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The Form of Nonconformity: Architecture & The Punk Rock Aesthetic

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

Punk rock is about music, rebellion, anarchy, and style. How can this be translated into architecture? Can a building possess these qualities? What would a "rebellious" building look like? How will it change our conceptions of "beauty?"

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Architecture
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Architecture
Department dc:contributor.department
Architecture
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2008

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Kass, Sara
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Emmons, Paul F.
  • Beller, Richard

Subjects

dc:subject × 6

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
etd-08042008-131512
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/34339

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2026-07-22
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citation

Kass, Sara. The Form of Nonconformity: Architecture & The Punk Rock Aesthetic. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34339