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  PIER LUIGI NERVI NAME : PIER LUIGI NERVI   BORN : 21 JUNE 1891, SONDRIO, ITALY NATIONALITY : ITALIAN    EDUCATION : UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA IN 1913 OCCUPATION : STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT   KNOWN FOR : HIS INNOVATIVE USE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE.    EARLIER JOBS : SERVED IN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERING OF THE ITALIAN ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I FROM 1915 TO 1918   AWARDS :  GOLD MEDALS BY THE INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS IN THE UK THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (AIA GOLD MEDAL 1964)  .IN 1957, RECEIVED THE FRANK P. BROWN MEDAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE AND THE WILHELM EXNER MEDAL. HIS  THEORY In his writings, Nervi constantly reminded readers that 90 percent of his contracts were awarded in competitions where the governing factors were economy and speed of construction. He thrived on these limitations and, indeed, "never found this relentless search for economy an obstacle to achieving the expressiveness of form" desired.  Nervi also stressed that intuition should b

  THE KNOSSOS PALACE, GREECE         INTRODUCTION The PALACE OF KNOSSOS is located in Crete city, in Greece. It was a major part of the MINOAN CIVILISATION The Palace had three water management systems -water storage, water harvesting, drainage and sewage system. Long-distance systems for transporting water to the urban areas had been developed since prehistoric times due to the mountainous terrain of Crete city. Conduits carried water from mountain springs to Palaces and cities ,utilizing a combination of open channels and closed pipes in Knossos . The main source of water supply at the palace of Knossos, initially, was the spring of Mavrokolymbos, a pure limestone spring located approximately 500 m southwest of the palace. As population increased ,other water sources developed from further distances and incorporated into the water supply system. A conduit made of terracotta was used to convey water from a water spring on the Gypsadhes hill to Knossos and was later extended to carry w