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The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

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Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of…
From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent,…
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is…
After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural…
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings,…
Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are…
The government only makes restrictive rules, they dont show you what to do so you know, OK, heres where we need this…
As much as the needs of fact, the needs of the spirit and the senses, must be satisfied. Architecture is as much…
If there is one country and its people that have contributed most to western civilisation's man-made world continuously for the last 2000…
At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth.
I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.
The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.

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The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better. — Thomas Carlyle
Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture. — Henry Ward Beecher
Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size - far larger, I should judge, than… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. — Milan Kundera
Earth Is Enough. We men of Earth have here the stuff Of Paradise - we have enough! We need no other stones… — Edwin Markham
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the bastards aren't out to get you. ... Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could… — Lorenz Hart
In my own country, many of the movies in recent years express our innate fears about what awaits us. They are apocalyptic… — Hillary Clinton
You'd have to live in a cave not to know about the Carrier Dome. It put Syracuse on the map. — Dick Vitale
If you want a Super Bowl, put a retractable dome on your stadium — Joe Flacco
The major concern ...was to create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time... Neither… — Eero Saarinen
Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall… — Sappho
The coolest thing for me is the experience of floating and not feeling my weight. And hanging by a window just after… — Kalpana Chawla

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