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Article Evaluation: Talk:Red Desert (Wyoming)

"Today, busy Interstate 80 bisects the desert's southern region while gas field roads cross the desert."

"Bison were also common and their skulls and horns can occasionally be found there."

This article is well written and established on a factual basis to my knowledge. Everything is relevant to that of the Red Desert in Wyoming, and the articles flows nicely with no distraction. At times, I want more on one topic or another which would take further research. The article remains neutral on all topics, keeping the focus returning to the geography. With the focus on geography, I understand why other topics may appear slightly underrepresented such as the 1.4Cultural and economic landscape. The sources are reliable and neutral as well, with working links and balanced information. Another wiki user mentioned that an inclusion of more visual maps would be very informative to the article. This is agreeable, and simply more information is better at any point.

Contents

 * 1Geography
 * 1.1Water
 * 1.2Killpecker Sand Dunes
 * 1.3Plant and wildlife
 * 1.4Cultural and economic landscape
 * 2See also
 * 3References
 * 4External links

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Antoni Gaudí

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Catenary arch

Could talk about contemporary kiln applications.

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-Traveling masonry teames/groups


 * 10/11th to 15th century occurring though creation of abby churches and cathedrals in southern Europe.
 * Such a skilled and technical craft that a master stone mason would form their own group of workers and students to travel and construct with.
 * Occurred in class when talking about the Royal Basilica of Saint Denis. 12c.
 * No information on wiki

-Sky light - 1837 Hall of the Battles at Palace of Versailles 1661-1774


 * Sky-lighting happened between 1680 and 1830
 * How? When? What? Where? Why? Whats it worth? Contemporary to classical
 * Skylight

-Nature in Architecture --


 * From Alberti to Louis Sullivan
 * Is there a word for this? Theory
 * Organic architecture anything on Alberti Nature: "An underlying answer to the world that there is specific rule being followed or certain equation." Ten Books on Architecture

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Edit History of skylight. Original reads:

History[edit]
Open skylights were used in Ancient Roman architecture, such as the oculus of the Pantheon. Glazed 'closed' skylights have been in use since the Industrial Revolution made advances in glass production manufacturing. Mass production units since the mid-20th century have brought skylights to many uses and contexts. Energy conservation has brought new motivation, design innovation, transmission options, and efficiency rating systems for skylights

Galerie des Batailles 1830 by Louis Philippe

According to Architectural glass, the earliest functional skylights would have been formed by either Glass casting, Crown glass (window),  Cylinder blown sheet and Machine drawn cylinder sheet, or  Fourcault process.

History of glass:

....Glass was used extensively during the Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxon glass has been found across England during archaeological excavations of both settlement and cemetery sites. Glass in the Anglo-Saxon period was used in the manufacture of a range of objects including vessels, windows, beads, and was also used in jewelry. From the 10th-century onwards, glass was employed in stained glass windows of churches and cathedrals, with famous examples at Chartres Cathedral and the Basilica of Saint Denis. By the 14th-century, architects were designing buildings with walls of stained glass such as Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, (1203–1248) and the East end of Gloucester Cathedral.Stained glass had a major revival with Gothic Revival architecture in the 19th century. With the Renaissance, and a change in architectural style, the use of large stained glass windows became less prevalent. The use of domestic stained glass increased until most substantial houses had glass windows. These were initially small panes leaded together, but with the changes in technology, glass could be manufactured relatively cheaply in increasingly larger sheets. This led to larger window panes, and, in the 20th-century, to much larger windows in ordinary domestic and commercial buildings. ....

Prior to the Industrial Revolution, it was France that had the leading technology in architectural glass. One of the earliest forms of the glass skylight can be seen at the Palace of Versailles in the Galerie des Batailles, which was added onto the existing palace by Louis Philippe in the year 1830. Another form that displays early sky lighting technology is the Halle aux blés (Paris) built in 1763-67. This form of natural overhead lighting allowed for illumination while decoration could cover the entire interior wall, and it is the option least obstructed by other buildings. This means that sky lighting as we know it, in many forms today, was probably pioneered in France during the early 18th century or late 17th century. According to architectural glass, the earliest functional skylights would have been formed by either glass casting , crown glass (window) , cylinder blown sheet , and machine drawn cylinder sheet , or fourcault process.