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Architecture
Art and science of structural design. Architectural responsibilities include both feasibility analysis and aesthetic considerations.
2,850 Questions
What other cities are named Walla Walla outside of Washington?
There is a Walla Walla in New South Wales, Australia - although it can't be counted as a city, having a population of less than 600.
What is the pxi hardware architecture?
PCI eXtension for Instrumentation (PXI) provides a base for the building of electronic test equipment. It is based on industry standard computer buses. PXI based equipment would often be found in scientific laboratories.
What is the top three largest structures on earth?
It depends on what you mean. Tallest: Perdido Regional Host Development, Ursa Platform, & Burj Dubai Post the top 3 of the other categories I can think of:Most Area, Most Mass, Heaviest, Longest, Longest Perimeter, Longest Radius if it is a circle, Longest Side of a structure if it is not a circle.
What is special about French Gothic architecture?
People believe that it is special because of the two tower type shape as in the westminster abbey
What was the Basilica's used for?
A "basilica" is a church, any church and the word is Latin. Basilica derives from the Greek Βασιλική Στοά τρίκλιτη - Royal arcade threesided, a Roman public building. It had a rectangular design and inside the were colonnades usually two giving in the interior the sense of three divided spaces ending in an aspe oriented east to west. They were used as the churches of the new religion of Christianity which was tolerated after the decree of Constantine I the Great Emperor of Rome [313 AD/ CE] and was nominated official religion of the state by a decree issued by Theodosius I the Great [380 AD/ CE].
An image of a basilica you can see at the related link herebelow.
Alive and well with a thriving architectural practice. See http://www.msafdie.com
The Romans perfected the arch by using what?
They used a keystone. It is a wedge-shaped piece at the top of an arch. It is the final piece placed to lock in the other stones of the arch.
Strategic, operational and tactical
Why are some well-known fortresses pentagonal in design?
The Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine FL is square, and the one at Jamestown was triangular. I think the pentagon superseded them because it was a more efficient shape for defense, and it gave more interior space.
Where did corinthinan order originate?
The Corinthian Order, a type of architectural column used to support a roof originated in Greece in the 4'th century BC. The Doric and Ionic columns originated a few hundred years earlier in the 7'th century BC. These were the three principle distinct column types, or orders, of the ancient Greeks.
How long did it take to make the Canadian Museum Of Civilization?
Many many years, in one sense they started in 1856 but work on the current building started in 1986 with serious design and planning , work started at the site in 1987 if memory serves me correct and completed in 1989/90. It had considerable media attention at the time.
It was a good example of the "overhead" or some would say corruption that comes with such projects. The completed building would have cost about $100 million if I or a private company had built it for themselves but the final cost was well over 3X that. Many questions were raised as the building was raised but all the investigations concluded that the extra costs were, to paraphrase the explanations, the costs of doing government business. That is very Canadian, from the construction of the transcontinental railway to all government projects today "extra" costs are considered normal, even Canadian.
And so it the Canadian Museum of History, well worth the visit.
