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Team Zoo; Japanese Architects
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This 10 page paper considers the formation, ideas and style that permeate though this Japanese co-operative of architect studios, all of which originated from students of the Waseda University. The paper gives a general background and then looks at the buildings, including a study of the Miyashiron community centre and the Nago City Hall the bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEteamzo.wps

Terminating a General Contractor's Contract
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A 7 page paper discussing changes in the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) model contract documents A201 and B141, which make greater allowances for terminating a general contractor than did their predecessors. The recent changes in the AIA's model contract documents do give the owner greater control. A general contractor can be terminated as a matter of choice or even whim, but the owner cannot take such action without incurring any costs at all. Though the general contractor can be terminated more easily, he still has a right to expect payment for work completed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSarchiContr.wps

The Architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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This 4 page paper provides some biographical information on this man of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The paper addresses the way in which Mies changed society and architecture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA013Mie.wps

The Architecture of Venturi and le Corbusier
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A 5 page paper discussing the work and philosophies of these two diverse architects, specifically with one work of each: Venturi's Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery and le Corbusier's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University. The two have very different styles of course, but Venturi is seen as the more creative and versatile in that le Corbusier's Carpenter Center is a "cut and paste" amalgam of elements previously used in other designs in far different climates. These elements - a long ramp, diagonally oriented windows - are most useful for collecting unwelcome snow loads in Massachusetts' cold winters. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSarchVentLeC.wps

The Art of Adolf Loos and the Modern Philosophy of Austerism
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A 7 page paper that analyzes four Adolf Loos cites compared to the Modern philosophy of austerism. Loos used contradictory styles, although he said ornamentation is a crime. Some of his work was ornate by today's terminology as he worked in marble and brass and glass, rather than iron and glass---his competitors judgment of what properly reflected the times. Loos chose to reflect more than just metropolitan ideas and applied those ideas to the Khuner Country home. He even made an artistic attempt in his submission for the Chicago Tribune Building. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Adfloos.wps

The Bauhaus Movement in Architecture: The Weimar and Dessau Phases
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A 5 page overview of the architectural movement known as the Bauhaus movement, a movement in which founder Walter Gropius attempted to congeal all the arts (even arts as diverse as the visual arts, industrial art, and architecture) into one socially oriented program in which social responsibility of the artist served as an emphasis. The author points out that the movement emphasized a balance between aesthetics, technical merit, and practicality. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PParcBau.rtf

The Brion Cemetery By Carlo Scarpa
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Architecture encompasses the art of designing structures as well as the design of the visual appearance of structures; their internal arrangements of space; selection of external and internal building materials; design or selection of natural and artificial lighting systems. This 6 page paper explores the architectural masterpiece of the Brion Tomb, designed and built by Carlo Scarpa. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KTscpbrn.wps

The Colosseum
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A 15 page paper on the many aspects of the Roman Colosseum. A section discussing the building of the Colosseum is first included. This section describes many of the details involved in the building of the Colosseum, including the types of materials, the location, and the labor involved. This is followed by a section discussing the gladiators and then also a brief discussion of other events which occurred in the Colosseum and other arenas elsewhere that were in existence due to the popularity of the Colosseum. A brief discussion about our fascination with the Colosseum is also included, followed by a discussion about the Colosseum today. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Coloss.wps