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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"stone wall"”.
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Sotho/Tswana stone-wall settlements : investigating the nature of aggregation and variability in late iron age settlements in the Vredefort Dome : a geographic information systems application
… a wealth of cultural heritage. The Late Iron Age stone-walled settlements built by Sothoffswana speakers form part of this rich cultural heritage, and it is these that are under investigation in this study. Previous archaeological survey and research has shown that Sotho/Tswana speaking peoples …
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Complementary Dualities: The Significance of East/West Architectural Difference in Paquimé
… and western halves of the city are divided by a stone wall and reservoirs. The monuments on the east are rectilinear, puddled adobe structures used primarily for domestic and manufacturing purposes. The buildings on the west, on the other hand, are open earth mounds lined in stone for public …
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Horizontal Forest: A Retreat on the AT
… envelope is a wooden screen and dry stacked stone wall relating to the natural world. In contrast, the second envelope is a glass and steel box, analogous to the rationality of man. Dimensional 2x4 lumber models are employed to study the light conditions, patterns, and construction of the …
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An archaeological study of the Zimbabwe culture capital of Khami, south-western Zimbabwe
… from various sections of the site, including the walled and the nonwalled areas. The main indication is that there is a great deal of similarity in material culture distribution across the whole site. An analysis of objects by stratigraphic sequence exposes continuity and change in local and …
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Blast Retrofit of Unreinforced Masonry Walls Using Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) Composites
Unreinforced masonry (URM) walls are commonly found in existing and heritage buildings in Canada, either as infill or load-bearing walls. Such walls are vulnerable to sudden and brittle failure under blast loads due to their insufficient out-of-plane strength. The failure of such walls under blast …
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Four Houses: A Language of Transition from Earth to Sky
The thesis of this project is to develop a language of architecture for the design of a rural house. Parameters for this language are specified through program, ideas about living in a country home, and the importance of integrating the building with its site. The parameters are reaffirmed through …
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A Study of Boundaries and Transitions
This thesis explores the boundaries and transitions within architecture. What makes a solid boundary? And what blurs the lines of transition in between? Possibilities were explored and limits pushed through the studying of elements such as thickness, transparency, material, texture, and light. The …