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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"convention center"”.
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The convention center in secondary cities
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989.
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A convention center for Indianapolis, Indiana
Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1959.
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Use of seawater for air conditioning a [t] Waikiki Convention Center.
A large part of operating costs of a hotel in Hawaii is the cost of energy for air conditioning. Buildings can be constructed to use energy more efficiently by using many methods, however, some of these methods conflict with other concerns, aesthetics for example. Thus the process of designing and …
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Assessing performance : an analytical framework for the San José McEnery Convention Center
… major factors that limit the assessments of convention centers: high uncertainty in the convention industry, complex institutional structures and operational priorities, and plethora of external factors in the venue decision process that are beyond the control of convention centers. This …
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A convention center : a typological approach to the design of an institutional building
… in this discussion. Since the project is a convention center, a form of building for which no precedents are widely agreed upon, the question of how to conceptualize a new building type is posed. One of the oldest institutional building types, the monastery, is assessed as a possible …
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An analysis of the convention center market and implications for the planned expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
The proposed expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center was approved by the Massachusetts legislature in 2009. In 2010, the governor put the expansion on hold citing an overstated economic impact. Proponents argue that expanding the convention center will lead to increased occupancy …
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The Temple of Justice; A New Federal Courthouse for the City of Baltimore
… rising in the tower overlooking the Baltimore Convention Center and over the harbor. This courthouse was to be a high performing, bioclimatic skyscraper and its stewardship to the environment would be as literally transparent as the courtroom would be figuratively. The procession of would be a …
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From the past to the present
… It is just a few blocks from the Dallas Convention Center and less than a block from a DART light rail station, which will connect the new facility to different areas of the city.
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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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Neighboring Development, Distant Goals: Competing Visions for Philadelphia’s Chinatown North/Callowhill in Light of the Reading Viaduct Redevelopment
… like the Vine Street Expressway and Philadelphia Convention Center have created contention between Chinatown and outside developers. Most recently, this conflict has come to a head over the proposed redevelopment of the Reading Viaduct, an abandoned rail viaduct from Philadelphia’s industrial age. …
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Clinical Profile Of Patients Who Died Of Covid-19 Infection At A Field Hospital In Cape Town
… was designated as the COVID-19 outbreak's epicenter in South Africa. As the infection spread so did admissions in hospitals and mortality among the infected. Field hospitals were established to take the burden off the hospitals, however, the mortality rate in these facilities has not been …
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A simplified multi-zone model for determining the placement of bio-defense sensors in large buildings
… event are large indoor facilities such as convention centers, office buildings, transportation centers, and sports arenas with their high population densities and limited physical security. Under heightened threat levels deploying bio-aerosol sensors inside these facilities provides added …
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“An Exercise in International Extortion”: Operation “Intercept” and Nixon’s 1969 War on Drugs
… few months earlier, Nixon announced to a packed convention center in Anaheim, CA, that if elected president he would end the flow of the illicit drugs coming into the United States “decimating a generation of young Americans.”</p> <p>True to his word, Nixon moved aggressively after his election …
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Real estate development exactions in Boston : implications for linkage and planning in the South Boston Seaport District
… the way for City Council approval of a new Convention Center in the South Boston Seaport. By taking advantage of good timing and influential leaders, the South Boston community managed to wrestle away at least half of the linkage money from the Seaport into the newly formed South Boston …
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Evaluating the Hydrologic and Thermal Performance of a Green Roof in Syracuse: Measurements and Modeling of a Full-Scale System
… in a green roof system at the Onondaga County Convention Center in Syracuse, NY (OnCenter) since 2015. This study included controlled laboratory experiments for soil characterization, monitoring the OnCenter green roof under a variety of weather conditions, and use of computer modeling to …
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How can Architecture and Urbanism work in a Periphery?
… society urban liveliness has moved from the center of city to its periphery in a diluted manner. There exists the continuation of monotonous cityscape as by-product and leftover of architecture and urbanism. Herein lies the question: how to build a meaningful 'place' in a site where the sense …
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Urban Frame
From Structure to Urban Frames In the context of this thesis, the notion of frame is recognized as enclosing borders, or the outline of views, rather than as a load-bearing structural element. This thesis investigates how frames can build urban connections and, at the same time, structure sequences …