...ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTURE OR USERS ARCHITECTURE The construction industry is based around projects. Each project is every time different and unique on its own design, management and construction. Nevertheless a project is not only made out of concrete, wood or any of the materials used on it, a project is a lot more and a lot deeper than that. It is not a quick sketch on a napkin. A project is influenced by its atmosphere which is the location, the client or the user, and even the contractor hired for the project. Architecture is influenced by anything happening around it, which is why it changes every time its atmosphere changes. Böhme states that to experience space in its complete entirety. By inhabiting space individuals can sense the character that surrounds them. Inhabitants sense its atmosphere. Photography, written articles and the interpretation of other viewers of a space cannot compare to individual experience and interaction in interior spaces. Recently this way of interaction has become an important discussion between architects and designers. The process of a project is not anymore unique, and it becomes something functional. It is thought that a template can be followed even when the client or the factors involving the project change every time. For example many architects choose the same sub-contractors for each project as they believe they are trustful and successful, even when the clients have their specific needs and vary...
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...The nonprofit Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) will be awarding the Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement award to Robert Ivy, the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer at the American Institute of Architects (AIA). This will be the first time an architect has received the prestigious award. Ivy has worked as an editor, author, and architect. After graduating from Sewanee: The University of the South with a Bachelor’s of Arts in English, he attended Tulane and received his Masters in Architecture. He also served in the U.S. Navy before his career as an architect. During his role as editor-in-chief of McGraw-Hill’s Architectural Record, the magazine acquired numerous awards and prestige. He was also a huge part of the...
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...Fayette County Schools Research Paper Survival Guide June 2009 (revised November 2011) Compiled by: Jillian Bowen, Joanne Dirring, Monica Dorner, Greta Jackson, Shery Kearney, Ann Richardson, and Cheryll Thompson-Smith Based on the work of: Linda Brem, Kathy Franks, Cathy Nix, Ann Richardson, and Cynde Snider Table of Contents Plagiarism………………………………………………………………. Plagiarism Statement - Middle School……………………………..... Plagiarism Statement - High School……………………………….... English Research Requirements…………………………………….. Middle School Requirements…………………………………... 9th Grade Requirements………………………………………… 10th Grade Requirements………………………………………. 11th Grade Requirements………………………………………. 12th Grade Requirements………………………………………. Frequently Asked Questions…………………………………………. Annotated Bibliographies……………………………………….. Citation Formats…………………..……………………………... Common Mistakes………………………………………………. Documentation and Plagiarism…………..…………………….. Internet and Databases…………………………………………. MLA Manuscript Form…...……………………………………… Note Cards…..…………………………………………………… Outlines…………………………………………………………… Paraphrases and Quotations..…………………………………. Parenthetical Documentation……………………………...…... Quoting Poetry……………………………..……………………. Research Papers..………………………………………………. Research Process……………….……………………………… Research Projects……….……………………………………… Source Cards..…………………………………………………… Works Cited Page……………………………………………….. Research Glossary……………………………………………………. Online Resources……………………………………………………… Works Cited…………………………………………………………….....
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...EMBA 2012 Management & Negocios Equipo N°6 Trabajo Grupal Management & Negocios Profesor: Andrés Borenstein Ayudante de TP: Grisel Waingortin Equipo N° 6 Integrantes Ales, Evaristo Belondi, Mariano D’Oliveira Lima, Gabriela Del Frate, María Pía Sánchez, Damián Semegone, Juan Martin 1 EMBA 2012 Management & Negocios Equipo N°6 Índice PRESENTACIÓN DE LA EMPRESA .................................................................................................. 3 ORGANIZACIÓN .................................................................................................................................... 3 CICLO DE DESARROLLO.................................................................................................................... 4 ÁREA BAJO ANÁLISIS. RECOMENDACIONES DE MODIFICACIONES A IMPLEMENTARSE EN LA EMPRESA. .............................................................................................. 5 ESTRUCTURA ORGANIZACIONAL Y CONTROL CORPORATIVO ............................................ 7 TRANSFERENCIA y GESTION DEL CONOCIMIENTO. ................................................................ 8 DESARROLLO DE LA ESTRATEGIA ................................................................................................ 9 DERECHO DE DECISIÓN .................................................................................................................... 9 GESTION de TALENTO. ...........................................................
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...Rumelt (2011) “The perils of bad strategy” McKinsey Quarterly June 2011, pp1-10. Bad strategy abounds, says UCLA management professor Richard Rumelt. Senior executives who can spot it stand a much better chance of creating good strategies Horatio Nelson had a problem. The British admiral's fleet was outnumbered at Trafalgar by an armada of French and Spanish ships that Napoleon had ordered to disrupt Britain's commerce and prepare for a cross-channel invasion. The prevailing tactics in 1805 were for the two opposing fleets to stay in line, firing broadsides at each other. But Nelson had a strategic insight into how to deal with being outnumbered. He broke the British fleet into two columns and drove them at the Franco-Spanish fleet, hitting its line perpendicularly. The lead British ships took a great risk, but Nelson judged that the less-trained Franco-Spanish gunners would not be able to compensate for the heavy swell that day and that the enemy fleet, with its coherence lost, would be no match for the more experienced British captains and gunners in the ensuing melee. He was proved right: the French and Spanish lost 22 ships, two-thirds of their fleet. The British lost none.1 Nelson's victory is a classic example of good strategy, which almost always looks this simple and obvious in retrospect. It does not pop out of some strategic-management tool, matrix, triangle, or fill-in-the-blanks scheme. Instead, a talented leader has identified the one or two critical issues...
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...Sperry/MacLennan Architects and Planners sOURCE: This case has been prepared by Dr. Mary R. Brooks, of Dalhousie University, as a basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. The assistance of the Secretary of State, Canadian Studies Program, in developing the case is gratefully acknowledged. Copyright q 1990 Mary R. Brooks. Reprinted with permission. In August 1988, Mitch Brooks, a junior partner and director of Sperry/MacLennan (S/M), a Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, architectural practice specializing in recreational facilities, is in the process of developing a plan to export his company’s services. He intends to present the plan to the other directors at their meeting the first week of October. The regional market for architectural services is showing some signs of slowing, and S/M realizes that it must seek new markets. As Sheila Sperry, the office manager and one of the directors, said at their last meeting: “You have to go wider than your own backyard. After all, you can only build so many pools in your own backyard.” About the Company Drew Sperry, one of the two senior partners in Sperry/ MacLennan, founded the company in 1972 as a one-man architectural practice. After graduating from Nova Scotia Technical College (now the Technical University of Nova Scotia) in 1966, Sperry worked for six years for Robert J. Flinn before deciding that it was time to start his own company. By...
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...Environment Human beings respond to their environment in different ways. What is seen and perceived affects the behavior that is exuded. This is true for architectural design and physical structure. In fact, architectural design can control human behavior. Architects build structures and place them strategically in order to respond to human needs. For example, a playground or supermarket’s design is a direct layout of what the architect wants the individual to experience. Commercial and residential design plays a major role in a person’s life; therefore these structures are built with considerations of the general public. For example, an office building that has handicapped access and parking lot with handicapped spaces, are placed to provide convenience to those in need of it. With building and design it is also important to create sustainable development. Sustainable development now will promote better days for the future. It’s never too late to think ahead. Physical structure on human behavior "For architects and their buildings to be taken seriously, buildings must be imbued with the power to make a difference to their inhabitants" (Kraftl & Adey, 2008). The job of an architect is one of grave importance. Their creations create change. Buildings, homes, parks all create a mental effect on a person. The effect comes from the building of it to the structure itself. When a structure is being built, the anticipation of what is to come plays a role...
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...to acquire a foreign firm. The size of your firm will double, and it will become the largest in your industry. What does your firm do and what does the foreign firm you are trying to acquire do? Where are the firms based? My firm is an architecture firm. An architecture firm is a company which specializes in providing architectural services to clients. Such firms typically hire architects along with support staff who help the architects do their jobs, and they may be part of a larger company which handles many aspects of the design and construction process, from contracting to interior decorating. Small firms may include one or two architects working together, while big companies can hire hundreds or thousands of people, sometimes spread out across multiple offices. Architects are critical members of the building team, because they are responsible for developing the fundamental design, look, and feel of a structure. In many regions, architectural drawings must be filed with permit applications, making the architect's services very necessary for people who want to do work legally. Architects can also be consulted over the course of a job as conditions change and adjustments need to be made to the original design. The foreign firm I am trying to acquire is Acer: Taiwan, computer hardware which was founded in 1976 and in 2010 ranks 2nd for total PCs and notebooks globally. Acer Incorporated is a Taiwan-based multinational computer technology and electronics corporation that...
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...Current Material Selection Overview A survey which conducted to investigate the criteria of the selection of construction material from the perspectives of architect, builder, engineer, product manufactures,etc. The participants of the survey included the following categories of professionals: Architects: 48%; General Contractors and Builders: 4%; Engineers: 12% including engineering consultancy firms; and Others-36% including Materials Specifiers and Quantity Surveyors, Product Manufacturing consultancy, Green building Proponents, Program Designers, Green Building/net-zero Consultants and researchers . The distribution of the survey tool across the USA, UK, and China was based on their geographic variations. The result of the analysis showed that the majority of users rarely consider the relevant factors when selecting building materials or products. Over half of respondents showed that they selected material only based on the previous experiences or individual preferences. Besides, the survey assessed the views of targeted experts of various disciplines and geographical settings, to the likelihood of the impacts of other potential factors involved in making strategic decisions during material-selection. 96% identified “Environmental and Health factors or Buildings variables” as the most desirable content information for enabling effective and sustainable decisions in selecting appropriate materials. There was a tie between two categories of factors as 84% of the sample population...
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... EBE141-NBB January 16th,2016 How the structural engineer actually work Structural engineering is one of the branch in Civil engineering which attract me a lot compares with others. tructural engineers design, create, solve problems, innovate and use maths and science to shape the world. The structures they create are used by all of us every day; from houses, theatres, sports stadia and hospitals, to bridges, oil rigs and space satellites.Structural engineers are involved at every stage of a structure’s realisation and they play a key part in design and construction teams. Working with architects, and alongside other professions, structural engineers create conceptual designs and ensure that the structure can be built and is stable and durable. A career in structural engineering involves team working, creative problem solving and practical skills such as sketching and drawing, and using computer to create structures and specifications for contractors. Structural engineers can specialise in a range of ascinating areas including conservation, sustainability, seismic or humanitarian engineering. As my personal analysis, Structural engineer is a career that require the design skill , observe skill and responsibility. Structural engineer also require the initiative and positive, strong logical thinking ability and...
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...ENGINEERING ETHICS The Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkways Collapse Department of Philosophy and Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University NSF Grant Number DIR-9012252 Negligence And The Professional "Debate" Over Responsibility For Design Instructor's Guide - Introduction To The Case On July 17, 1981, the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, held a videotaped tea-dance party in their atrium lobby. With many party-goers standing and dancing on the suspended walkways, connections supporting the ceiling rods that held up the second and fourth-floor walkways across the atrium failed, and both walkways collapsed onto the crowded first-floor atrium below. The fourth-floor walkway collapsed onto the second-floor walkway, while the offset third-floor walkway remained intact. As the United States' most devastating structural failure, in terms of loss of life and injuries, the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkways collapse left 114 dead and in excess of 200 injured. In addition, millions of dollars in costs resulted from the collapse, and thousands of lives were adversely affected. The hotel had only been in operation for approximately one year at the time of the walkways collapse, and the ensuing investigation of the accident revealed some unsettling facts: During January and February, 1979, the design of the hanger rod connections was changed in a series of events and disputed communications between the fabricator (Havens Steel Company) and the engineering design...
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... skiing and snowboarding equipment. I completed the floor plan of your garage and am prepared to present the design and my recommendations to you and your roommates. Attached is my report on the garage design for your household. Covered in the report are the garage design, an analysis of the design including a cost analysis, and recommendations. If you have any questions, please contact me at 810.759.4469. Sincerely, Amy May CEO and Chief Architect May Architecture and Design Enclosures May Architecture and Design May Architecture and Design Page ii May Architecture and Design Page iii May Architecture and Design ABSTRACT Upon approval of the design proposal, an architect designed a garage for a household in Oak Park, Michigan. The architect worked on this project over the courses of seven weeks. She interviewed the three clients to determine what features they needed in a garage and researched the zoning information for the city of Oak Park to determine the maximum possible garage size. The architect compiled the clients’ information and zoning information to determine the actual garage size, designed the floor plan, and completed the report. The recommended design is a 13’ high, 24’ X 24’ garage, which is a modification of the design found at http://www.aardvarkhouse-plans.com. The design provides ample room to park two jeeps and store tools and sports equipment. The garage features a two-car garage door offering easy access to...
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...Introduction SHOP ARCHITECTS is an architecture firm located in Lower Manhattan, that is working on projects throughout New York, the United States, and Africa. Led by seven principals with a staff of over 160 architects and designers, the firm provides services for building types including residential, academic, cultural, office, and commercial buildings, as well as large-scale master plans. SHoP works closely with its sister company, SC (SHoP Construction), which provides services in construction management building information modeling, sustainability engineering, and building envelope consulting. The firm designed the Barclays Center arena in Brooklyn, New York and the Botswana Innovation Hub in Africa OTG MANAGEMENT is an award-winning airport food & beverage operator with more than 200 restaurants and eateries in ten airports, including Philadelphia, John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, Minneapolis-St. Paul,Toronto-Pearson, Boston Logan,Tucson, Washington National, Orlando and Chicago O’Hare. Since their entry into airports in 1996, they have been recognized throughout the industry for exceptional customer focus and ground breaking innovation. ALTA BICYCLE SHARE is a company based in Portland, Oregon, that operates bicycle sharing systems in the United States and Australia.[1] The systems provide a flexible method for completing short trips, as contrasted with the longer rentals offered by traditional bike rental companies. Key elements for innovation management....
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...changes throughout its long history. Just like Chinese and Japanese painting focused on nature, Japanese architecture integrate the man-made structures with nature. The architects blended the design of the structure into the surrounding landscape. Japanese architects concentrate on giving the building as much as natural look as they could, they would leave the wood-framed structures in their natural state, which helped with blending with the surrounding landscape. As the time advanced the material that was used to build structures shifted from wood to long lasting structure. The looks of architecture changed to modernists and expressionist. Building structures in bigger city away from nature was a challenge for Japanese architects keep the early elements that Japanese architecture was known for. Architects start designing the structure with man-mad waterfalls and planting various trees to have a touch of natural look to it. In early twentieth century American architects learned about Japanese architecture and became very interesting to them. The simplicity in the overall design of the structure and the use of nature integration of Japanese architectural design caught attention of American architect. Many architects of adapt Japanese architecture design to fit their own residential dwellings. Among these architects was Frank Lloyd Wright who lived in the years 1867-1959. Wright first traveled to Japan In 1905, where experienced Japanese architectures in his own eyes and picked...
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