hard disk drives, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The power supply serves the purpose of supplying power to the system. Without a power-backup, a computer cannot function. A motherboard hosts the key components of the computer. The components of a motherboard include a microprocessor which is the brain of the computer. A microprocessor performs commands and controls ...

Business technology has transformed how the business world operates with many business enterprise approaching the role played by technology.Technology has had a positive impact with many businesses now thriving on the use of technology rather than the traditional means of business operations. Business success is now being determined by how well a business adopts and integrate technology in its operations starting from the top level management to the senior most employees.Competition is now based in technology with companies adopting the use of technology in almost all areas of operation.
Data storage is a key area where technology has played a key role; ...

It started with the bullfighting. I had never been a fan of the sport itself; indeed, I had never really considered it; but there I was, in Valencia, watching the matadors wave their flags at the heads of the bulls. I had never seen anything like it before, and it was an image that will be seared into my brain as demonstrative of my time in Spain for the rest of my life.
There is so much to say about bullfighting. There is a rich history of bullfighting in Spain and Portugal, but everyone seems to have an opinion about ...

2. Outline.
As a part of the future assignment of creating a piece of art inspired by one of the buildings offered; first of all, I would do have a look on all buildings offered, Then I would decide which one I fancy the most. Then it would be relevant to conduct a background research on each of the buildings in order to see the reasons behind their creation and significance in different epochs. In this way, I would be able to decide which building is of greater aesthetic and symbolical preference for me. Taking this rationale into consideration, my choice of ...

- Who is Octavian and how does he come to power? What are some of the things Octavian does once he is in power? Why is Octavian so important in Roman history?
Octavian or Augustus as he later became known was the first Roman Emperor, the man who ended the civil war that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. Although adopted by Julius Caesar Octavian came to power after defeating his main opponent Antony and his ally Cleopatra of Egypt at the battle of Actium in 31 BC. He then established the Principate, in which ...