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The search for structure

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

It has always been an important concern in architecture to develop a design which does not rely on actual trends but which accords to a deeper kind of truth. This requires the search for and the designation of structure. On the other side the designer has intentions and visions. Subjectivity intervenes unavoidably at any point in the design process. To find the right balance between truth and the individual creative act; to differentiate between the invariant and the designer's skill has to be the goal in architecture.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Architecture
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Architecture
Department dc:contributor.department
Architecture
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1995

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Oswald, Karsten
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • O'Brien, Michael J.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Braaten, Ellen B.
  • Gartner, Howard Scott
  • Schnoedt, Heinrich

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
etd-08222009-040612
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/44414

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Oswald, Karsten. The search for structure. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44414