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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Religious Buildings"”.
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Multi-ethnic London: an architectural study of religious buildings in a globalized urban culture
From the first primitive huts through to modern buildings, humans have created architecture for shelter. Different cultures began to develop architectural forms to suit many kinds of social functions; then, as time passed, and civilizations grew and developed even further, more complex forms …
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Acts of Liturgy
… located in downtown Blacksburg, VA. Whereas many religious buildings seem to rely heavily on iconography in order to designate the building as sacred, this project explicitly seeks an architectural expression of the liturgy that exists independently, but not necessarily to the exclusion of, …
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EXPERIENCING THE SACRED: A phenomenological exploration of architecture as sentient space
… embodied experience, rather than the presence of religious symbols or functions. Utilizing phenomenological thinkers such as Merleau-Ponty, Bachelard, Pallasmaa, and Norberg-Schulz, this thesis investigates how spatial atmosphere, sensory perception, material quality, and movement all contribute …
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Les terres cuites architecturales des églises du haut Moyen Age dans le nord-ouest de la France et le sud-est de l'Angleterre : application de la datation par luminescence à l'archéologie du bâti
… origin of CBM used in 9th, 10th and 11th century religious buildings of Normandy, Pays de Loire in France and Kent and Essex in England. Are the bricks used in the masonry structures Roman spolia or a novo productions? Dating techniques were scrutinized through a process of intercomparison work …
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Ceramic building materials in early medieval churches in north-western France and south-eastern England. Application of luminescence dating to building archaeology.
… origin of CBM used in 9th, 10th and 11th century religious buildings of Normandy, Pays de Loire in France and Kent and Essex in England. Are the bricks used in the masonry structures Roman spolia or a novo productions? Dating techniques were scrutinized through a process of intercomparison work …
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We Built this City on Rock and Romans: A geospatial comparison of Economy, Infrastructure, Settlement and Culture between Dorchester, Dorset, and Winchester, Hampshire, and their Environs during the Period 300AD- 700AD.
… centres, villas, farmsteads, cemeteries, religious buildings and all their associated infrastructure. This project collected 347 sites, these were then subject to spatial analysis in order to identify patterns and trends which may lead to a better understanding of economic and social …
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Narrative light : the design of a monastic retreat
… light tells a story, as one walks through the buildings. As a reference, religious buildings by Tadao Ando and Jorn Utzon are evaluated in the third section, as additional sources for creating a narrative with light.
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Structure in architecture: a center for the study of world religions and mythologies
… founded, in part, by people seeking freedom from religious persecution, Washington D.C. provided highly appropriate for this project. Additionally, people of diverse religious backgrounds and national origins inhabit the District of Columbia, making it a multicultural city. Further, known as …
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Mormon temple architecture and the spaces of ritual
Temples are the most significant religious buildings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the early days of the church, temples were used for general worship and congregation. These temples represented the spiritual and physical heart of the communities in which they were built. …
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Building to power : architecture of Tehran 1921-1941
… city-- wall and gates, royal citadel, religious buildings, and residential neighborhoods-- serves as a reference point for evaluating the modernization of the Reza Shah period. Reza Shah initiated a rapid and irrevocable process of change that began in the public domain at the city …
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Interethnic perception of ethnic boundaries in Penang, Malaysia
… that the urban enclaves, the names of streets, religious buildings and cultural events reflect a poly-ethnic of Penangites. Then, the hybrid culture and cross cut the conceived ethnic boundaries occur when the awareness of social class and attachment to global culture are mingled. The upper …
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Everyman and the Angels: representations of celestial beings in the arts available to the laity in the Middle Ages
… in iconography and writing. 3 Angels in Church. Religious buildings are the most obvious places to look for angels. They appear in many forms, sometimes surrounding the congregation. Angelic representations are some of the most spectacular church ornaments and the reasons behind their inclusion …
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The Search For Structure in a Baptist Church
… a structural envelope that is suitable for a religious building. The purpose of this thesis is to explore alternative prototypical structural and architectural solutions in response to the building program created by the Architectural Committee and their design consultants.
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Smart Building Energy Management System for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response
Buildings account for a significant share of total energy use throughout the world. Religious facilities, which account for a substantial portion of overall floor space and energy use in the commercial sector, have rarely been the subject of energy efficiency and management studies. Religious …
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Conservation of architecture and settlements in Lebanon : two case studies
… district, where hardly any residential apartment buildings exist. People seem to be more attached to their primary and more immediate surroundings, such as their own houses, which makes them more inclined by force-majeur to restore their dwellings. The last part of this thesis attempts to propose …
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La conservación del patrimonio cultural inmueble durante conflictos armados : la guerra civil española, (1936-1939)
… in order to stop the destruction of historical buildings during the conflict. Also, it covers the participation of the National side, the rebels fighting the Second Spanish Republic, in the task of repairing nnonumental sites, most of which were of a religious character. Republic Services were …