Garabit viaduct Essays

  • Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Essay

    861 Words  | 4 Pages

    SULTAN QABOOS GRAND MOSQUE General Information: The Sultan Qaboos grand mosque is located in Muscat, Oman, designed by Mohammed Saleh Makiya and Quad Design for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos to be the largest most beautiful mosque in Oman, and to stand out a unique piece of architecture. The mosques can be visited by non-Muslims except on Friday, and it is considered as a contemporary Islamic architecture. Construction: The conceptual design of the mosque started at 1992, while the construction took

  • Gustave Eiffel's Business Model

    1745 Words  | 7 Pages

    Gustave Eiffel was born December 15th, 1832 in Dijon, France. He graduated from the École Polytechnique and later the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, as a civil engineer and created a number of bridges for the French Railway Network. However, his name became known after becoming the main man in creating,designing, and constructing the Eiffel Tower. Eiffel was the first born child of Alexandre Eiffel and Catherine-Melanie. While his Mother was a heiress to a charcoal company, his Father

  • How Did The Roman Arch Build

    1114 Words  | 5 Pages

    The Romans, who used bridges to expand the empire through their military crusades, furthered the next iteration of bridge construction. In building their bridges, the Romans utilized their famous arch design, and the use of hydraulic cement that used pozzolana, which hardened to a stonelike consistency when mixed with lime, rubble, and water. Aside from the strength gained from the use of pozzolana, the Romans took advantage of their arch technology and developed a method of building piers, the