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A Master Builder is a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play The Master Builder. The film was released in the United States in June 2014 and stars Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce and André Gregory. The film is a production of the Ibsen play dealing with the relationship between an aging architect and a ...
A master builder or master mason was the central figure leading construction projects in pre-modern times, thus, a precursor to the modern architect and engineer. Master Builder(s) may also refer to: The Master Builder, an 1892 play by Henrik Ibsen; A Master Builder, a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Demme "Master Builder", a song on Gong's 1974 ...
The Master Builder was the first work Ibsen wrote upon his return to Norway in July 1891 after many years spent elsewhere in Europe. It is usually grouped with Ibsen's other works written during this late period of Ibsen's life such as Little Eyolf , John Gabriel Borkman , When We Dead Awaken , and Hedda Gabler .
In modern scholarship, the word has sometimes been re-interpreted from the traditional meaning of carpenter and has sometimes been translated as craftsman, as the meaning of builder is implied, but can be applied to both wood-work and stone masonry. [9]
A general contractor is a construction manager employed by a client, usually upon the advice of the project's architect or engineer. [7] General Contractors are mainly responsible for the overall coordination of a project and may also act as building designer and construction foreman (a tradesman in charge of a crew).
In the historical Vedic religion, the role of Vishvakarma as the builder of gods is attributed to Tvastar. [11] Vedic Vishvakarman is identified with Prajapati rather than Tvaṣṭṛ . [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In later mythology, Vishvakarman is sometimes identified with Tvaṣṭṛ and is a craftsman deity.
Tvashtr (Sanskrit: त्वष्टृ, IAST: Tvaṣṭṛ) or Tvashta (Sanskrit: त्वष्टा, IAST: Tvaṣṭā) is a Vedic Hindu artisan god or fashioner. He is mentioned as an Aditya (sons of goddess Aditi) in later Hindu scriptures like the Mahabharata and Puranas, though his significance gets reduced.
Master Builders Solutions Holdings GmbH, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, is a manufacturer of construction chemical products and special building solutions.A portfolio of concrete admixtures, cement additives, and solutions for underground construction is bundled under the Master Builders Solutions brand.