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An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight/supervision of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their principal purpose human occupancy or use. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton (arkhi-, chief + tekton, builder), i.e. chief builder.
Professionally, an architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus an architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a practicum (or internship) for practical experience to earn a license to practice architecture. The practical, technical, and academic requirements for becoming an architect vary by jurisdiction (see below).
The terms architect and architecture are also used in the disciplines of landscape architecture, naval architecture and often information technology (for example a software architect). In most of the world's jurisdictions, the professional and commercial uses of the terms "architect" and "landscape architect" are legally protected.
Zaha Hadid, CBE (Arabic: زها حديد Zahā Ḥadīd; born 31 October 1950) is an Iraqi-British architect and winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004.
Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
After graduating she worked with her former teachers, Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, becoming a partner in 1977. It was with Koolhaas that she met the engineer Peter Rice who gave her support and encouragement early on, at a time when her work seemed difficult to build. In 1980 she established her own London-based practice. During the 1980s she also taught at the Architectural Association. She has also taught at prestigious institutions around the world; she held the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, the Sullivan Chair at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture, guest professorships at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, the Knowlton School of Architecture, at The Ohio State University, the Masters Studio at Columbia University, New York and the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut. In addition, she was made Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. She has been on the Board of Trustees of The Architecture Foundation. She is currently Professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in Austria.
Actors: Von de Guzman (composer), Annette Gozon-Abrogar (producer), Maryo J. De Los Reyes (writer), Roselle Y. Monteverde (producer), Tessie Tomas (actress), Annette Gozon-Abrogar (writer), Manny Valera (producer), Lily Y. Monteverde (producer), Dingdong Dantes (actor), Boots Anson-Roa (actress), Richard Quan (actor), Iza Calzado (actress), Annette Gozon-Abrogar (actress), Mark Catap (miscellaneous crew), Elmer Buencamino (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance,Actors: J.C. Kenny (actress), Maxim Roy (actress), Jerry Ciccoritti (director), Roman Podhora (actor), Peter Outerbridge (actor), Carl Marotte (actor), Alberta Watson (actress), Marcia Bennett (actress), Philip K. Kleinbart (producer), Kate Trotter (actress), Betty Palik (miscellaneous crew), Jacob Tierney (actor), Catherine Disher (actress), Michael A. Miranda (actor), Gabriel Hogan (actor),
Plot: Wall Street golden boy Ted Ammon falls madly in love with sassy saleswoman Generosa Rand, marries her and wants to start a family. After, not being able to conceive, the couple try other methods to bear a child. After, those methods fail, they adopt twins. A boy and a girl. Ted, realizes she has a mental illness, which he wants her to seek help for. She refuses to do so. She thinks Ted is saying she is crazy, like her mother.. During a bitter divorce procedure, she spends millions just to spite him, however accommodating he swallows absurd terms, and still tries to turn both kids against Ted, while cheating on him with dodgy contractor Danny Pelosi, who has a criminal record. After Ted dies in suspicious circumstances, Generosa turns against Danny, just as meanly, in favor of an English nanny/nurse once Generosa is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Keywords: adoption, advertising-agency, based-on-true-story, cancer, child-custody, deranged-woman, dinner, dinner-party, divorce, father-figureActors: Vishal Bhardwaj (composer), Laurens C. Postma (producer), Vishal Bhardwaj (writer), Vishal Bhardwaj (writer), Tabu (actress), Vishal Bhardwaj (director), Vishal Bhardwaj (producer), Pankaj Kapur (actor), Shweta Menon (actress), Irrfan Khan (actor), Naseeruddin Shah (actor), Murli Sharma (actor), Om Puri (actor), William Shakespeare (writer), Sitaram (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family. Abbaji's mistress and Maqbool plot and carry out his death; the sea plays the role of Birnham wood.
Keywords: antihero, based-on-play, betrayal, black-comedy, character-name-in-title, critically-acclaimed, cult-director, cult-film, dark-comedy, death-of-protagonistActors: Joel Clark Ackerman (actor), Doug Liman (producer), Avram Ludwig (producer), Jeff Seymann Gilbert (editor), Victor Buhler (producer), Victor Buhler (writer), Victor Buhler (director), David Bartis (producer), Glenn Kalison (actor), Noah Ackerman (producer), Noah Ackerman (actor), Aaron Lazar (actor), Tony Adzinikolov (composer), Jessica E. Stone (actress), Glenn McClanan (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Jesper Wachtmeister (editor), Jesper Wachtmeister (director), Jesper Wachtmeister (writer), Jesper Wachtmeister (producer), Jonas Kellagher (producer), Tadao Ando (actor), Juhani Pallasmaa (actor), Benny Nilsen (composer), Toyo Ito (actor), Kisho Kurokawa (actor), Kristian Gullichsen (actor), Sverre Fehn (actor), Kazuo Shinohara (actor),
Plot: KOCHUU is a visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future and traditional concepts, nature and concrete, gardens and high-tech spaces, the film explains how contemporary Japanese architects strive to unite the ways of modern man with the old philosophies in astounding constructions. KOCHUU, which translates as "in the jar," refers to the Japanese tradition of constructing small, enclosed physical spaces, which create the impression of a separate universe. The film illustrates key components of traditional Japanese architecture, such as reducing the distinction between outdoors and indoors, disrupting the symmetrical, building with wooden posts and beams rather than with walls, modular construction techniques, and its symbiotic relationship with water, light and nature. The film illustrates these concepts through remarkable views of the Imperial Katsura Palace, the Todai-Ji Temple, the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, the Sony Tower, numerous teahouses and gardens (see link below for complete list), as well as examples of the cross-fertilization evidenced in buildings throughout Scandinavia, and shows how 'invisible' Japanese traditions are evident even in modern, high-tech buildings. KOCHUU also features interviews with some of Japan's leading architects as well as Scandinavian contemporaries including Pritzker Prize winners Tadao Ando and Sverre Fehn, Toyo Ito, Kazuo Shinohara, Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa (see link below for complete list and bios). KOCHUU is a compelling illustration of how the aesthetics of Japanese architecture and design are expressed through simple means, and also shows that the best Japanese architecture, wherever it appears, expresses spiritual qualities that enrich human life.
Keywords: architecture, design, japan, philosophy, zenActors: Giorgos Kyriakidis (actor), Takis Yannopoulos (editor), Argyris Vavouris (miscellaneous crew), Jacques Bidou (producer), Antonis Kafetzopoulos (actor), Menelaos Daflos (actor), Marios Strofalis (composer), Yorgos Tsemberopoulos (writer), Yorgos Tsemberopoulos (director), Vasilis Kamitsis (actor), Ieroklis Michaelidis (actor), Hristos Pilatakis (miscellaneous crew), Fenia Cossovitsa (producer), Katerina Tsavalou (actress), Hector Kaloudis (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Anne Lockhart (miscellaneous crew), Jason Schwartzman (actor), Connie Nielsen (actress), Mark Mothersbaugh (composer), Owen Wilson (producer), Scott Peterson (miscellaneous crew), Bill Murray (actor), Luke Wilson (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Owen Wilson (writer), Brian Cox (actor), Olivia Williams (actress), Jason Trost (actor), Wes Anderson (director), Wes Anderson (writer),
Plot: Max Fischer is a precocious 15-year-old whose reason for living is his attendance at Rushmore, a private school where he's not doing well in any of his classes, but where he's the king of extracurricular activities - from being in the beekeeping society to writing and producing plays, there's very little after school he doesn't do. His life begins to change, however, when he finds out he's on academic probation, and when he stumbles into love with Miss Cross, a pretty teacher of the elementary school at Rushmore. Added to the mix is his friendship with Herman Blume, wealthy industrialist and father to boys who attend the school, and who also finds himself attracted to Miss Cross. Max's fate becomes inextricably tied to this odd love triangle, and how he sets about resolving it is the story in the film.
Keywords: academic-fraud, adolescent, affection, air-rifle, alcohol, aquarium, arrest, backgammon, backstage, barberActors: Karen Dzhanibekyan (actor), Levon Sharafyan (actor), Verjaluys Mirijanyan (actress), Robert Amirkhanyan (composer), Anatoli Galiyev (writer), S. Sarukhanyan (miscellaneous crew), Yervand Manaryan (actor), Yervand Manaryan (writer), Vigen Stepanyan (actor), Arman Manaryan (director), Ishkhan Garibyan (actor), Yuri Amiryan (actor), Mamikon Manukyan (actor), Ashot Melikdzhanyan (actor), Svetlana Jonyan (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Alun Armstrong (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Britt Ekland (actress), John Trumper (editor), Michael Caine (producer), Doreen Dearnaley (miscellaneous crew), Ian Hendry (actor), John Osborne (actor), Michael Klinger (producer), Ben Aris (actor), Mike Hodges (writer), Roy Budd (composer), Mike Hodges (director), Glynn Edwards (actor), Bernard Hepton (actor),
Plot: A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle's underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness Carter exhibits all the unstopability of the android in Terminator, or Walker in Point Blank, and he and the other characters in the film are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence.
Keywords: anti-hero, assassin, assassination, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bartender, based-on-novel, bathtub, beach, beatingActors: Hilda Borgström (actress), Sigurd Wallén (actor), Ragnar Widestedt (actor), John Botvid (actor), Carl Deurell (actor), Wiktor Andersson (actor), Carl-Gunnar Wingård (actor), Einar Axelsson (actor), Åke Claesson (actor), Axel Högel (actor), Ivar Kåge (actor), Uno Larsson (actor), Emil Fjellström (actor), Tord Stål (actor), Gunnel Broström (actress),
Genres: Drama,If only you were here to hold my head above bloody waters
We could make it through
You turned your back on me and now I do the same to you
You made me feel so hollow
How can the man that you looked up to turn around and say
three words that hurt more than you'll ever know
You don't know what it feels like to be in my shoes
You turned your back on me as I stood there and fell to
the floor
This time there's no reason for me to turn around and
scream for help
But if only you were here to hold my head above all those
things you said to tie me down
I'm looking for forgiveness for something that I didn't
even do
How can you call yourself and idol, a person to trust?
How can I look so high up when you're always holding me
down?