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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"a place of gathering"”.
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Making a place of gathering
"Architecture exists because of man's desire to express meaning in the shaping of his environment, i.e., to express himself, his innate humanness in the making of built spaces that can accommodate the events of his life with ease and grace." David C.S. Polk makes this statement in his essay "The …
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Hotel and Conference Center for Foreign Dignitaries
Located along the bank of the Potomac River in Langley Virginia, this Hotel and Conference Center is a place of gathering and refuge for foreign dignitaries. Each building shares the characteristic of protruding volumes and surfaces reinforced by parallel load bearing masonry walls. These brick …
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Suicide Terrorism: Understanding the Mindset and Motives
… a certain infrastructure. There are two tactics of executing the acts of suicide terrorism; strapping explosives to their bodies and or steering some sort of transportation into a place of gathering. The methodology of this study is an auto-ethnography. The auto-ethnography is designed to find …
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A Stage for the Town of Floyd
Architecture extends into a place through the manifestation of the human spirit and will. It should intensify that place and heighten the awareness of human existence. Upon entering into this higher realm of understanding of the self and place, one begins to find beauty in the created object …
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More Than Housing: Re-defining Affordable Housing
… in cities has sparked an increase in the cost of living, making it harder for local residents and families to remain in the city. In Washington DC, the gentrification of neighborhoods and lack of affordable housing is causing low-income residents to be displaced and forcing them to look …