Rufus Nims: Mid-century Modern and Florida Tropical Architecture

The Architecture Aspect of Arise from Emmanuel Levinas' Philosophy Compared to Modern and Postmodern Architecture

The present-day architecture of the present era represents the emergence of ethical issues arisingfrom the ideas of the " Modern individual-oriented" and "Pos tmodern being oriented", such as the consideration of personal interes ts and the reduction of human relations. Therefore, the exis tence of such shortcomings requires the identification of an architecture that considers the individ...

The Modern Historic City: Evolving Ideas in Mid-Twentieth Century Britain

It is generally considered that ideas in Britain about historic cities, and their appropriate management, changed radically between the period of the Second World War and its aftermath and the end of the 1960s, in reaction to comprehensive redevelopment and with the rise of the conservation movement. Plans produced in the early part of this period have been characterised as representing ‘clean-...

Explosive radiation of Malpighiales supports a mid-cretaceous origin of modern tropical rain forests.

Fossil data have been interpreted as indicating that Late Cretaceous tropical forests were open and dry adapted and that modern closed-canopy rain forest did not originate until after the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) boundary. However, some mid-Cretaceous leaf floras have been interpreted as rain forest. Molecular divergence-time estimates within the clade Malpighiales, which constitute a large pe...

Distribution of Grasslands in 19 Century Florida

—Presettlement Florida had a variety of open habitats, including grasslands and savannas. This study examined the historic distribution of the Florida grasslands using U.S. General Land Office land surveys made during the 19th century. All survey maps with areas labeled ‘‘prairie’’ or ‘‘savanna’’ were compiled into a composite map. A total of 791,140 ha of prairies and 15,820 ha of savanna were...

Modern Architecture and Ancient Monuments