Exterior rooms come in sundry shapes, sizes, colours, and purposes. An exterior room is constituted when a designated area in some way has been isolated from another area, whether it be divided by a wall, implied wall, a grass hedge (any vegetation), pillars, columns, level changes, etc. People have developed these exterior rooms over the years to fit many needs. An outdoor living room, for example, allows you enjoy the soothing sounds of nature while sitting in the comfort of a sofa. A specific
Chinese Film Final Hook: Two men walk into a store. One is dressed in a three-quarter black business suit; his hair is gelled back and he stands in a confident pose as he stares ahead. While the other man looks downward, his hands in his baggy gray sweatshirt and he smells of alcohol. How people portray themselves can cause stereotypes and judgments to be formed within a blink of an eye. A person may read in the newspaper the next day on how a store was robbed and instantly think it was the
and after the Cultural Revolution in a brief manner while touching on all the important parts. The book had a fairly good flow, readable with only slight bits of confusion and rereads at parts. It used traditional Chinese names, such as Lao Lao and siheyuan, offering Chinese language as well as history. The wording of the story was simple but illustrative; easy to understand while remaining descriptive. There are many comparative phrases that add color to the text, ones such as “the days of the Cultural
and the entrance that define Beaux-Art. As I journeyed through the different eras and cultures, the design seemed to change. From a European entrance to a brick wall, hosting the tales of the Egyptian art that was displayed, to the entrance of a Siheyuan architected room that made me feel like a trespasser, walking through someone’s house without an invitation. While walking through most of the stairways, I could tell that there was nothing special about them, even when entering the Modern and Contemporary
With more than 5000 years of history, China is one of the world's four ancient civilizations. Its architecture is a form of tangible cultural heritage. It gives each particular place its recognizable features and is the storehouse of human experience. Simultaneously, Chinese architecture is tightly associated with its culture. In this course, numerous of temples, gardens and vernacular houses have been appreciated, in which I realised that the styles of Chinese ancient architecture are varied. They