The National Art Gallery of Canada is one of Ottawa's most important structures. It was built between 1982 and 1988 and was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The building houses Canada's national a…
Architecture
Monuments have been used since the beginning of human history. While the style and type of monuments have changed over time and location, their function has remained similar throughout time, and acros…
"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness." --Frank Gehry. The Medieval Times was a period after the fall of Rome. It was seen as a time of chaos. It lasted from aro…
Monuments are an influential part of a society that can quickly become defining traits of any nation. Designed to immortalize the people and places that they have been raised to, monuments also requir…
What are some of the differences of Mayan and Egyptian pyramids? The Egyptian and the Mayan pyramids have many different sides on behalf of their pyramids. Mayan pyramids had located its entrance at t…
The Great Wall of China has been one of the most marvelous man-made wonders in history. Built over a period of approximately 415 years by the Qin and Han dynasties of China (Map of the Great Wall), it…
Did you know that the Great Pyramid of Giza is the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? The rest of the Wonders were destroyed by either earthquakes or fires, but this practicall…
The documentary, The Miraculous Floating Airport, produced by Spark Documentaries describes the engineering marvel of Kansai International Airport. In the late twentieth century, the Kansai region was…
During the stretch of time between the fourteenth and the seventeenth century, what many historians call one of the greatest artistic movements took place. An evolution of cultural creation that is cu…
When was it built? The Colosseum also known as the Flavian amphitheatre is a large amphitheatre in Rome. The construction commenced in 70 A.D and took 8 years for the amazing structure to be complete…