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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"Contemporary architecture"”.
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The place of history in contemporary architecture
… historical fabric of the city when creating new architecture. The project is located on the South bank of the River Liffey in the city of Dublin. It is where part of the foundations of the medieval town are buried beneath the contemporary fabric. The project is the redefinition in modern terms of …
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Transformation of traditional design concepts into contemporary architecture
… is to explore the design concepts of traditional architecture in Anamur, Turkey, and to make an attempt to incorporate the design patterns extracted from traditional houses into contemporary architecture. First, the traditional and contemporary architectural concepts and their present conditions …
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Pattern and fabric : the role of craftsmanship in contemporary architecture
During the Twentieth Century industrial production has largely replaced the hand of the craftsman. As a result most modern buildings lack the qualities of craftsmanship. This thesis seeks to identify and define these qualities, speculates on their importance to the human psyche, and suggests ways …
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In search of a direction in the contemporary architecture of Arabia
There is a new breed of contemporary buildings evolving in the Middle East that incorporates all the pragmatic functions of the 20th century, but, at the same time, attempts to capture the spirit of the indigenous architecture in its particular context This thesis seeks to investigate and …
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Aesthetic Movement Ideals in Contemporary Architecture: The President Garfield Historic Site Visitors Center
… structures of mid 19th century Victorian Era architecture. After the grounds became a national landmark in 1945, all new additions conformed to the existing historic style. This Thesis proposes that the existing visitors center be relocated from the carriage house to a new structure on site. …
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Free form in contemporary architecture : a study of the roots and characteristics of plasticity in architectural design
… Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1957.
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EARTH & FIBERS. Local Technologies Earthen Composites (LoTEC). Local reuse of by-products for zero-waste building materials. Appropriate building solutions in vernacular and contemporary architecture.
… knowledge with scientific analysis and contemporary design, EARTH & FIBERS advances a model of architecture that minimizes extractive dependence and supports ecological and cultural regeneration, positioning earthen and vegetal-fiber materials as essential components of a decarbonized …
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Exploring folded space in urban Cape Town : unfolding the Strand / Adderley Street juncion
… folded, smooth or continuous form so visible in contemporary architecture. I was interested in the relationship between the formal 'folds' of contemporary architecture and the spatial theory of 'folded space'. In order to understand where these forms are coming from and whether or not the idea of …
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Reciprocal with the landscape : observations and transformation of village form in the North Shore
… structure can, in turn, be incorporated into contemporary architecture. The goal of the thesis is to move beyond the image of a place and emphasize the essential quality of human "scale / size". This quality is in the form of the villages of the North Shore. The work here is an attempt to show …
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Imitatio Naturae. El paisaje como referente en la arquitectura contemporánea.
The contemporary concept of Landscape outplays the old distinction between object and subject, which recognises the limits between the physical world and its phenomenological counterpart imposed by illustrated vision: it is capable of both representing and signifying generalisable harmony of …
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Arches in architecture
… there are also examples of arches in Polish architecture, not well known in the United States. A selection of modern constructions illustrates actual trends in arch applications in contemporary architecture.
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Memorial as field : problematizing Cape Town's post apartheid void
… Subsequently, this thesis project questions how contemporary architecture can provide a meaningful response to locations of urban trauma caused by racial segregation. Numerous legislative changes implemented by the National Party sustained apartheid for 46 years. During this time, systems of …
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Islamic ceramic ornamentation and process: proposals for a new aesthetic vocabulary in contemporary architectural embellishment within kuwait
Islamic architecture is arguably one of the greatest manifestations of Islamic visual culture. One of the defining aspects of the unique, aesthetic richness of traditional Islamic architecture has been the application of ceramic ornamentation or embellishment. There is a growing concern, however, …
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The search for hybrid tectonics in contemporary African architecture: encounters between the global and the local
… emerging phenomenon of tectonic hybridisation in contemporary architecture in Africa where global and local ways of making are being combined. A growing awareness of this tendency was informed by an extended period of practicing, teaching, and re - searching architectural technology in Africa. I …
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A contemporary architectural quest and synthesis : Kamil Khan Mumtaz in Pakistan
… as a possible direction or approach for contemporary architecture in Pakistan. Although there are more prolific builders in Pakistan, Kamil Khan Mumtaz (KKM) of Lahore, is one of the most important and influential figures in architectural education and the architectural discourse in …
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Digital Regionalism: Identity, Place and the Ottawa Train Station
… succeeding in a retreat back to an architecture of local identity. With the onset of the globalized 21st-century architecture practice, digital design tools have subsequently come to homogenize a transnational working methodology where the importance of regional peripheries is …
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The problem of designing facades within an industrialized building system : a technical analysis for criticising and evaluating contemporary buildings
… of the most important and delicate problems in contemporary architecture. The facade is the changing zone par excelience within which the structural elements of technology meld into refined details of art and together constitute Architecture. The facade is also an interface. or link, between two …
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Patterns of continuity: revitalizing the underlying principles of Kuwaiti traditional architecture and applying them to a contemporary community
… of geometry and are linked by unity of purpose. Contemporary architecture and urban structures in Kuwait should not only rely on local physical materials, but also express the valuable principles of Islamic culture. Islam considers each community to be one family, the relationship Islamic …
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Embracing the Air: The Sensory Experience of Hemp-Lime Architecture
… an antidote to the overly visual experience of contemporary architecture. I begin design from the material and elaborate on the senses involved with the dynamics of hemp walls: the airy trio of humidity, thermal and sound. I dissolve the complexity of a conventional wall, where the layers act …
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