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A dichotomy of prescence

Abstract

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In reading that particular line from Whitman one immediately realizes that to study an architectural object takes on an air of subjectivity. To assume architecture is intrinsic to site materials, or any other variable is incorrect. Rather, it emanates from so many indescribable pieces making the whole. Taking this thought a step further and introducing history, one can suggest that just as history is sometimes transparent, the same may apply to architecture. Since one event is not necessarily dependent on another, this thesis can be viewed in much the same manner. An architectural study of the old and new, the in-between and how one element can affect the other but stand apart as its own was the focus of this thesis.

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
1991

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • King, James R.
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • O'Brien, Michael J.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Thomas, James R. Jr.
  • Galloway, William U.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
etd-03032009-040426
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/41352

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King, James R.. A dichotomy of prescence. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41352