Fantastic World of Architecture

Looking at Ethnicity in the world of design and you start really pulling it apart there is a lot to discover. Firstly what does ethnicity actually mean. It is when a grouping of people identified themselves with others and what makes them different from other people. When you think about architects the ones that pop into my mind are ones that you tend to see on tv or maybe you have had home renovations and they tend to be white men. From statistics gathered in 2012 by multiple groups show that architects are most prominently white actually 93.6% and only 0.9% are black. If you break that down even further most of the white architects are male and overall only 34.3% are female.  From all of this information I find it shocking to realise that equality is still a big issue. Not only do we need to help encourage more ethnic groups to look into doing architecture but there has to be a way of making it more equal for all.  Making professional places as equal and respectful place to ...

What is God’s architecture?  Well there are many different beliefs so it depends on which one you associate yourself with. God’s architecture has changed over time and many religious places have adapted to the modern world. The beauty of religious architecture is clear throughout from the highly decorated and coloured Hindu temples to the simply decorated but still beautiful Christian churches/cathedrals.  All these forms of religious architecture are sited in beautiful and marked place of religion. For Islamic worshipers the orientation of the mosque is very important as it has to face Mecca for them to worship. As for Buddhist temples they are placed on higher ground in beautifully landscape areas. By placing the temple on higher ground it is believed that bad spirits can not cross the threshold of the temple making it a very sacred place.  What all these types of architecture have in common is that Light is very important to all religions. Light is used and manipulated...