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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"historic context"”.
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Spirit of place: designing within the historic context of Alexandria, Virginia
The investigation of the Spirit of a historic place, Alexandria, Virginia to acquire an understanding of it’s identity; the unique patterns, language, structure, rhythm, and character, which has led to its development as a meaningful place. To respect the Spirit of this place through the design of …
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Showing forth the great works of God: the witness of the people of God in the socio-historic context of 1 Peter and its implication for the church today
… and little attention is given to the socio-historic context of the book and the social position of the apostle Paul. The apostle Paul was an educated rabbi and Roman citizen and therefore well suited to engage in missionary preaching. The hearers of 1 Peter, on the other hand, were from a …
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How to Represent a Country in a Foreign Land: Italian Cancelleria
… building be both sympathetic to its urban and historic context and clear in the development of a new identity for an embassy complex. The building makes careful connections to the proportions and geometries of classical Italian architecture, while establishing landmark elements which are …
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richmond local arts museum; urban identity: recognition through transformation
… in history. an intentional interruption to the "historic" context of richmond will transform the city. richmond's connection to the civil war will soon be diluted, as it will quickly gain recognition for its progressive actions, through the emergence of a new art and architecture.
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Representations of Place: Perspectives From Seasonal Homeowners, Local Residents, and Mass Media
… dependent upon its social, political, and historic context.
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The participatory potential of early cinema: a reexamination of early projected films
This paper examines the formal qualities and historic context of three early films produced for the Edison Manufacturing Company by James White and Frederick Blechynden in 1897 titled Lurline Baths, Sutro Baths, and Sutro Baths, No. 1. It argues that the standard readings of early films posited by …
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Ordering the land : urban metaphors for a park in Cairo
… relation to its geographical locale and to its historic context.
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Reclaiming the Daylight Factory: The Significance of Versatility in the Preservation of Early Twentieth Century Concrete Frame Industrial Buildings in Dayton, Ohio
… of the daylight factory in a particular historic context. The thesis concludes by determining that the most historically significant element of a daylight factory is the versatile industrial space within and that historic preservation strategies should be sensitive to that characteristic.
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Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990
… and 1980's places this exposition within an historic context. Policy implications of the aforegoing analysis are suggested with respect to the potential role to be played by the jitney in urban public transport. Based on this approach, an alternative consideration of the competition between …
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A legal and economic analysis of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
… provisions of the Act and regulations within the historic context of the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, as well as the takings clause of the Virginia Constitution, and determines the legal validity of the provisions. Finally, Chapter Four presents several …
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Written on the Rocks': The Mythopoetics of the Almo Massacre
… This examination includes a review of the historic context of the initial telling – America’s overland migration and the ensuing interaction between both non-Indian emigrants and Indian inhabitants and also between Gentile and Mormon emigrants; the story’s origins in the oral tradition and …
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Written on the Rocks': The Mythopoetics of the Almo Massacre
… This examination includes a review of the historic context of the initial telling – America’s overland migration and the ensuing interaction between both non-Indian emigrants and Indian inhabitants and also between Gentile and Mormon emigrants; the story’s origins in the oral tradition and …
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A Functional Analysis of Recorded Pre-Contact Archaeological Sites on Lopez Island, Washington
… in this thesis are addressed so that its historic context can be better integrated into the culture history of the Salish Sea.
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Where is the love? A psychoanalytic history of the Cotswold community
This thesis presents a historic account of the Cotswold Community (1967-2011), a therapeutic community for adolescent boys who had experienced trauma and disrupted attachments. The research is a case study of a single institution, using archival research and some elements of autoethnography. The …
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Urbanism across: new urban ground in Taipei's old city core
… public space to breathe new life into Taipei's historic core. Challenging the government and international renewal plans proposed in the past decade, that densify the site without much consideration to the historic context, pedestrian network, and surrounding neighborhoods, this thesis proposes …
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ReportSiberia : deconstructing spatialized ideologies
… is allowed that reveals its ideological insert, historic context and actual condition. These interpretations are generated by both text and graphics supporting each other. Collected materials are used from field research such as interviews and photographs as well as academic research. This thesis …
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Adaptation of the Taiwanese rowhouse with computer application in the design process
… architecture and its adaptation to the current context and living style. For this purpose, the rowhouse type which emerged in the past for reasons of economic land use and survived through the moderni~ation has been selected to illustrate this approach. In order to achieve this objective in the …
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A place for exchanges : a winery in Piedmont
… building systems that shall be informed by the context and programmatic requirements and emphasis is placed on tectonics rather than on typology. The thesis investigates several architectural issues such as how to apply contemporary design principles within a historic context? How to deploy new …
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Boomtown to Outdoor Museum: An Examination of Nevada City, Montana, for Placement on the National Register of Historic Places
… to examine the eligibility potential for a historic district nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Founded in 1863, Nevada City experienced a gold mining heyday from 1863-1869. As easily attainable placers diminished and strikes were reported elsewhere, the town was …
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Boomtown to Outdoor Museum: An Examination of Nevada City, Montana, for Placement on the National Register of Historic Places
… to examine the eligibility potential for a historic district nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Founded in 1863, Nevada City experienced a gold mining heyday from 1863-1869. As easily attainable placers diminished and strikes were reported elsewhere, the town was …
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