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Considering my life experiences and my determination to be the best at what I do, I believe I have much to offer your university. I am attracted by the idea of studying at your university not only because of its prestigious reputation as one of the best universities in the UK, but also because the facilities here for my subject are second to none. I have also a burning ambition to establish new contacts, along with fulfilling the dream of a perfect career in architecture will prove that my choice of Manchester University was the best that I could have made in order to succeed in building a promising life. I also I like the approach this university takes to my course, as it ensures me everything I need in order to develop my skills.

I recently visited The Leaning Tower of Pisa which is also known as Tower of Pisa, an interesting structure situated in the Pisa city of Italy.  It is the third oldest structure in Pisa’s Cathedral Square and very famous for its unintended tilt to one side. The height of the tower is around 183 feet and the width is higher in the lower part than the top part. This tower has 296 steps and offers a great architectural value to the world. The tilt of this tower was not planned and occurred unintentionally. During the construction phase, the tilt was created because of the inadequate foundation on the soft ground. Later this tilt increased until the structure was stabilised. Around 200 years were taken to build this greatest structure. This structure has many historic significance and was one of the seven medieval wonder of the world. The people of Pisa started building this structure to show the rest of the world about the importance of the Pisa city. The plan included a cathedral, a baptistery, a bell tower and a cemetery. This famous tower is not known only for the great beauty of its Romanesque architecture but also for its historical significance. The famous astronomer Galileo Galilei is said to have dropped a cannon ball and a musket ball bot hat a time from the Tower of Pisa to prove that weight does not affect the dropping speed of an object.

There are many architects that I admire, but one stands out­­-Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier) is an internationally known influential Swiss architect and city planner, whose designs combine the functionalism of the modern movement with a bold, sculptural expressionism. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture and was their most able propagandist in his numerous writings. In his architecture he joined the functionalist aspirations of his generation with a strong sense of expressionism. He was the first architect to make a studied use of rough-cast concrete, a technique that satisfied his taste for asceticism and for sculptural forms. Le Corbusier saw potential in something that no one else could see, that is why I like him. He is not afraid to challenge convention, something I hope to achieve as an aspiring architect.

A building I would like to visit is the Villa Savoye designed by Le Corbusier in 1929 in France. The Villa Savoye is a unique seminal building designed in the Modernist style. The Villa Savoye project is unique due to the uniqueness of design and construction. Le Corbusier used steel and ferroconcrete as the major construction materials, which helped to make the so-called “load” of the upper stories of the building by means of the slender columns. The Villa Savoye was designed to serve as a private home, but the architect was influenced by cultural and social factors to create a house that could serve as “the machine for living”. Le Corbusier designed the Villa Savoye the way he did because the architect reflected the fundamental nature of his style in architecture. The Villa Savoye is considered to be the purest Modernist construction.