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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Architectural projects"”.
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Experimental logistics : extra-architectural projects at SOM, 1933-1986
… Art exhibited for the first time the work of an architectural office instead than a single designer. The exhibition's poster child was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), billed in MoMA's press release as a firm driven by both the "discipline of modern architecture" and "the discipline of American …
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DesignWork : a study of public works programmes in South African architectural projects
… the poorest of the poor. This unique context of architectural practice is herein termed DesignWork, and the links between these designs and their measurable work outcomes will be the focus of this Case Study Research. Architects can be key agents in shaping economic empowerment for participants …
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A robust planning and control methodology for design-build fast-track civil engineering and architectural projects
… for design-build fast-track civil engineering projects where unforeseen changes can be absorbed in the project schedule without creating major interruptions. The axiomatic design concept is applied to formulate and evaluate various work methodologies, and to compose the project plan based on …
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Renewable success : development of good architecture in the case of Arriyadh Development Authority, Saudi Arabia
… building of buildings for Ministries and other projects needed by the government. ADA has a positive reputation for achieving quality award winning architecture. Though there have been studies on the development of Riyadh, there has been no study of how quality of architecture is perceived and …
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Deconstruction in landscape architecture
… the theoretical work of Jacques Derrida, and the architectural work of Bernard Tschumi. Deconstruction is described in its philosophical context and as a form of literary criticism. This deconstruction is compared with recent architectural projects influenced by Derrida’s ideas, with particular …
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Memorial and meditation, material and metaphor
… to explore the nature of material selection for architectural projects. The project is a place of healing for the human spirit - a meditation/ meeting space located in the dunes of the Provincelands on the peninsula of Cape Cod, MA. Although primarily influenced by the necessity for expression of …
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A taxonomy of participatory design projects in architecture
… interesting and innovative technique to use in architectural projects. The nature of participatory design projects is varied and diverse. Much of the existing documentation does not provide a generalized framework under which to analyze how participatory design techniques are applied. As a …
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An interdisciplinary review structure of architectural sustainability
… and the project objectives(The motivations for architectural development) each have aspects that relate to sustainability, some of which are interrelated and dependent on the other aspects for their existence and maintenance. The interdisciplinary review structure integrates existing evaluative …
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A influência da evolução dos códigos edilícios na qualidade ambiental dos projetos residenciais multifamiliares: o caso das subzonas A-2 e A-18 da Barra da Tijuca no período de 1960 a 2004
… that influence the conception of Residential architectural projects in the city of Rio de Janeiro, emphasizing mainly the Code model express by Residential Regulation of Construction and Edification, considering its inductor aspect. This Regulation regulates and gives minimal legal direction …
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Transformation of painting into architecture : museum for the works of F. Lembersky
… to inform each other. Artists have employed architectural elements as pure abstract form, and architects have applied art to formulate architectural intentions and resolve formal architectural problems. As well, artists and architects have collaborated often in the creation of single artistic …
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Architecture and statehood in late Byzantium: a comparative study of Epiros and Trebizond
This study examines the architectural patronage of the Komnenodoukai in Epiros and the Grand Komnenoi in Trebizond during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The main focus is on churches and monasteries constructed, rebuilt or renovated by the ruling families and aristocracy in the …
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A guide to source materials of the life and work of Lawrence B. Anderson '30
… an eminent professional adviser, he influenced architectural projects throughout the world. Because he was a remarkably clear thinker and accomplished and prolific writer, we are fortunate that his papers remain accessible to us. Professor Anderson taught generations of students much more than …
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The Baroque Effect: Architecture and Art History in Berlin, 1886-1900
… establishment of the Baroque as an independent architectural style within the young field of Kunstwissenschaft, the burgeoning interest in Baroque space and the mechanics of perception in psychological aesthetics, and the appearance of the Baroque in many of the most important architectural …
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Phillip collective hubb : architecture as a catalyst for socioeconomic and spatial equality in Cape Town
… initial interest of the M Arch (Professional) Architectural Project is the issue of persistent socioeconomic and spatial segregation and inequality in South African society and cities today, and the role architecture can play towards socioeconomic and spatial transformation. South African …
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Walking on daylight : the application of translucent floor systems as a means of achieving natural daylighting in mid and low rise architecture
… to achieving daylighting in three prototypical architectural projects covering a diverse range of building types.
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Step into the campus : transforming problems of scale in mass housing projects
… devise urban strategies and develop architectural projects that address not only the physical conditions, but also the physchological conditions of this place beset with such difficult circumstances. This thesis sets out to address both the physical and psychological problems through …
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Architecture of the Machine
… of largescaled infrastructural engineered/architectural projects, where the individual human is absent from its initial architectural and programmatic goals, rendering built form/architecture that is free to explore scale and form. A project where the architecture is formally governed by a …
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The FACTory: Unearthing the forgotten industry of Cape Town
… This dissertation proposes that, through a new architectural intervention, the concrete ruin can be assisted in telling its own story. This is a project in which the existing found object will uncover, narrate and reclaim its own industrial past, through its reprogramming, and will act as an …
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Harmony and opposition
… involved in acts of making and the design of architectural projects relevant to our time. Of all disciplines concerned with production, perhaps architecture, in particular, finds itself amid the most complex set of various forces and constraints, all vying for preeminence - and formal …
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Urban constellations: reading contemporary cityscapes with Benjamin and Baudrillard
… The thesis examines how these iconic architectural projects, the technological body of the cityscape, mediate our experiences of art, nature, personal and collective memory, and notions of public culture. I argue that we must read Benjamin again after Baudrillard in order to assess the …
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