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    School of Architecture in the United States for advanced study in architecture, and received his Master of Science in Architecture degree in 1954. These...
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    Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier...
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    Milan : Mondadori Electa. Scarpa, Carlo. "Venezuelan Pavilion (1954–56), Venice Architecture Biennale 2014". La Biennale. Archived from the original on 21...
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    The architecture of Mexico reflects the influences of various cultures, regions, and periods that have shaped the country's history and identity. In the...
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    Architecture of Turkey or Turkish architecture in the republican period is the architecture practised in Turkey since the foundation of the republic in...
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    Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized...
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    references on Islamic architecture often refer to this architectural tradition in terms such as architecture of the Islamic West or architecture of the Western...
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    Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half...
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    architecture, 20th-century French colonial architecture, and modern architecture. Much of Morocco's traditional architecture is marked by the style that developed...
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    Spanish architecture refers to architecture in any area of what is now Spain, and by Spanish architects worldwide. The term includes buildings which were...
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  • The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones. The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in the United States are...
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    The architecture of the Philippines (Filipino: Arkitekturang Pilipino) reflects the historical and cultural traditions in the country. Most prominent historic...
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    The architecture of Casablanca is diverse and historically significant. Casablanca, Morocco's economic capital, has a rich urban history and is home to...
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    The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture of every period, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style...
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    forces. In 1953 he returned to Cairo, heading the Architectural Section of the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1954. Fathy's next major engagement was designing and...
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    Parabolic arch (category Catholic architecture)
    represents an efficient method of load, and so can be found in bridges and in architecture in a variety of forms. While a parabolic arch may resemble a catenary...
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    Machicolation (category Castle architecture)
    Jettying Murder hole Hoarding (castle) For example, Scottish baronial architecture from the 16th century onwards; and Neo-Gothic buildings of the 19th and...
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    Mudbrick (redirect from Banco architecture)
    and biolytic sewerage in South Africa. CRAterre: Centre de recherche architectural en terre, French university research organisation dedicated to unfired...
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    policy and architectural modifications of the city were made by him and his collaborator Jose Manuel Arjona y Cuba. Industrial architecture surviving today...
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    Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, seminaries, etc. It has evolved over the two...
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    Les Espaces d'Abraxas (category Postmodern architecture)
    Utopian Dream Stood Still". ArchDaily. Architecture Daily. Retrieved 21 November 2021. Elvire Camus (8 February 2014). "En Seine-Saint-Denis, les illusions...
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    anticipated by Augustus Pugin (1812–1852), a leader in the Gothic revival in architecture. For example, he advocated truth to material, structure, and function...
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    Aix-en-Provence (UK: /ˌɛks ɒ̃ prɒˈvɒ̃s/, US: /ˌeɪks ɒ̃ proʊˈvɒ̃s, ˌɛks -/), or simply Aix (Occitan: Ais de Provença), is a city and commune in southern...
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    significance to the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. The city's unique architecture made of pinkish terracotta bricks has earned Toulouse the nickname La...
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    German urban lay-out and of this architectural style that summons and mixes up five centuries of European architecture as well as Neo-Egyptian, Neo-Greek...
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    Tunis (redirect from Architecture of Tunis)
    Roman or Byzantine columns, and typical Arab architecture, characterized by the archways. The architectural heritage is also omnipresent in the homes of...
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    Structuralism is a movement in architecture and urban planning that evolved around the middle of the 20th century. It was a reaction to Rationalism's...
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    Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (category Roman Catholic churches completed in 1954)
    the most notable achievements of Colombian architecture, being described as a "Jewel of Modern Architecture". The cathedral represents a valuable cultural...
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    The architecture of Algeria encompasses a diverse history influenced by a number of internal and external forces, including the Roman Empire, Muslim conquest...
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    Phonology Pons asinorum Pronoun game Rhyming slang Shibboleth Single Sign-on architecture Sociolect The Parsley Massacre Tongue-twister U and non-U English The...
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