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Showing 1 to 20 of 330 for “"Washington, D.C."”.
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Washington D.C. | Olympic Metamorphosis
… as the event and proposed that they be held in Washington D.C., a city of international prominence with a rich design history but a city that hasn't had a large scale urban redevelopment plan in over a century. I focused on the city east of the Capitol as I wanted to extend the monumental core …
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Washington, D.C. Center for Filmmaking
The Washington, D.C. Center for Filmmaking is placed in the middle of a growing area of different uses, on the block bordered by 8th, 9th G and H streets. Across G street, the old Patent Office now houses the national Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery. Churches, schools, and …
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Embassy of Lebanon, Washington, D.C.
An Edifice that establishes Identity through spatial Experience. An Environment traditional in its Values, modern in its Language, yet capturing a Mood inherent to Lebanon. An Architecture that Reveals a sense of Unity around a Central Court. A Design that reflects an Attitude toward the Totality …
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An Urban Soccer Stadium for Washington D.C.
… but it is vital for them to remain within Washington, D.C. in a soccer specific stadium. An area of land on Buzzard Point has already been chosen for the future development of a new soccer specific stadium and is now waiting for city council approval. This thesis aims to explore a new type …
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Living in the city: housing in Washington, D.C./
… a residential neighborhood in the old downtown Washington, D.C. The design tries to transform a deteriorated old commercial block to a lively residential neighborhood by introducing attractive urban characters to the area while maintaining the existing context.
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National Museum of Film and Photography, Washington, D.C.
The origins of this project lie in a desire to understand the relationship that exists between light and architecture. Natural light has always played a role in the evolution of architecture, helping us make countless decisions about the things we build. From their siting to their plan, to the …
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Intermediary of Opposites/Turkish Embassy at Washington D.C.
The objective of this thesis is not only to design a building or investigate an idea, but also to explore and learn to appreciate what is truly important and, hope- fully, to discover that part of truth which may lead us to a serenity in our souls. My entire struggle is basically to try to achieve …
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Germantown, a corridor-city, satellite town of Washington, D.C.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1967. M.Arch.
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Comparative Landscape Infrastructure in Kolda, Senegal and Washington, D.C.
… and the Historic Anacostia Neighborhood in Washington, D.C.—explores how landscape infrastructure can decrease the scalar disconnect between the global water crisis and local water use practices. By looking at one city in the Global North and one in the Global South with similar risk of …
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People, culture and architecture: a library for Washington D.C.
The ability to record collective experience and learn from it is one of the hallmarks of civilization. The library, in all its forms, has an integral role in this passing of experience; both in how knowledge is stored and how it is retrieved and used. This role is the heart of this thesis …
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Determining Sources of Fecal Pollution in Washington D.C. Waterways
… results of this study will aid the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Council of Governments in making important management decisions to help improve the water quality in and around the Washington D.C. area. Expanding the limits of ARA was also an integral part of this research. Three new and even …
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Redevelopment options for the O Street Market site, Washington, D.C.
… the redevelopment of the O Street Market site in Washington, D.C. The intention in presenting, as a conclusion to the study, an alternative image of the site that stands in stark contrast to that proffered by a potential developer is to stimulate the search for and discussion of additional …
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Urban heat mitigation effects and greenery justice in Washington, D.C.
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Spatio-temporal comparative analysis of scooter share in Washington D.C.
Geospatial-temporal data for different e-scooter firms was collected and investigated for differences in e-scooter usage patterns among customers of the firms. Computational analysis using predictive algorithms and correlation analysis was done to find co-relationally important features for …
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Washington, D.C. : essays on the city form of a capital
This thesis is an exploration of the city form of Washington. D.C. through four independent essays. Each essay examines a different aspect of the city: its monumentality as determined by its relationship with the nation it governs. the linear network of its plan, the 'abjectness' of its principal …
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Science of the Small: Nanotechnology Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
This thesis is an attempt to explore post industrial society and how modern industry can become part of the urban experience. Through the design of a nanotechnology research laboratory, I was able to discover a connection between modern architecture and nanotechnology which revolved around the …
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Permanence and poetics: a monument to individual achievement, Washington, D.C.
Have we lost the Art of Architecture? In this post-industrial epoch economics, capitalism, apathy, and popular culture are causing modern man to neglect aspects of his humanity. The essence of his existence and the quality of his life are quietly becoming a superficial image, T.S. Eliot sees this …
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Persian miniature writing: An ethnography of Iranian organizations in Washington, D.C.
… human rights, and scholarly organizations in Washington, D.C., this dissertation makes two major observations: One, that many Iranian scholars and activists as well as lay individuals see Iranian political culture as an ailing and malfunctioning body, suffering from fissures, inactivity, …
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An Arts Community for the Logan Circle Neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
In the early 1900's, 14th Street in Washington, D.C. was a prominent commercial corridor and the site of numerous automobile showrooms. The riots following Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968 left many damaged buildings and vacant lots along the corridor. This project will seek to …
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