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  2. Hannes Meyer - Wikipedia

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    Meyer brought his radical functionalist philosophy which he named, during 1929, Die neue Baulehre (the new way to build). [4] His philosophy was that architecture was an organizational task without relationship to aesthetics, that buildings should be low cost and designed to fulfill social needs. He was dismissed for allegedly politicizing the ...

  3. Active design - Wikipedia

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    Active design in a building, landscape or city design integrates physical activity into the occupants' everyday routines, such as walking to the store or making a photocopy. [2] Active design involves urban planners, architects, transportation engineers, public health professionals, community leaders and other professionals in building places ...

  4. Fazlur Rahman Khan - Wikipedia

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    In 1955, employed by the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), he began working in Chicago. He was made a partner in 1966. He worked the rest of his life side by side with fellow architect Bruce Graham. [18] Khan introduced design methods and concepts for efficient use of material in building architecture.

  5. Zachman Framework - Wikipedia

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    Business Management Perspective (Business Concepts) – Next are the architect's drawings that depict the final building from the perspective of the owner, who will have to live with it in the daily routines of business. They correspond to the enterprise (business) models, which constitute the designs of the business and show the business ...

  6. ArchDaily - Wikipedia

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    ArchDaily is a website covering architectural news, [2] [3] projects, [4] [5] products, events, interviews and competitions, [6] opinion pieces, [7] among others, catering to architects, designers and other interested parties. It is currently based in Santiago, with offices in Berlin, Shanghai, and Mexico City. [8] [9]

  7. Burdeau Bridge-Building - Wikipedia

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    The Burdeau Bridge-Building was designed by the French architect Lucien Pierre-Marie and built in 1952 in the Télemly district, [1] [2] which was undergoing urbanization at the time. The architectural design was influenced by the ideas of CIAM - Algiers (Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne) members, [ 3 ] who applied their concepts ...

  8. Building design - Wikipedia

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    An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and supervision of the construction of buildings. Professionally, an architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus an architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a practicum (or internship) for practical experience to earn a license to practice architecture.

  9. List of architectural styles - Wikipedia

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    An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable and historically identifiable. A style may include such elements as form , method of construction , building materials , and regional character.