''Modulor'' is considered as a system of ... grounded on the golden section or fibonacci series using the human figures as its basis

Arccodung to LC, architecture is ''the masterly correct and ... play of masses broungt together in light''

Hiss comparison with engineering ... postulates as '' the house iss a machine for living in''...

According to L.C, the housr should be practically constructed as a ...

A house is like a machine, but wwith complete ... in plan, capacity for serial - production and funciton.

Five essential element for a new architecture are the ... , roof terraces, free plan, continuous window trips and free facade composition.

L.C's works are characterized by the independence of terrain, double-height rooms, ... , bridges and ramps.

L.C worked out the urban planning schemes for Paris and for several large North African and .... cities

Constructivism is a style of architecture using concrete,... and glass to organize planes and vlumes in an extremely formal expression

Constructivism is considered as part of the Funtionalism with emphasis on ... macine parts

The Third International monument (1920) by Vladimir Tatlin was a machine in which the various sections would rotate within an exposed steel armature

Frank O.Gehry is considerred to be one of the proponents of ...

He advocates the use of low cost, industrislly manufactured ...

Pritzker Architecture Prize was the most prestigious award for architectural achievement presented to a living architect

The site seclection of Schnabel Residence in Brentwood was not based on any remarkable ... features

At one end of Schanbel Residence in Brentwood, the roughly rectangular site terminates in an irregular ... area where the lope was cut back to form lower, more private terrace

The kitchen of Schnabel Residence in Brentwood is situated on the ground floor of this rectangular structure (closely connected to the main dining room) and at the center threer is a double-height ... family room.

This block has been finished on the outside with a simple gray stucco used to create an interntional visual ... which contrasts with the artificiality of the lead finish on the adjacent block.

Gehry has designed an .... supported by pillars clad in natural copper, which crosses the garden to link this building to a door into the kitchen

The application of the most advanced communications technologies is the common denominator of all of the areas in the magnificent Futuroscope Park in Vienne, France.

Futuroscope is the magnificent ...

The Kinemax is inspired by ...

The primary structure is a ... box

The box provides a stable base for the whole ...

The secondary structure is made of ...

The tertiary structure serves as a base for the dark mirrors which are fastened to the secondary structure and define the external appearance of the building

Before the astonished gaze of 400 spectators, the ... screen

Criteria of a safe design are bases on the supporting of its own weight and the withstanding of ... like wind loads.

The development of ... theories of the behavior of the main structural elements and some complete structural systems called for further criteria to bypass the reliance opn strength tests of these elements and systems.

One of the three arches in ancient architure was the one in Mycenean ... constructuon that consisted of only three rough blocks of stone, the central one somewhat larger than the gap between the other two and wedged between them.

One of the widespread surviving examples of arch is the flase or ... arch.

None of the early arch forms was very efficent. ... rarely exeeded 6ft, 6m. (2m)

Most Islamic and Gothic arches were characterized by ... arches.

Iron ... became structurally important elements only in the late 18th century with the widespread introduction of cast iron.

Reinforced concrete became a highly ... structural material, since the strength of the concrete, the overall geometry of the element, and the quantity and oplacement of the reinforce rods were all under the designer's control.

The ... may be considered as the three-dimensional counterpart of the arch.

A vetical arch is rotated around a vertical axis and sweeps out, at every level, a continous circular horizontal ring.

The ... of morden house is generally geometric or abstract.

Modern house use such materials as wood, stone, brick, concrete, ..., metal, plastic and glass.

Roods of morden houses are flat, domed, ... or in a variety of forms including solar paneling.

New product advances will be used to save labor, cut down on ..., promote luxury and convenience, save enery, and save space (but retain the appearance of space).

The .... house is concerned with the conservation of energy

The system in which people rely on the house itself to absorb and store the sun's heat is called the ...

Mechanical means such as collector panels, fans, pumps, and a storage area-to trap the hear and distribute in throughout the house - are used in the ...

The solar energy passive and active systems are in the ... stage.

The idea of homes inside the earth-the earth-sheltered house- dates back to prehistoric times, when earth dwellings protected humansform the elements.

The .... House is built to capture the sun's enenrgy and conserve conventional fuel.

The building's unusual morphology and atypycal typology ... pragmatic ...