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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Domestic architecture"”.
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Unplanned potential : domestic architecture designed for play
… of us appear content to live in repeated rows of domestic homogeneity, particularly in suburbia? Have these recurrent domestic forms repressed our imagination? The house, as the primary place of human dwelling, is clearly one of the most influential architectural environments in our lives. Yet it …
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Domestic architecture of the Sinhalese elite in the age of nationalism
Domestic architecture of the Sinhalese elites in Sri Lanka remained as unchartered territory until recently. Having focused on the period of nationalism, which indeed is an area in oblivion (both historically and architecturally), this research established that the elite are in a position to better …
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Transitions in domestic architecture and home culture in twentieth century Iran
… political underpinnings and aesthetic ends of domesticity in Iranian culture from the early twentieth century through the first two decades of the revolution, this study also examines the impact of the Cold War on the daily life of Iranians. A showcase for the West's humanitarian efforts in the …
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Shaping Houses: integrating the physical and socio-cultural in the domestic architecture of Ancient Sicily
… and socio-cultural factors interact to shape domestic architecture by analysing the form, layout, and construction of houses from Sicily dating from the Neolithic to the end of the Hellenistic period. This time range encompasses two primary domestic building traditions: single-spaced round …
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Movement and Motion: Spatial Change in Roman Domestic Religion. Paganism to Christianity, 1st-5th centuries CE
This thesis sets out to examine changes in Roman domestic spaces related to religious practice from the pagan to Christian period. I argue that in their spatial negotiation of pre-existing pagan spaces, early Christian belief was influenced by these pagan spaces. A long process of reinterpreting …
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New patterns of suburban settlement
… of the attitudes which have shaped American domestic architecture, and an explanation of how the symbolic language of American suburban areas is important to the design of suburban residential development. A design case study is included, which illustrates how a concern for the preservation …
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A study of aspiration and ambition: the Scottish Treasury Commission and its impact upon the development of Scottish country house architecture 1667-1682
Until very recently the study of Scottish domestic architecture in the late seventeenth century has been treated only in a national context or as an adjunct to the development of domestic architecture in Britain. It has not been subjected to the scrutiny of European architectural historians. For …
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The Sethi merchants' havelis in Peshawar, 1800-1910: form, identity and status
… of Peshawar was undertaken with the premise that domestic architecture provides an alternative and compelling narrative about historical and cultural changes undergone by Indian society. The Sethi havelis constructed over a period of a hundred years (1800-1910) combined residential, business and …
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Dining and revelry in French rococo art
… and fashionable room type, introduced into elite domestic architecture in the eighteenth century.
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The social meaning of domestic space : notes on a suitable research methodology for southern African architectural studies
… concern is with the analysis of southern African domestic architecture, which, it is argued, has become separated from the study of social systems and human behaviour. It is suggested that architectural research needs to be grounded in a coherent theoretical framework of a sociological nature if …
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Americanaaaaaaa! : or a welcome home in Lowell, Massachusetts
… through distortions and exaggerations of the domestic envelope. As these exaggerations reach the limits of symbolic legibility, they begin to suggest alternate internal organizations which have the potential to shape the social relationships and negotiations of a new collective within. The …
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William Morris and Medieval Material Culture
… books, and his personal experience of medieval domestic architecture were more instrumental in developing his sense of the past than were such artefacts of high culture as the great cathedrals and lavishly illustrated manuscripts, since it was through the surviving items of everyday use that …
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Regulation, architecture and modernism in the United States, 1890-1920
… identifies four cases in which technology and architecture served as critical instruments for the implementation of regulation in the modern interior. The application of thermostatic control of heat for domestic architecture established a norm for room temperature that, through the home …
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Examining the Battle House: the greek revival, religion, race relations, and slavery justifications
… the United States for the Greek Revival style in architecture in the nineteenth century have been revived in recent years by Barksdale Maynard’s challenge of Talbot Hamlin’s widely accepted 1944 argument about the popularity of this architecture. However, little has been discussed regarding the …
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A study on the construction system of the 1730 Jesuit House in Cebu, Philippines
… Bato or "House of Stone" is a hybrid vernacular architecture in the Philippines that started during the Spanish regime and sixteenth-century Chinese migration. It has been a well-studied subject but mostly focused on the architectural features and spatial functions of the domestic architecture. …
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Spatial analysis and the late Medieval Tower-Houses of Britain and Ireland
… functional analysis, comparing the defensive and domestic architecture of the tower-houses to determine whether they were fit for purpose as lordly residences. <br/> <br/>The spatial analysis reveals that the same basic spatial format is found across Britain and Ireland, though there are clearly …
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An interdisciplinary approach to Santal architectural history
… for precision and craftsmanship in their domestic architecture. The visually stunning dwellings and settlements fascinated me as an undergraduate architecture student, and now, in this doctoral research project, I take this forward as a critical enquiry into the production, use and …
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Roman Paintings from Panayia Field, Corinth, Greece: A Contextual Study
… originally decorated two distinct phases of domestic architecture, dating to the early first century C.E. and mid-third century C.E., respectively, and depict figural, floral, geometric, and architectural schemes.</p> <p>In light of the general paucity of published and well-studied wall …
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