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Ken Isaacs (7 February 1927 – 8 June 2016), [1] born in Peoria, Illinois, [2] was an American designer.He is known for his creation of a matrix-based modular system to build living structures.
Pilum. The pilum (Latin: [ˈpiːɫʊ̃]; pl.: pila) was a javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. It was generally about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long overall, consisting of an iron shank about 7 mm (0.28 in) in diameter and 600 mm (24 in) long with a pyramidal head, attached to a wooden shaft by either a socket or a flat tang.
Matrix produced a range of publications, including the book Making Space: Women and the Man Made Environment (London: Pluto Press, 1984) and two pamphlets funded by the GLC Women's Committee A Job Designing Buildings: For Women Interested in Architecture and Buildings (London: Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative, 1986) and Building for ...
Pila (architecture), ... used in Pilae stacks; Pila, the plural of pilum, a heavy javelin used in ancient Rome; Other uses. Pila ...
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Peter Eisenman was born to Jewish parents on August 11, 1932, in Newark, New Jersey. [2] [3] As a child, he attended Columbia High School located in Maplewood, New Jersey.He transferred into the architecture school as an undergraduate at Cornell University and gave up his position on the swimming team in order to commit full-time to his studies.
Malcolm Wells (March 11, 1926 – November 27, 2009) [1] was an American architect who is regarded as "the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture." [ 2 ] Wells lived on Cape Cod , Massachusetts in a modern earth-sheltered building of his own design. [ 3 ]