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Eugene Tssui (/ t s w eɪ / Chinese: 崔悅君; pinyin: Cuī Yuèjūn born Eugene Tsui, September 14, 1954) [1] is an American architect noted for his use of ecological principles and "biologic" design, a term coined by Tssui himself in the 2010 issue of World Architecture Review.
Tower Bridge shown on the badge of Greater London South Scouts. Tower Bridge has been mistaken for the next bridge upstream, London Bridge. [82] A popular urban legend is that in 1968, Robert P. McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge that was later shipped to Lake Havasu City in Arizona, believed that he was buying Tower Bridge. This ...
Bionic architecture is a contemporary movement that studies the physiological, behavioural, and structural adaptions of biological organisms as a source of inspiration for designing and constructing expressive buildings. [1]
In ecclesial architecture, the term cloister is used. Phiale A building or columned arcade around a fountain. Piano nobile The principal floor of a large house, built in the style of renaissance architecture. Pier An upright support for a superstructure, such as an arch or bridge. Pilaster
The bridge was completed in 1894. Wolfe Barry received a CBE for his work on Tower Bridge afterwards being styled Sir John Wolfe Barry. [1] Other bridge projects included: Cannon Street Railway Bridge (also known as the Alexandra Bridge) (1866) Blackfriars Railway Bridge (known as St Paul's Bridge until 1937), London (1886) Kew Bridge, west ...
Biomimetic architecture is a branch of the new science of biomimicry defined and popularized by Janine Benyus in her 1997 book (Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature). ). Biomimicry (bios - life and mimesis - imitate) refers to innovations inspired by nature as one which studies nature and then imitates or takes inspiration from its designs and processes to solve human problem
A tower is a tall structure, ... The only bridge being a member of the World Federation of Great Towers: ... Tower house; Twin towers (architecture)
Grosvenor Bridge, Chester, in a lithograph by Thomas Bailey. James Trubshaw (13 February 1777 – 28 October 1853) was an English builder, architect and civil engineer. [1] [2] His civil engineering works include the construction of the Grosvenor Bridge in Chester, Cheshire, then the longest stone span.