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Crenshaw, Andrew. "The architectural image Finnegans Wake and the text of drawing." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23013.
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Brine, Judith M. C. "The nature of public appreciation of architecture : a theoretical exposition and three case studies /." Title page, contents and summary only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb858.pdf.
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Reu, Caroline Marie. "Corporate, cirque, commute : an adaptation of situationist theory to contemporary america." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23450.
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Gillen, Carolyn. "New Entropy| Exposing Architectural Disorder in Contemporary Spaces." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10129571.
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<p> In an effort to unveil the underlying potency of architecture I take banal structures and give them a dynamic intervention. Basic architectural forms are manipulated in a way that alters our relationship to them. Once ordinary, the forms are now anomalistic. It is through this surreal reinterpretation of form and space I hope people are encouraged to examine the world around them. By unconventionally combining materials associated with contemporary building practice, or reinterpreting their functionality, I aim to displace the familiar and emphasize the tension inherent in places we think we know. </p>
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Mills, Robert Kemp. "The city and its waterfront an urban edge." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23146.
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Samalavičius, Almantas Liudas. "Ideas and structures in architectural history." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2006. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060210_113316-20103.
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The history of architecture in Western countries and Lithuania is researched from various points of view. Such significant elements of architecture as light, color, sound, and water so far have been studied as far as their relation to the architecture of certain specific historical periods is concerned. However, up till now research of this kind was limited to deep, yet narrow, fragmented and specialized views of certain historical periods, or research projects were concerned with certain specific aspects of connections between works of architecture and metaphysical beliefs. Because of this, research of architectural history still lacks a thorough account of how metaphysical, religious, and philosophical worldviews affected the artistic expression of architecture of different periods. Without a sufficient amount of research of this kind, it is impossible to reconstruct a thoroughly consistent and more or less total view of the historical development of architecture. On the other hand, it strikes one as obvious that while the history and theory of architecture is being studied in Lithuania, we witness a lack of research work on the concepts of light, color, sound, and water that dominated during certain historic periods. Their impact upon the development of architecture needs to be analyzed and evaluated synthetically in a way that is consistent with a generalized approach, and with the help of research methods applied in the history of ideas and principles of analysis... [to full text]<br>Architektūros istorija Vakaruose ir Lietuvoje yra tyrinėjama įvairiais aspektais. Apie tokius reikšmingus architektūros elementus kaip šviesa, spalva, garsas ir vanduo yra buvę reikšmingų specializuotų studijų šių reiškinių sąveikos su vieno ar kito istorinio laikotarpio architektūros kūriniais aptarti. Tačiau iki šiol tokio pobūdžio tyrimai apsiribodavo siaurais, fragmentiškais, griežtai specializuotais žvilgsniais į atskirų kultūros istorijos tarpsnių architektūrą arba tokio buvo pabrėžiami tik tam tikri, labai specifiniai sąveikos tarp architektūros kūrinių ir to meto pasaulėžiūros aspektai. Todėl nėra pakankamai ištyrinėta atskirais istorijos tarpsniais vyravusių metafizinių, religinių ir filosofinių pažiūrų įtaka meninei architektūros raiškai. Nesant tokių tyrimų, neįmanoma adekvačiai rekonstruoti architektūros istorinės raidos vaizdo. Nagrinėjant architektūros istorijos ir teorijos problematiką Lietuvoje, akivaizdu, kad labiausiai trūksta darbų, kuriuose atskirais kultūros istorijos tarpsniais vyravusių šviesos, spalvos, garso ir vandens sampratų įtaka architektūros meno raidai būtų įvertinta sintetiškai, apibendrintai ir nuosekliai, pasitelkus idėjų istorijos tyrimo metodologiją bei tarpdisciplinių kultūrologinių tyrimų analizės principus. Tai paskatino gilintis į minėtų elementus santykius ir sąveikas su architektūra nuo seniausių iki moderniųjų laikų, pasitelkiant idėjų istorijos atveriamas tyrimo galimybes. Tokios problematikos ir tyrimo perspektyvos pasirinkimas... [to full text]
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White, Deborah. "Masculine constructions : gender in twentieth-century architectural discourse : 'Gods', 'Gospels' and 'tall tales' in architecture." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phw5834.pdf.
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Includes 2 previously published journal articles by the author: Women in architecture: a personal reflection ; and, "Half the sky, but no room of her own", as appendices. Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-251) An examination of some texts influential in the discourse of Australian architecture in the twentieth century. Explores from a feminist standpoint the gendered nature of discourse in contemporary Western architecture from an Australian perspective. The starting point for the thesis was an examination of Australian architectual discourse in search of some explanation for the continuing low numbers of women practitioners in Australia. Hypothesizes that contemporary Western architecture is imbued with a pervasive and dominant masculinity and that this is deeply imbedded in its discursive constructions: the body housed by architecture is assume to be male, the mind which produces architecture is assumed to be masculine. Given the cultural location of Australian architecture as a marginal participant in the wider arena of contemporary Western / international discourses, focuses on writing about two iconic figues in Western architecture; Le Corbusier, of international reknown; and, Glenn Murcutt, of predominantly local significance.
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Buhlfaia, Saeid Ali. "Historical Background Of Libyan Mosque Architecture: Assessment And Criticism Of Mosques In Ajdabiya City." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607855/index.pdf.
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The study attempts to trace the development of mosque architecture in Islamic history, in modern architecture in the world, specifically focusing on the history of the mosque in Libya. It investigates whether the conformity of mosque components and finishing is due to historic, current and local Islamic prescriptions<br>due to functional purposes and necessities, or merely as an imitation of the stereotype styles
for loyalty to mental and habitual traditions regardless of functions.
The main objective of this thesis is to study &lsquo<br>the lack of innovation&rsquo<br>in mosque architecture, especially in the Libyan case. The thesis investigates the factors which may have caused this phenomenon and attempts to explore whether there is possibility to innovate mosque design. For this end, the thesis analyzes and evaluates urban, spatial, architectural and performance properties of the existing mosques in
city of Ajdabiya in Libya, the results of which are expected to help architects in developing the innovations in mosque design.
Finally, the study asserts that acceptance of innovation is possible under the given circumstances: there are differences from one mosque to another, there are variations
of mosque elements in terms of type and form, already varying from region to region. The main reasons for the absence of innovations are found to be due to unqualified designers who lack creativity, fear for the vulnerability of the heritage and some misconceptions and misinterpretations in terms of religious prescriptions.
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Gerhart, Andrea L. "Leslie F. Ayres, an accomplished architect and architectural renderer." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1214381.
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Leslie F. Ayres was an accomplished architect and architectural illustrator. His appreciation for and keen sense of art is apparent in his meticulous and poetic architectural illustrations. Mastering the skill of architectural drawing established Ayres as a designer, but he wasalso a builder. A successful architect, like Ayres, is both an artist and a builder, having the capability to guide a concept from design to construction. Leslie Ayres understood and valued this critical link needed to establish himself as a professional architect.He had a significant influence on the modern movement of architecture in Indiana, and a pioneering role of integrating gardens into his overall architectural designs. His designs utilized the functionalism of the modern movement, uniting the latest in building technologies: steel, concrete, and glass. However in contrast to many modernists, his designs would often reflect architecture based on precedents, incorporating Classical and traditional elements. Moreover, Ayres had a holistic approach to architecture that distinguished him from other modernist architects, in which every detail including light fixtures, interior finishes, and the surrounding landscape, related to the whole design idea.<br>Department of Architecture
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McCuskey, Caitlin Anne. "Mapping Architecture as Archive: Stories in the Walls." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1529578729584707.
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Aguilar, Antonio José. "The architecture of the grotesque : the case of Jean-Jacques Lequeu." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23443.
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Gurbuzbalaban, Melis. "Autonomy: Re-appreciation Of Architecture." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605555/index.pdf.
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The contradiction between architecture&rsquo<br>s &ldquo<br>autonomy&rdquo<br>, its existence as an entity
with its own &ldquo<br>disciplinary specificity&rdquo<br>- and its social &ldquo<br>engagement&rdquo<br>, its
involvement in culture, ideology and economy, has been the subject of
numerous discussions in architectural discourse, initially in Europe and later in
North America. It is argued in this thesis that although &ldquo<br>autonomy&rdquo<br>and
&ldquo<br>engagement&rdquo<br>seem contradictory to each other, architecture&rsquo<br>s &ldquo<br>critical status&rdquo<br>is
rooted in this contradiction. Autonomy is regarded as one of the essential sides
of architecture&rsquo<br>s dual position. This suggests that the in-between, or in Stanford
Anderson&rsquo<br>s terms, &ldquo<br>quasi-autonomous&rdquo<br>status of architecture can only be
sustained through its existence as an entity that has a certain degree of
autonomy. Autonomy is an agent for architectural discourse to isolate
architecture from its involvement in the external reality and increase awareness
within the discipline by concentrating on its specific knowledge. Autonomy aids
architecture to pretend to be &ldquo<br>detached&rdquo<br>while in reality it is &ldquo<br>engaged&rdquo<br>. To
focus on the autonomous dimension of architecture, to search for architecture&rsquo<br>s
own intrinsic qualities, helps to produce knowledge within the discipline and
provides a &ldquo<br>critical distance&rdquo<br>for architecture to resist any &ldquo<br>external authority&rdquo<br>.
Thus this thesis intends to explore the potentials of the conceptualization and
problematization of &ldquo<br>autonomy&rdquo<br>in architecture and its employment as a critical
tool by architectural discourse to re-assess architectural practice. The private
house projects designed by Boran Ekinci in Turkey are exemplified and utilized
for the re-conceptualization of the term and enable the transfer of the discourse
related with autonomy to the local context where the issue hardly gained a
popularity. By doing so, both the appreciation of autonomy in general and reappreciation
of architecture in Turkey are aimed.
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French, Kenneth J. "Critical Sustainability: A Constructivist Appraisal of LEED Certified Architecture in Cincinnati, Ohio." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1216331308.
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Thesis (Master of Architecture)--University of Cincinnati, 2008.<br>Advisors: Robert Burnham (Committee Chair), David Saile PhD (Committee Member). Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Apr. 19, 2010). Includes abstract. Keywords: Sustainability; USGBC; LEED; sustainable architecture; sustainable theory; architectural criticism. Includes bibliographic references.
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Chavardès, Benjamin. "Paolo Portoghesi et la voie post-moderne : le débat architectural dans l’Italie de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014MON30100.
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A la chute du régime fasciste, l'Italie entre dans une reconstruction matérielle mais également idéologique et culturelle. En architecture, cette entreprise se traduit par des débats sur le lien à la tradition, le dialogue entre histoire et pratique du projet architectural et sur le rapport renouvellé entre l'édifice et la ville. Dans ce contexte, le post-modernisme trouve, à l'occasion de la première Biennale d'architecture de Venise, le territoire propice à son expression. Ce renouvellement intellectuel de la discipline est analysé à travers une trajectoire particulière : celle de Paolo Portoghesi. Cet architecte occupe tout au long de sa carrière des positions prépondérantes au sein de la discipline, dans l'enseignement, la recherche, la presse, l'édition et la pratique.La thèse a pour objectif de mettre en évidence à travers les discours et l'œuvre de cet architecte et les témoignages de ses contemporains, le rôle qu'il a joué dans l'histoire de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Après avoir étudier sa production en tant qu'historien de l'architecture, spécialiste du baroque romain (chapitre 1), l'étude démontre comment ces travaux sont utilisés dans la conception architecturale, faisant de lui un représentant de la critique opératoire (chapitre 2). L'étude de son action en tant qu'enseignant, directeur de publication et président de la Biennale de Venise permet de la positionner au sein de l'école romaine d'architecture (chapitre 3) et comme l'un des personnages centraux du post-modernisme en Europe (chapitre 4). Enfin, son parcours permet d'illustrer la transition qui s'opère entre une volonté d'adéquation avec l'esprit du temps pour une théorie de l'esprit du lieu, d'abord à travers la conception de la ville contemporaine (chapitre 5), puis à travers l'énoncé du concept de géoarchitecture<br>Following the fall of the Fascist regime, Italy enters a phase of rebuilding and reconstruction, also on an ideological and cultural level. In the field of architecture, this phenomenon triggers debates about the link to the tradition, the dialog between history and practice of the architectural project, and a renewed relationship between the buildings and the city. This environment and the First Venice Biennale are conducive to Post-modernism theories to develop themselves. This intellectual renewal of the discipline is here analyzed via a particular focus: Paolo Portoghesi's one. This architect holds throughout his carrier several major positions in the educational field, research field, press sector, book publishing and also as a practitioner.The thesis aims at highlighting the role Portoghesi played in the history of the second half of the twentieth century, through his texts and works, and the testimonies of his contemporaries. After examining his work as an architectural historian and a Roman Baroque specialist (Chapter One), the study shows how his researches are used in the architectural conception, making him a representative of the operative criticism (Chapter 2). Considering his action as a teacher, Editor in Chief and President of the architectural section of the Venice Biennale, enables to position him in the Roman School of Architecture (Chapter 3) and as one of the major characters of Post-Modernism in Europe (Chapter 4). His life's path illustrates the transition between willing to stick to the spirit of the time and the theory of the genius loci, firstly through contemporary city conception (Chapter 5), then with the concept of “geo-architecture”
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Bružas, Almantas. "Miesto įvaizdį formuojančių šiuolaikinės architektūros vietoženklių reikšmė. Vilniaus, Kauno, Klaipėdos atvejai." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20141030_150950-62843.
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Architektūros vietoženklių statyba – vienas ryškiausių visuotinių miestokūros reiškinių, kuris Vakaruose stebimas ir nagrinėjamas jau daugiau nei dešimtmetį. Tačiau į urbanistinėje aplinkoje išsiskiriančius architektūros objektus dar dažnai žvelgiama pro pusės amžiaus teorijų prizmę. Pirmojoje tokio pobūdžio disertacijoje pasiūlytas miesto įvaizdį formuojančių šiuolaikinės architektūros vietoženklių tyrimo modelis, kuris leidžia išsiaiškinti miesto įvaizdį formuojančių šiuolaikinės architektūros vietoženklių reikšmę. Teoriniai aspektai čia yra suderinti su praktiniais. Metodologiniu pagrindu čia tapo R.Barthes išplėtoti teksto analizės principai, akcentuojantys prasminį – giluminį – kūrinio lygmenį. 1990–2010 m. pastatyti Vilniaus, Kauno ir Klaipėdos įvaizdį formuojantys šiuolaikinės architektūros vietoženkliai čia traktuojami kaip vizualus tekstas. Remiantis sukurtuoju tyrimo modeliu buvo išsiaiškintos urbanistinėje aplinkoje vietoženklius išskiriančios fizinės, estetinės ir kitos funkcijos bei išskirtinės dislokacijos ypatybės. Architektų bei eilinių Vilniaus, Kauno ir Klaipėdos miestiečių sociologinė apklausa (buvo apklausti 363 skirtingo amžiaus ir išsilavinimo asmenys) leido sukurti miestų įvaizdžiui svarbių šiuolaikinės architektūros vietoženklių reikšmės atvaizdus, kuriuos sudaro 9 būdingos vertės. Matematinės statistikos priemonėmis atlikta šių verčių dažnio koreliacija su vietoženklius urbanistinėje aplinkoje išskiriančiomis ypatybėmis padėjo surasti patikimus... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]<br>In the global urban development, the construction of new architectural landmarks is one of the most prominent phenomena, which has been widely observed and analyzed in Western Europe for more than a decade. However, in urban areas, distinctive architectural objects are still often viewed through the prism of the half-century theories. The key innovation proposed in the thesis is a construction of the research model that helps to explore the meaning of the contemporary architectural landmarks important for the city image. The theoretical aspects in the dissertation are in line with the practical ones. Methodological basis there were the text analysis principles developed by R. Barthes, emphasizing meaningful level of an object. From 1990 to 2010, built in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda image forming modern architecture landmarks here treated as a visual text. The research model reveals aesthetic, physical and some other features of contemporary architectural landmarks (exceptional location, distinctive function), distinguishing them in the urban context. In total, 363 respondents of citizens and architects groups were interviewed in the sociological survey and it led to the creation of The images of meaning, which consist of nine key values. In order to process the data of the survey and to find the correlation between the contemporary architectural landmarks’ values frequency and aesthetic, physical, and the distinctive function, the exceptional location characteristics... [to full text]
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Reynolds, Craig A. "Thomas Jefferson’s Designs for the Federal District and the National Capitol, 1776-1826." VCU Scholars Compass, 2015. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3779.
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This dissertation examines six major points: 1) it argues that Jefferson is an architect of the United States Capitol, having direct and final say over its design; 2) it asserts that Jefferson set two nationally influential models of architectural taste as part of his movement to reform American architecture, first in Richmond as the Virginia State Capitol and second in Washington as the United States Capitol; 3) it explores those models to define what Jefferson called “cubic” and “spherical” architecture; 4) it suggests that Jefferson used his political appointments to maximize his influence over the design of the United States Capitol in order to ground the building in classical sources; 5) it surveys the sources Jefferson looked to for inspiration, both printed texts and images as well as extant buildings in Europe and America; and 6) it proposes that Jefferson and B. Henry Latrobe worked hand in hand to execute a design for the United States Capitol that subdued and at times even replaced the official plan adopted from William Thornton’s winning design.
This dissertation starts with the idea that Jefferson’s architectural reform consisted of conjoining vernacular building custom with architecture of the classical tradition. Most of what Jefferson knew about classical architecture came from books. Chief among them are Claude Perrault’s 1684 French translation of Vitruvius’ Ten Books on Architecture and the three London editions of Giacomo Leoni’s versions of Andrea Palladio’s Four Books of Architecture in English translation. Using these print sources, Jefferson reinterpreted many of the standard public buildings of Virginia into temple forms. In addition, Jefferson’s plan to reform public architecture rested on two overriding principles: erecting buildings with masonry and organizing those buildings using the classical orders.
Furthermore, this dissertation proves that, like the ancients, Jefferson wanted to build on a monumental scale. Jefferson’s own plan for a national capitol shaped like the Roman Pantheon, long misunderstood, clearly reinforces this interpretation. Finally, this dissertation demonstrates that Jefferson and B. Henry Latrobe worked in concert to execute a design for the United States Capitol that subdued the official plan adopted from William Thornton’s winning design.
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Merwood, Joanna. "Towards the architecture of the future : César Daly and the science of expression." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23202.
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The writing of the French architectural theorist and critic Cesar Daly (1811-1894), editor of the influential Parisian journal, the Revue generale de l'architecture et des travaux publics, may be considered to be representative of the ambivalence of the supposed 19th century dialectic between scientism and metaphysical idealism. For Daly the physical and representational needs of society expressed in architecture were always and forever inextricably linked by the universal and permanent pattern of History. Although it was his fundamental thesis that the human sensibility was more important than any other consideration in the creation of architecture, his theory is paradigmatic of the contemporary ideology which attempted to define and systemise the expressive role of architecture according to rational scientific principles, and resulted in the concept of architecture as a prescriptive and predictive process.<br>Given the separation of architectural form and content, presence and meaning, and the consequent challenge to the possibility of shared experience initiated in the Enlightenment which is still an inherent part of our contemporary architectural thought, it is crucial to re-examine the architectural theory of the 19th century as the origin of the modern condition. This thesis is a critical examination of Daly's collections of polemical articles from the Revue as artifacts of architectural knowledge, through an analysis of their form and content in relation to other significant 19th century architectural texts.
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Muhidine, Eléonore. "Reconstruire la ville par les mots : trajectoires et engagements des critiques d’architecture berlinois des années 1950 à 1980." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017REN20055.
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L’émergence, dès la seconde moitié des années 1950, de deux milieux de la critique architecturale à Berlin-est et à Berlin-ouest, révèle, malgré les contraintes politiques qui pèsent sur ses acteurs, une volonté partagée de réflexion sur l’identité urbaine de la ville divisée. En effet, la Reconstruction des villes allemandes après la Seconde Guerre mondiale désigne un vaste projet de remise en service des infrastructures matérielles, mais aussi, de redéfinition d’un champ culturel et intellectuel profondément marqué par le nazisme. Adoptant une perspective d’histoire culturelle et des intellectuels, cette thèse explore les carrières, écrits et réseaux d’Ulrich Conrads, Günther Kühne, Julius Posener, Wolf Jobst Siedler, Klaus Duntze, Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm et Nikolaus Kuhnert à Berlin-ouest, et de Kurt Liebknecht, Richard Paulick, Hermann Henselmann, Kurt Junghanns, Bruno Flierl et Wolfgang Kil à Berlin-est. Architectes ou historiens de l’art de formation, auteurs dans la presse spécialisée, et journalistes dans la presse généraliste écrite et radiophonique, mais aussi, parfois, éditeurs et professeurs dans les universités et écoles d’art, ces critiques d’architecture et de la ville s’engagèrent, entre les années 1950 et 1980, pour la reconnaissance d’une culture architecturale [Baukultur] berlinoise au XX ͤ siècle. Ils furent aussi, à bien des égards, les initiateurs d’une redéfinition des enjeux de la critique architecturale et urbaine dans l’Allemagne d’après 1945<br>Both in East and West Berlin, as soon as the mid-fifties, architecture critics have come to the fore and shown that in spite of political pressures imposed on them, they shared a will to reflect upon the urban identity of the divided city. Indeed, the Reconstruction of German towns after WWII refers to a vast project of restoration of the material infrastructures but also the redefinition of a cultural and intellectual landscape bearing the heavy mark of Nazi ideology. Choosing a perspective of cultural and intellectual history, this thesis explores the careers, writings and networks of Ulrich Conrads, Günther Kühne, Julius Posener, Wolf Jobst Siedler, Klaus Duntze, Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm and Nikolaus Kunhert in West-Berlin and of Kurt Liebknecht, Richard Paulick, Hermann Henselmann, Kurt Junghanns, Bruno Flierl and Wolfgang Kil in East-Berlin. Whether architects or history of art specialists, writers in the specialist press, journalists in the general press but also sometimes publishers and teachers in universities and art schools, those critics committed themselves to making the Berlin architectural culture [Baukultur] known in the XXth century. To a large extent they initiated a redefining of the stakes of architectural and urban criticism in post 1945 Germany
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Jung, Ronald Luis da Cruz. "A arquitetura e as ferramentas digitais : uma visão do projeto arquitetônico." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/116048.
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Esta pesquisa procura investigar o processo de projeto na arquitetura e como o mesmo passou a ser influenciado nas últimas décadas pelas ferramentas digitais que surgiram desde então. Busca estabelecer uma visão sobre o projeto arquitetônico questionando a existência de um novo paradigma. Para isso analisa a produção acadêmica brasileira dos últimos anos que exploraram ou desenvolveram teorias sobre a utilização de ferramentas digitais afim de estabelecer um ponto de partida. Através da bibliografia expõem uma visão e uma defesa de uma forma de projetar e de como as ferramentas digitais podem auxiliar este processo sem criar deturpações de uso. Por fim o texto contrapõem duas arquiteturas: a arquitetura silenciosa - sóbria - que busca adequar-se à cidade e tão bem aguenta o passar do tempo e a arquitetura digitalista, focada no "inusitado", que está muito mais voltada à possibilidade de exploração midiática da edificação e que tantos problemas traz aos usuários e à sociedade.<br>This research investigates the design process in architecture and how it came to be influenced in the past few years by digital tools which emerged since then. It seeks to establish a vision about the architecture design methods by questioning the existence of a new paradigm. Thereunto it analyzes the Brazilian academic production of the past few years which explored or developed theories about the use of digital tools in order to establish a starting point. Through literature, it exposes a vision and a defense of a way of designing and how digital tools can assist this process without creating distortions of its use. Finally, the text contrasts two types of architecture: the silent, sober architecture, which seeks to adapt to the city and as well support the passage of time and changes of its uses, and the "digitalist" architecture, focused on the "unusual", which turns to the possibility of the media exploitation of the building and the many problems it brings to users and society.
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Barbosa, Gabriela Biana. "Arquitetura contemporânea em Maceió (1980-2008): uma reflexão crítica." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2009. http://repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/692.
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Many transformations took place in Maceió in the last 30 years. The decade of 1980
was marked by the growth of the city and by the construction of vertical buildings.
Besides this, the tourism was stimulated in Maceió (called by the marketing of
Paradise of the Waters ). This period was a very productive and representative time of
a generation of active architects in the State of Alagoas. Nevertheless, the Alagoas`s
architecture and of his capital - Maceió - was not sufficiently analysed, when a shortage
of publications is noted, being opportune and when a reflection necessary on the
architecture produced during these years. How to understand the contemporary
architecture produced in Maceio?. This dissertation of master's degree aims to analyze
critically the contemporary architecture in Maceió during the years 1980 to 2008. The
methodology is divided in three stages: (i) literature review (ii) collects of local data -
the lifting of local data was obtained through newspapers, specialized magazines,
exhibitions of architecture of the Architects' Institute of Brazil Department Alagoas
and of the conversations and round tables of two Seminars of Contemporary
Architecture in Alagoas and (iii) analysis of data from the perspective of architectural
critics. As a result of reflection shows that it is possible to find local examples that go
beyond modernism, related to phenomenology and structuralism, and the almost nonexistent
post-structuralism. This research contributes to a better account of the teaching
and practice, and address the lack of material on the subject.<br>Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas<br>Muitas transformações ocorreram em Maceió nos últimos 30 anos. A década de 1980
foi marcada pelo crescimento da cidade e pela verticalização. Além disto, estimulou-se
o turismo em Maceió (denominada pelo marketing de Paraíso das Águas ). Este
período foi uma época muito produtiva e representativa de uma geração de arquitetos
atuantes no Estado de Alagoas. Apesar disso, a arquitetura de Alagoas e de sua capital -
Maceió - não foram suficientemente analisadas, constatando-se uma escassez de
publicações, sendo oportuna e necessária uma reflexão sobre a arquitetura produzida
durante esses anos. Como compreender a arquitetura contemporânea produzida em
Maceió?. A presente dissertação de mestrado tem como objetivo analisar criticamente a
arquitetura contemporânea em Maceió durante os anos de 1980 a 2008. A metodologia
divide-se em três etapas: (i) revisão de literatura (ii) coleta de dados locais - o
levantamento de dados locais foi obtido através de jornais, revistas especializadas,
mostras de arquitetura do Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil Departamento Alagoas e
das palestras e mesas redondas de dois Seminários de Arquitetura Contemporânea em
Alagoas e (iii) análise dos dados sob o enfoque da crítica arquitetônica. Como resultado
desta reflexão verifica-se que é possível encontrar exemplares locais que vão além do
modernismo, relacionados à Fenomenologia e ao Estruturalismo, sendo quase
inexistente o Pós-estruturalismo. Esta pesquisa contribui para uma melhor ponderação
sobre o ensino e exercício da profissão, além de suprir a falta de material sobre o
assunto.
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Shearer, Katherine. "The "Postmodern Geographies" of Frank Gehry's Los Angeles." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1031.
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This thesis examines the ways in which Frank Gehry’s architectural contributions to Los Angeles’ social and built environment have shaped the region’s “postmodern geographies” throughout the 20th and 21st century. Through a focused exploration of three of Gehry’s postmodernist structures in Greater Los Angeles—a house, a library, and a concert hall—this thesis analyses how Gehry and his designs reflected and affected the artistic and socio-spatial development of Los Angeles’ “decidedly postmodern landscape.”
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Guo, Yuqiao. "Post-disaster Transitional Housing for Displaced People." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/124.
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Post-disaster displacement, with the increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, is quickly arising to become one of the most serious humanitarian challenges in the 21st century. As post-disaster housing spans several phases, the transitional housing phase is equally crucial as emergency sheltering and permanent housing: as dwellers remain in transitional housing projects up to years, their physical and emotional wellbeing is directly influenced by their surrounding built environment. Existing literature and practice have not paid enough attention to the built structures of post-disaster transitional housing. This thesis revisits past practices world-wide and architectural theory in the 20th century. Arguing that current transitional-housing design methodology is still deeply rooted in early 20th century Modernist ideologies, this thesis ties the missing link between architectural theory and humanitarian built environment design. Through examining theories and case studies, this thesis stresses the importance of approaching post-disaster transitional housing through the lens of architectural design, and makes suggestions for future improvements.
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Anderson, Jennifer K. "Dogtrots in New Orleans: An Urban Adaptation to a Rural House Type." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1604.
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The dogtrot house type is an important type of vernacular architecture in the American landscape, particularly in rural areas of the southern United States. Little is formally written or known about the dogtrot type houses in New Orleans, which appear to be a unique evolution of the rural dogtrot form specifically adapted for the urban environment. This thesis examines the existing literature regarding the dogtrot house type and analyzes the architectural history of the remaining dogtrot type homes in New Orleans in order to establish that they are correctly classified, and also to investigate any possible links with rural dogtrots. The findings promotes awareness of the dogtrot house type in the urban setting, and contribute to the larger picture of vernacular architectural adaptation in the United States. Further, this thesis lays the foundation for landmarking the 16 remaining dogtrots in New Orleans.
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Jeffroy-Meynard, Marie-Nicole. "FROM BAROQUE TO ROCOCO: PUBLIC TO PRIVATE SPACE IN THE HÔTEL DE SOUBISE." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1204.
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I will build an argument utilizing the Hôtel de Soubise as a case study for the way in which the division between exteriors and interiors depicts the shifting cultural fabric of 18th-century French society.
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Delaney, Gregory Lee. "Architecture [Criticism] or Revolution." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1268188206.
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Fried, Spencer J. "Pursuing the Preservation of Place: The Automobile’s Significance to Los Angeles’ Physical Character and the Opportunity for its Continued Existence." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1152.
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Transportation is a discussion of the utmost concern in Los Angeles. The automobile poses great detriment to the environment, people’s economic stability, and the health and safety of the community. A conversation that has, however, been absent from the discussion on transportation is the particular cultural and historical significance and value of the automobile to Los Angeles; it has been seldom discussed that the automobile has been extremely influential to the physical character of the city deems it an object worth preserving. Unlike the literature that exists, this thesis specifies and details ways in which the automobile has influenced and continues to influence the urban context and architecture of Los Angeles. Simultaneously, this thesis discusses the means by which the automobile can be preserved and repurposed into an object contributory to the city’s plans for a sustainable future. By the reevaluation and reinterpretation of the car and car culture, the city would be in effect capable of reclaiming its title as the model future city, a title it achieved and also eventually lost during the 20th century in large part because of the automobile. This thesis further contributes to the greater comprehension of the context of Los Angeles and revives a conversation about the city’s potential to be a precedent for other cities.
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Ma, Tianyi. "Criticism Towards Chinese Contemporary Architecture." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/596958.
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Latimer, Carrie Grace. "The Plots of Alexanderplatz: A Study of the Space that Shaped Weimar Berlin." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2014. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/430.
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This paper explores Alexanderplatz during the Weimar Period in Berlin. It is looked at from three different perspectives: historical urban plans, Alfred Döblin's novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1980's film adaptation of Berlin Alexanderplatz. Through these three mediums, an argument forms that Alexanderplatz functioned as both a major transit space for movement of transportation and pedestrians, but also the transit space for the movement of ideas and information.
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Emond, Matthew W. "Endogenous Process & Designing Through Change." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/300.
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This project was an exercise in aligning my intuition, community experience, and design sensitivities under the pretext of an architectural expression. My desire was to work endogenously, or out of my home environment, on a project that had no clear programmatic or formal requirements or limitations. I began by assessing a prevalent issue in my home town (a connection between the river and the town center) both from the top down and the bottom up. Throughout, I sought to challenge my preconceived notions of what might be, and allow a design process to emerge out of the layers of information I had absorbed as a participant in this holistic landscape. Inflection and change became a driving force in this pared down design process, and through them came a working territory that framed the programmatic and formal specificities of the South River P.O.R.T.
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Williams, Reid E. (Reid Edward) 1980. "Training architectural computational critics by example." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16691.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-65).<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>New building technologies and materials coupled with a modular construction system offer consumers an unprecedented chance to customize their living spaces. At the center of this customization process is a computational tool that guides consumers through the process of designing a home or apartment. Algorithms for architectural computational critics that are trained by a designer through examples and that can then critique designs is proposed as part of the design tool. A prototype system encompassing two apartment design scenarios is built and tested. The prototype demonstrates the ability to learn architectural concepts through training.<br>by Reid E. Williams.<br>M.Eng.
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Sirithanawat, Chaiboon. "Architecture as criticism : from mannerism to the architecture of Nicholas Hawksmoor." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60103.
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The author discusses the idea of architecture criticism and its interpretation. Criticism, in addition to its traditional literary role, is considered as an act of making. Consequently, architecture is understood as criticism--i.e. a making of critical architecture. The making of critical architecture, as an activity prevalent throughout history, is discussed. Two types of this architectural phenomenon are identified as the critical zeitgeist phenomenon and the critical individualist phenomenon. The critical making of this architecture, supported by two operations or manipulations--the principles of integration and inversion, is described and illustrated. These principles are used to analyze Mannerist architecture (the critical zeitgeist phenomenon) and the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor (the critical individualist phenomenon).
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Galaunytė, Aistė. "Postmodernizmo architektūros privatūs gyvenamieji namai Lietuvoje." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130621_110828-36685.
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Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjama postmodernizmo stiliaus raiška privačiuose gyvenamuosiuose namuose Lietuvoje, nuo XX a. 9 dešimtmečio vidurio iki 10 dešimtmečio pabaigos. Siekiant atskleisti šio stiliaus bruožus, specifiką ir kultūrinę reikšmę Lietuvoje darbe analizuojami Vakarų pasaulio (JAV, Vakarų Europos, Japonijos) privačių gyvenamųjų namų etalonai bei sąlygos, nulėmusios jų raidą. Darbe nustatoma, kad to meto socialiniai, politiniai, ekonominiai veiksniai Lietuvoje, iš esmės lėmė ir šios architektūros nepažinimą ir kritišką vertinimą. Daroma prielaida, kad dėl politinių-ekonominių veiksnių, užsienio profesinė periodika buvo viena iš pagrindinių priemonių postmodernizmo architektūrai pažinti. Todėl atliekama privačių gyvenamųjų namų publikuotų užsienio periodiniuose leidiniuose ir Lietuvoje lyginamoji analizė. Nustatomi charakteringiausi Lietuvos postmodernizmo architektūros privačių gyvenamųjų namų bruožai ir jų sąsajos su užsienio architektūra. Iš nagrinėjamų Lietuvos postmodernizmo stiliaus privačių gyvenamųjų namų išskiriami aukšto kokybinio lygio pastatai-etalonai, įvardinamos jų vertingosios savybės.Darbo apimtis – 92 p. teksto be priedo, 57 iliustr., 9 schemos, 99 bibliografiniai šaltiniai, 3 priedai.<br>The goal of Master thesis is to investigate expression and features of postmodern style of private dwelling-houses of Lithuania, from the middle of the 9th decade to the 10th decade of the twentieth century. In order to reveal the characteristics, features and cultural significance of the style in Lithuania, the private dwelling-houses of postmodern style of the Western world (the U.S., Western Europe, Japan) are analyzed, as well as conditions which prompted their development. The paper discusses that the social, political and economic factors of Lithuania at that time, led to the suspicion and critical evaluation of postmodern architecture in general.It is assumed that due to the political-economical factors, the Western magazines were one of the main tools for Lithuanian architects to get to know postmodern architecture. Therefore, a comparative analysis between private dwelling-houses published in foreign periodicals, and of Lithuania, is conducted. Consequently the most common features of private dwelling-houses of postmodern style in Lithuania and their links with Western architecture are determined. Houses of Lithuania of high quality postmodern architecture are named, their valuable properties are defined. Thesis consists of: 92 p. text without extras, 57 pictures., 9 schemes, 99 bibliographical entries, 3 appendixes included.
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Harrison, Tracy Elizabeth. "Visualizing Complexity : A Spatial Analysis of Decorative Geometric Pattern in the Islamic World, 900-1400 AD." PDXScholar, 2005. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2434.
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This study explores how the use of complex decorative geometric patterns in Islamic architecture spatially relates to advances in the fields of science and philosophy in the Islamic world between the ninth and fourteenth centuries. This project examines hypotheses developed by vario~s scholars on the forces that shaped the use of these patterns (known as the geometric mode) in Islamic architecture. The prevailing assumption that advances in mathematics contributed to the use of the geometric mode is used as a starting point for subsequent analysis.
For this study, two spatial databases were created. One contains over two hundred and twenty monuments of Islamic architecture exhibiting the geometric mode, while the other contains over one hundred records of activity in the sciences and philosophy. From these databases, decorative geometric pattern types were classified and ranked, and scholarly activities were classified. Density maps were developed from these classes and ranks for each century, and were compared in a series of analytical overlay maps. Each map depicts the spatial relationships of the activities in question over a span of three centuries, enabling a spatio-temporal analysis of the connections between disciplines within the context of the broader cultural elements at work.
These maps allow for examination of these disciplines in a new way; there has never been a spatial analysis testing the existing hypotheses until now. The density overlay maps show that some of the prevailing hypotheses are partially supported by the data, but the primary hypothesized relationship-that activity in mathematics prompted use of the geometric mode-is not applicable to all regions of the Islamic world during this time period. The spatial analysis exposes the previously overlooked possibility that the geometric mode could have influenced activity in the sciences and philosophy.
This study provides tools to better understand the complex relationships among art, science, and philosophy: two spatial databases, a geographic information systems (GIS) model, and resulting analytical overlay maps. The maps produced in this project reveal examples where the quality of contact among disciplines in these very specific times and places is worth examining in greater detail.
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Division, Johnson City GIS. "An Historic Tour of Johnson City, Tennessee - 2006." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/55.
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Created 3/28/2006 by Johnson City GIS, this map provides a tour of historic places in Johnson City, Tennessee. Historic sites are listed on the right edge and are denoted by numbers which correspond to places on the map.Road names are listed on the map itself.
Scale - 1" = 0.257260 miles<br>https://dc.etsu.edu/rare-maps/1054/thumbnail.jpg
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Caracristi, Paul J. "The presence of light, a model for architectural design and criticism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ39641.pdf.
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Zúñiga, Sara E. "Deciphering the Cultural Heritage and Function of the Ella Strong Denison Library Complex." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/986.
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Rifkind, David. "The all-but architecture of Richard Serra /." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=27982.
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Richard Serra's sculpture constitutes a political act through its analytical and operative strategies: analytical, when the work exposes the structures that frame our intersubjectivity, and operative, when the work acts as an example of resistance to the habitual acceptance of these structures. The significance of this oeuvre to architecture is that Serra's sculpture deliberately presents itself as something just shy of architecture, claiming its critical role to be that abandoned by--and proper to--architecture.
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Moss, Katie Nicole 1982. "Constructing a Modem Vienna: The Architecture and Cultural Criticism of Adolf Loos." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10690.
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vii, 82 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.<br>Adolf Loos is most widely known for his essay Ornament and Crime (Ornament
und Verbrechen), in which he sarcastically compares architectural ornament to the tattoos
of "savages." Loos sought to modernize Vienna through the introduction of American
and British culture and was known as one of Austria's most notorious cultural critics.
Celebrated for breaking with the historicist culture of the late nineteenth century, Loos is
often heralded as the father of the Modem Movement, but many of his writings and
designs contradict such a classification. This thesis will explore the origins and motives
behind Loos' s conception of modernism to suggest a better understanding of his role as
cultural critic and architect in Vienna as well as his relationship to the architects and
architecture of the subsequent generation.<br>Committee in Charge:
Dr. Leland M. Roth, Chair;
Dr. William Sherwin Simmons;
Dr. Marilyn S. Linton;
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Gaier, Samantha. "Interior Decoration as Fine Art: Rachel Feinstein and The Sorbet Room, 2001." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363604230.
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Ramos, Isabella. "Walking in The City: Koji Nakano’s Reimagining and Re-Sounding of The Tale Of Genji." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1037.
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Imagined Sceneries is a work written by composer Dr. Koji Nakano of Burapha University, Thailand for two sopranos, koto, light percussion, narrations, soundscapes recorded in Kyoto, Japan in December 2015, and digital projections of Ebina Masao’s 1953 print series Tale of Genji. Imagined Sceneries’ reimagining and “re-sounding” of Heian Kyoto relies on a balance between what is imagined and what is experienced in performance. Its many elements collectively explore multiple layers of Japanese histories, soundscapes, environments, and sensibilities. Using Michel de Certeau’s concepts of the city, this thesis journeys through Nakano’s imagined spaces.
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Jarzombek, Mark Michael. "Leon Baptista Alberti : the philosophy of cultural criticism." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14984.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.<br>MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.<br>Bibliography: leaves 355-362.<br>This dissertation investigates Leon Baptista Alberti's cultural critique, taking into consideration a broad spectrum of Alberti's writings, including many which have remained relatively unknown and ignored. Alberti developed his cultural theories by means of a literary ontology which is based on the definition of the author, his role in society, and his function as catalyst for regeneration. His theory of art and of history, and even his views on the task of Humanism it self, are all subsumed in his comprehensive attempt to demonstrate that myth-making capabilities are central to society's self-definition. Unless society keeps alive the myths of destruction and regeneration, its historical viability, so Alberti argues, is endangered. Alberti's aesthetic theory, which has previously been sought exclusively in his treatises, De pictura and De re aedificatoria, emerges in this inquiry as inextricably interlocked with his cultural critique. For the first time, the treatises will be viewed from within the context of Alberti's own thought.<br>by Mark Michael Jarzombek.<br>Ph.D.
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Dedecca, Paula Gorenstein. "Sociabilidade, crítica e posição: o meio arquitetônico, as revistas especializadas e o debate do moderno em São Paulo(1945-1965)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16133/tde-10072012-130257/.
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Esta dissertação pretende discutir a unidade e a pluralidade no meio arquitetônico paulista, a partir de suas redes de sociabilidade, espaços de profissionalização e movimentações críticas, tendo como material primário as revistas especializadas publicadas na cidade no período de 1945 a 1965. Trata-se de percorrer a dupla direção das relações entre um grupo intelectual - uma parcela de arquitetos atuantes na cidade - e suas manifestações, procurando traçar o espaço particular no qual se desenvolveram parte de seus laços profissionais, de suas trocas culturais e ideológicas, e de seus posicionamentos projetuais. Operando na intersecção entre espaço urbano, organizações culturais, instituições profissionais e acadêmicas, o primeiro capítulo procura traçar as redes de sociabilidade dos arquitetos em São Paulo. O segundo capítulo busca percorrer os meandros da crítica paulista - suas aproximações, desarticulações, rupturas e deslocamentos críticos - a partir de seus diálogos internos e dos diversos olhares lançados sobre a arquitetura contemporânea no Brasil, principalmente aquela produzida no Rio de Janeiro. Por fim, o terceiro capítulo é uma tentativa de aproximação das interlocuções projetuais entre os arquitetos locais através da análise de alguns dos concursos de arquitetura realizados em São Paulo no período e que encontraram eco nas revistas de arquitetura locais.<br>This work intends to discuss the unity and plurality of the architectonic environment of São Paulo, through their social networks, professional spaces and critical movements, using as primary source some specialized magazines, published in the city between 1945 and 1965. The study will investigate the relationship between an intellectual group - a parcel of architects working in São Paulo - and its manifestations, seeking to understand the particular space in which some of its professional ties, cultural and ideological exchanges, and projetual attitudes were developed. The first chapter seeks to outline the social networks of those architects, through the intersection of urban space, cultural, professional and academic institutions. The second chapter studies the local criticism - their intellectual approaches, disarticulations, fractures and dislocations - across their inner dialogues and their different looks launched on Brazilian contemporary architecture, especially the one produced in Rio de Janeiro. Finally, the third chapter aims to approach the projectual dialogues between the local architects through the analysis of some architectural competition held in São Paulo in the period and that found an echo in local architecture magazines.
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MacElwee, Andrea L. (Andrea Laurel). "Allegory and the architecture of Francesco Borromini." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22545.
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This thesis relates the aspirations (examined in political treatises, literary programs and scientific treaties) of Pope Urban VIIIth with the allegorical spaciality of the architecture of Francesco Borromini. The projects initiated under the patronage of the Pope are particularly related to the Pope's election. Urban's personal impressa, the Angelic Sun is an emblem of this election, a reborn sun, a second personal birth and the elevation of the Angelic Pope (the leader of the age of the Holy Spirit). This is allegorically a metamorphosis like the re-birth of Daphne into Laurel; the Tree of Aeneas and Rome and the principal Barberini impressa. As a dynastic emblem the Laurel unites the cosmic territories of the sun and the moon, the traditional emblems of cosmic kingship and world domination. The metaphysical marriage to Rome (coronation and marriage are ritually linked, like the union of the sun and the moon) metaphorically appropriates the capacity of giving birth through construction, to a new city, an intellectual city in the image of Urban, the threshold for spirit. The architecture 'contains' this intellectual body (city), a dynastic emblem of the Angelic Pope.
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Gabrėnas, Arnoldas. "Wood in contemporary Lithuanian architecture: traditions and novations." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20130211_132408-31759.
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In Lithuanian architecturology, the work is new by its broader and deeper approach to contemporary wooden architecture. The dissertation has analyzed the objects of contemporary wooden architecture, which so far have been discussed only in articles of descriptive character or have not been analyzed or published at all. By revealing the significance of wood in Lithuanian culture, historical development of wooden architecture, the importance of heritage of wooden buildings and ethnic features present in such heritage, the work emphasizes the distinctive place of woodwork in contemporary Lithuanian architecture and culture now influenced by the globalization phenomena. The work deals in more detail with the relationship between traditional and innovative morphologies, and their interlinks in modern architecture. It emphasizes structural and artistic possibilities for the use of wood in contemporary Lithuanian architecture. The work discusses the international experience while revealing important peculiarities of wooden architecture as a phenomenon, which have been lost in Lithuania together with discontinuation of the tradition of wooden architecture during the last occupation of the country. The research contributes to better understanding of the value of wood as a material, which have been forgotten and sometimes still is looked upon rather skeptically, as well as its innovative possibilities in architecture. The work could serve as a theoretical background in improving... [to full text]<br>Lietuvos architektūrologijoje darbas yra naujas platesniu ir gilesniu požiūriu į šiuolaikinę medinę architektūrą. Disertacijoje išanalizuoti šiuolaikinės medinės architektūros objektai, kurie iki šiol buvo aptarti tik pavieniuose aprašomuosiuose straipsniuose arba išvis niekur nenagrinėti ir nepublikuoti. Tyrime atskleidžiant medžio reikšmę Lietuvos kultūroje, medinės architektūros istorinę raidą, medinių statinių paveldo svarbą, jo etninius bruožus, pabrėžiama išskirtinė kūrybos iš medžio vieta dabartinėje Lietuvos architektūroje ir kultūroje, veikiamoje pasaulio globalizacijos reiškinių. Išsamiau nagrinėjamas tradicinės ir novatyvios morfologijos santykis bei tarpusavio sąsajos šiuolaikinėje architektūroje. Išryškintos medžio panaudos konstruktyvinės ir meninės galimybės nūdienos Lietuvos architektūroje. Darbe remtasi pasaulio patirtimi atskleidžiant svarbius medinės architektūros reiškinio ypatumus, kurie prarasti Lietuvoje nutrūkus medinės architektūros tradicijai per paskutinę okupaciją. Šis tyrimas leidžia geriau suvokti visuomenės primirštos ir neretai skeptiškai vertinamos medžio kaip medžiagos vertę, dabartines galimybes architektūroje. Darbas gali būti teoriniu pagrindu tobulinant architektūros, dizaino mokymo programas bei kai kuriuos formalius reikalavimus medinės architektūros projektavimui ir statybai.
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Nekrošius, Liutauras. "Ideas of Structuralism in Contemporary Lithuanian Architecture." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20090504_092128-11824.
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The research subject comprises the structuralistic ideas that found the meaning in contemporary architectural design and realized projects of Lithuania. The research subject provides more comprehensive disclosure of artistic results in architecture and identifies their place within the context of different scientific and artistic disciplines, as well as contemporary architecture on the whole. The main objective of the research is to establish basic artistic principles and conceptions of structuralistic architecture in Lithuania, their geographic and interdisciplinary links, genesis and forms of expression. To this end, the following tasks have been raised: to establish philosophical-ideological background of structuralistic architecture and its links to the social being in the second half of the 20th century Lithuania; analyze the geographical and interdisciplinary context of structuralistic ideas; explore the social-cultural formants of artistic principles in Lithuanian architecture of the 1960-ies–80-ies; prepare theoretical pattern for valuation of structuralistic ideas in Lithuanian architecture; identify the most significant pieces of structuralistic architecture in Lithuania and their influence on general architecture development in the country. In making the research, the following results innovative on the field of architectural science have been obtained: significant phenomenon in Lithuanian architecture, although poorly analyzed before – Structuralism – has been... [to full text]<br>Tyrime atskleidžiami struktūralistinės architektūros kūrybiniai rezultatai, nusakoma jų vietą skirtingų mokslo ir meno disciplinų bei šiuolaikinės architektūros kontekste. Tyrimo objektas yra šiuolaikinės Lietuvos architektūros projektuose bei įgyvendintuose objektuose įprasmintos struktūralistinės idėjos. Tyrimu siekiama nustatyti pagrindines Lietuvos struktūralistinės architektūros kūrybines nuostatas ir konceptus, jų geografines ir tarpdalykines sąsajas, genezę bei raiškos formas. Darbe sprendžiami šie uždaviniai: nustatomi struktūralistinės architektūros filosofiniai-ideologiniai pagrindai ir jų sąsajos su XX a. antroje pusėje Lietuvoje vykusiais procesais; nagrinėjami struktūralizmo idėjų geografinis ir tarpdalykinis kontekstai; tiriami XX a. 7-ojo–9-ojo dešimtmečių Lietuvos architektūrą formavę sociokultūriniai veiksniai; formuluojamas struktūralistinių idėjų raiškos Lietuvos architektūroje teorinis vertinimo modelis, identifikuojami svarbiausi Lietuvos struktūralistinės architektūros kūriniai ir jų įtaką šalies architektūros raidai. Rengiant disertaciją buvo gauti šie architektūrologijai nauji rezultatai: ištirtas menkai atskleistas, bet labai svarbus kūrybinis reiškinys Lietuvos architektūroje – struktūralizmas; parengtas struktūralistinių idėjų raiškos Lietuvos architektūroje vertinimo teorinis modelis; identifikuoti pagrindiniai šalies struktūralistinės architektūros kūriniai; tyrimas apima ne tik formos ir kontekstų studijas, bet taip pat struktūralistinės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Linartas, Darius. "Significance of Creative Competitions to Lithuanian Art of Architecture." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2011~D_20120106_101159-04287.
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The subject matter of the research is architectural competitions in Lithuania to begin with their origin (end of the 18th century) up to the present times (2010). The dissertation aims at disclosing the significance of architectural competitions to art of architecture in Lithuania, improvement of architects’ professional excellence and public meaning of competitive selection, as well as analyzing the preconditions for improvement of the competition system. The following tasks have been raised and formulated:
1. to explore the genesis of architectural competitions and review the historical development of architectural competitions in Lithuania starting from its origins to the present day;
2. based on specific examples of architectural competitions in Lithuania, to analyze the main types of competitions and their purposes, disclose their peculiarities and meaning;
3. to perform the critical analysis on organization process of architectural competitions in Lithuania (preparation of requirements, rules, involvement of society to the design process and evaluation) and further existence and quality of the competition winning design projects; and
4. to disclose the peculiarities of public, architectural and professional significance of creative competitions.
The dissertation has an introduction, three chapters with separate summaries, general conclusions, lists of bibliography and author’s publications on the dissertation subject, list of illustrations and two appendices.
The... [to full text]<br>Disertacijos tyrimų objektas – architektūros konkursai Lietuvoje nuo ištakų (XVIIIa. pabaigos) iki šių laikų (2010 m.). Šio darbo tikslas yra atskleisti architektūros konkursų reikšmę Lietuvos architektūros menui ir architektų profesinio meistriškumo augimui, visuomeninę konkursinės atrankos prasmę, išnagrinėti konkursų sistemos tobulinimo prielaidas. Tam suformuluoti šie uždaviniai:
1. Ištirti architektūros konkursų genezę, apžvelgti Lietuvos architektūros konkursų istorinę raidą nuo jų atsiradimo iki šių dienų.
2. Remiantis konkrečiais Lietuvos architektūros konkursų pavyzdžiais, išanalizuoti pagrindinius konkursų tipus ir tikslus, atskleisti jų ypatumus ir prasmę.
3. Atlikti Lietuvos architektūros konkursų organizavimo bei konkursuose laimėjusių projektų būties ir kokybės kritinę analizę.
4. Atskleisti kūrybinių konkursų visuomeninės, architektūrinės ir profesinės reikšmės Lietuvoje ypatybes.
Disertaciją sudaro įvadas, trys skyriai, skyrių apibendrinimai, bendrosios išvados, naudotos literatūros ir autoriaus publikacijų disertacijos tema sąrašai, iliustracijų sąrašas bei du priedai
Įvadiniame skyriuje aptariamas darbo aktualumas, analizuojama literatūra, problemos ištirtumas, aprašomas tyrimų objektas, formuluojamas darbo tikslas bei uždaviniai, aprašoma tyrimų metodika, darbo mokslinis naujumas, ginamieji teiginiai. Įvado pabaigoje pristatomos disertacijos tema autoriaus paskelbtos publikacijos ir pranešimai konferencijose bei disertacijos struktūra.
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Slights, Jessica. "The moral architecture of the household in Shakespeare's comedies /." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35946.
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Critics have long neglected Shakespearean comedy's examination of the household's role in the formulation of community values by reading its references to domestic life allegorically as commentary on the ostensibly more important public realms of marketplace and state. This dissertation argues that representations of the household in the comedies are best understood as theatrical explorations of ethical inquiry as it pertains to everyday lived experience. Using contemporary sermons, political tracts, and conduct books to situate Shakespeare's plays within a larger cultural movement that was coming to understand the household as a foundation of the moral economy of early modern England, this study provides readings of The Comedy of Errors, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Tempest that emphasize each play's investigation of the household as a potential locus of the good life. The characters in these plays develop an awareness of themselves as members of broader communities by negotiating the particular details of household existence---by sharing meals, exchanging gifts, and falling in love. This awareness is in turn presented as a necessary component of personal happiness and a fundamental constituent of a just and merciful state. By developing an account of household life in the plays, this dissertation argues that recognizing the importance of affective domestic relations to constructions of the self as socially embedded moral agent is crucial to understanding the comedies' nuanced analysis of gender, class, and race relations.
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Veliutė, Ingrida. "Kaunas Fortress Historical and Architectural Heritage and Its Animation Possibilities." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20121122_154756-26186.
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Cultural heritage objects’ protection has always been closely related to country‘s social, economic and political changes. These changes influence heritage protection techniques and methodology, also stipulate heritage objects’ selection and protection priorities. Brutal and dissonant defence heritage of XIX-XX centuries was already perceived and absorbed in many European countries started being recognized in Lithuania. Basis of analysis is defence objects, administrative buildings, chapels, infrastructure and other Kaunas Fortress elements, built in 1882–1915, which have influenced changes in Kaunas city and its surroundings as well as the further city development. Kaunas fortress is presented as complex of various purposes objects, which were closely related to each other and could not function separately. Thesis analyses two fortification heritage changes process lines, occurred since construction to the present: the first – Kaunas Fortress complex and its separate components visual relation to environment; the second – Fortress complex objects and users relationship and utilization changes. Thesis is focusing more on military complex appearance, its ideological context, also on the development of social, economic and political factors during construction and defence time. This directly influences the creation of high-quality story and cultural heritage animation. Dissertation emphasizes Kaunas Fortress complex evaluation and acknowledgment as the object of heritage... [to full text]<br>Paveldo objektų apsauga visada buvo ir išlieka glaudžiai susijusi su šalies socialiniais, ekonominiais ir politiniais pokyčiais. Šie pokyčiai įtakoja paveldo saugojimo būdus ir metodiką bei sąlygoja paveldo objektų selekciją ir apsaugos prioritetus. Ypatingoje situacijoje atsiduria disonuojantis, brutalus, daugelyje Europos šalių jau įsisąmonintas ir įsisavintas, o Lietuvoje dar tik pradedamas pripažinti gynybinis XIX – XX a. sandūros paveldas. Disertacijos analizės pagrindas yra 1882–1915 m. pastatyti Kauno tvirtovės gynybiniai objektai, administraciniai pastatai, maldos namai, infrastruktūra ir kiti tvirtovės elementai, turėję įtakos Kauno miesto ir apylinkių kraštovaizdžio pokyčiams ir tolesnei miesto plėtrai. Kauno tvirtovė nagrinėta kaip įvairios paskirties objektų kompleksas, kur visi elementai buvo glaudžiai tarpusavyje susiję ir negalėjo funkcionuoti atskirai vieni nuo kitų. Darbe analizuotos dvi fortifikacijos paveldo kaitos proceso kryptys, vykusiosos nuo statybos pradžios iki šių dienų: pirmoji – Kauno tvirtovės komplekso bei atskirų jos komponentų vizualinis ryšys su aplinka; antroji – tvirtovės komplekso objektų ir naudotojų tarpusavio ryšys bei panaudos kaita. Dėmesys koncentruojamas į karinio komplekso atsiradimo ideologinį kontekstą bei socialinių, ekonominių, politinių veiksnių plėtotę jo statybos ir gynybos metu, kas tiesiogiai daro įtaką kokybiško pasakojimo kūrimui ir paveldo animavimui. Disertacijoje išryškintas Kauno tvirtovės komplekso įvertinimo ir... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Mačiulis, Algimantas. "Trends of artistic expression in contemporary Lithuanian architecture." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20140217_115649-56749.
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The study is holistic, comprehensive, integrated analysis concerning artistic expression of contemporary architectural trends in Lithuania, influences of different Modern architecture trends and their interactions with each other.<br>Apibendrinantis ir holistinis tyrimas atskleidžia ir įvardina iki šiol Lietuvos architektūrologijoje netyrinėtas XX a. antros pusės architektūros kryptys atspindinčias nagrinėjamo laikmečio sociokultūrinius ir politinius procesus. Tyrimo medžiaga nustato Lietuvos architektūros meninės raiškos vietą pasauliniame kontekste,tuo pačiu išryškina vietinės architektūros savitumus. Naujai įvardintos kryptys ir tendencijos sukuria teorinį pagrindą tolesniems Lietuvos architektūros meninių procesų aiškinimams.
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Wagler, Brent M. "Stars, stones and architecture : an episode in John Dee's natural philosophy." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22550.
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The work of John Dee (1527-1608) posits an approach to architecture based upon the concept of wonder. Sympathetic correspondences permeate Dee's disparate practical activities and architectural discourse. His contributions to astronomy, alchemy, cartography and navigation are grounded in the intersubjective cosmology of the Renaissance. It is in Dee's Mathematicall Praeface (1570), which promotes mathematics as a natural philosophy, that the architect's metier is aligned with the marvellous and established as an art encompassing numerous disciplines. Dee's syncretic formulation of architecture is distinctly attuned to the alchemical and magical discourses pervading the Renaissance and established in relation to his hieroglyphic "Monas" symbol. This emblematic device, discussed in the Monas Hieroglyphica (1564), exemplifies the link between architecture and writing. The Monas symbol permits the architect-as-alchemist to contemplate marvels and effect them in practice. In addition to positioning wonder in human activity, as a navigational beacon guiding the work of the architect, Dee signals the possibility of restoring conjuring-the dangerous and denigrated art of sixteenth century England--into architectural practice.