Lüneburg, Germany

Architecture

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Architecture at Leuphana University Lüneburg

Language: German Studies in German
Subject area: engineering and engineering trades
University website: www.leuphana.de
degree: Dr. phil.

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Architecture
Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.
Architecture
The civil engineer is the real 19th century architect.
William Burges in: The Ecclesiologist, Vol. 28, 1867, p. 156:
Architecture
He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece.
William Shakespeare, King Lear (1608), Act III, scene 2, line 25.
Architecture
The hand that rounded Peter's dome
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
Wrought in a sad sincerity:
Himself from God he could not free;
He builded better than he knew;
The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Problem.
Safety is a major challenge for the new generation IV (Gen-IV) fast neutron reactors. Ongoing research and development (R&D), supported by the EU, will update or develop existing computer codes to accurately model innovative reactor designs and accident scenarios.
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