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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"NA Architecture"”.
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The assessment, planning and design of small public spaces in urban areas
… Square was ‘beloved and successful’. Her explanation was its diversity of pedestrian generators. Other theorists, including Hillier (1999) and Gehl (2010), have given equally confident explanations of why some spaces are more popular than others. Small urban public open spaces (POS) are a …
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Classification of building design information
… system. This Thesis examines also the traditional roles of the participants in the design team and demonstrates that these roles modify the ideal structure. A number of existing classification systems are analysed to provide, with an analysis of the theory of classification, the desirable …
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The churches of S.S. Teulon
… He did, however, build a number of extraordinary churches while in practice as an architect, especially in the 1850's to 1860's. It is firstly to Teulon's building we must turn if we are to understand his personal and professional development. They are his "letters" written in stone. …
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The traditional architecture of the Igbo of Nigeria
Modern architecture in Nigeria presents a bizarre picture of indiscriminate transplantation of foreign buildings, and a complete abandonment of traditional architecture. Apparently, the transplanted architecture does not respond to the physical and cultural needs of Nigerians, and, at all events, …
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Institutional control of architectural education and registration 1834-1960
… history of architectural education and professionalism in Britain from the foundation of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1834 to the Oxford Conference on education held by the RIBA in 1958. Between these dates, it investigates with primary source material drawn from the RIBA …
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Traditional farm buildings 1770-1840: a study of the farm steadings on two Galloway estates
… the implementation of radical changes in land management, crop and animal husbandry and a vast programme of rebuilding the existing farm steadings. Traditional farm buildings are thus the physical manifestation and legacy of agrarian improvements. As a consequence, it is vitally important to …
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Sustainable landscape planting in the Negev Desert
The research concerns the potential for using the native plants of the Negev Desert in southern Israel in the Negev, which will help to promote more sustainable landscape development in the region. The study combines the data collection in the field of 163 plant species located in the Negev desert …
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An evaluative framework for the appraisal of the planning role in smart cities
… include improving the weaknesses of traditional-delivery-methods of development in what the thesis broadly views as an analogue approach to the future of cities challenge in a digital world. The thesis employs a grounded-theory approach to data analysis in phase one, before quantitatively …
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Procuring the urban house in paradise
… as part of the research methodology; finally the performance of the 'urban house in paradise' is proposed, based upon advances to the above. These benchmarks provide a generic framework that describes the integrated performance of adwelling. The tool advances existing assessment models …
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Building information modeling (BIM) and green building index (GBI) assessment framework for non-residential new construction building (NRNC)
… data. The quantitative approach used questionnaires, which were distributed to 900 GBI members, i.e. GBI certifiers and facilitators. The survey generated a response rate of 32% during eight months of data collection. The results were analyzed using SPSS and SmartPLS. Four model categories …
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Domesticating energy efficiency technologies: understanding the ‘adopter’ perspectives of UK homeowners in existing housing
… UK’s large owner-occupier sector. Prevailing dominant academic discourses are preoccupied with identifying factors for non-adoption based on assumptions of economic rationality and technological efficiency. In contrast, the research approach in this thesis focuses on elucidating the reasons why a …
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The development of school construction systems in Hertfordshire 1946-64
… growth coupled with severe shortages of conventional building materials and labour. Part 2 explores Hertfordshire's response to this challenge: rejecting the use of war-time hutting for new primary schools, construction offering more permanency, and freedom to design a proper teaching environment …
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Thatching in Cambridgeshire
… the aims of the thesis in which thatching is analysed in Cambridgeshire as a living craft. The first chapter sets the historical context of thatching as a means of providing a waterproof roof in England and more particularly in Cambridgeshire, and how, over the years, this form of roof is now …
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A social interpretation of the castle in Scotland
… out there. It is a human construct, to which architecture can give lasting form. Taking this as a premise, this thesis has investigated the castellated architecture of Scotland, not as a military fortress or an expression of architectural genius, but as a structure where people lived and which …
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The residences of Potentiores in Gaul and Germania in the fifth to mid-ninth centuries
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