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Journal articles on the topic "Architectural firm"
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Gutzmer, Alexander. "Digital media reflexivities: The Axel Springer Campus in Berlin." International Journal of Cultural Studies 21, no. 1 (2017): 57–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877917704494.
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This article reads the notion of mediatization through a current example of architectural practice: the Axel Springer Campus in Berlin. Based on current theories of mediatization, it shows how this architectural project for a media firm finds new ways for architecture itself to function as a medium. It argues that architect Rem Koolhaas developed an architectural design that has the capacity to mediate images and interpretations of the productivity of media practitioners, of the relationship between media firm and urban environment, as well as of more general transformations of media work in the digital age.
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Bashouri, Joseph, and Glen William Duncan. "A model for sharing knowledge in architectural firms." Construction Innovation 14, no. 2 (2014): 168–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ci-10-2012-0057.
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Purpose – This theoretical paper aims to develop a model of how best to facilitate projects knowledge sharing within architectural firms to learn from lessons and improve the firm innovation capabilities, knowledge and skills. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual framework is developed by reviewing the literature in the fields of knowledge management (KM), the project-based organisation and communities of practice (CoPs) and linking these to the literature on the architectural firm. Findings – In the architectural firm, KM strategy needs to be linked to the overall business strategy determining the balance of codification/personalisation. The firm needs to be structured as a double-knit organisation connecting projects with CoPs. This structure creates a social network that allows sharing the useful and innovative knowledge created through the design process. Success depends on building a knowledge environment, providing organisational support and building a learning architecture within projects. A balanced combination of information and communication technologies, lessons-learned, storytelling, conversational learning and dialogue are needed as knowledge sharing methods. Originality/value – This paper's originality is in constructing a conceptual framework or model for knowledge sharing within the architectural firm with CoPs at the heart of that model. This paper is valuable to any architectural practice that aims to protect its reputation, improve its performance and increase its innovative knowledge base. It is also valuable to the construction industry by helping to minimise design mistakes and the consequent cost of construction rework.
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Sadykova, S. Sh, and T. Amangeldievna. "Peculiarities of the interaction of the landscape with the architectural form on the example of the construction of individual residential houses on a complex terrain." Bulletin of Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Construction 79, no. 1 (2021): 116–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.51488/1680-080x/2021.1-16.
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This article considers the topical issues of modern architecture - the peculiarities of the interaction of the landscape with the architectural firm on the example of the construction of individual residential houses on complex terrain. On different examples of individual residential houses, various aspects of architecture formation are analyzed, such as architectural and planning, volumetric and spatial, structural, etc., as well as methods of interaction of architectural objects with the natural landscape «polarization» and «integration» are considered.
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Concha, Daniel. "A moral issue." Materia Arquitectura, no. 09 (October 2, 2017): 98–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.56255/ma.v0i09.183.
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The Torre Velasca (1958), a high-rise building located in Milan and developed by the Italian architectural firm BBPR, was presented
 by Ernesto Rogers, one of the firm partners, at CIAM 59’ celebrated at the Kröller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands.
 The building became the centre of an international debate between Rogers and the English architect Peter Smithson, a discussion
 concerning the continuation of the project of modernity in architecture. The article, through a precise recreation of the discussion,
 demonstrates even though the architects preoccupations differ, they find a common ground in the question of architectural form.
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Zhong, Feifeng. "Research on Innovative Design Method and Application of Architectural Façade Modeling." MATEC Web of Conferences 267 (2019): 02012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926702012.
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The author through in-depth investigation and access to a large number of literature, in-depth study of the famous architect or architectural firm of architectural innovation masterpiece and the latest innovation new architecture, study from the modeling design fundamental element, Shape structure, building details, building material innovation, material and construction technology, structural technology innovation and other aspects of the building facade modeling innovative design method and applications, it is hoped that it will have certain enlightening function to the future architectural designers in the architectural innovation design.
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Mathews, Jose, Karma Yezer, and K. M. Antony. "Organizational Architecture of Human Resources." Bhutan Journal for Business and Management 3, no. 1 (2025): 23. https://doi.org/10.17102/bjbm.v3.2.
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In the human resource-based view of an organisation, resource heterogeneity of the firm provides sustainable competitive advantage. The two core variables that define the resource heterogeneity are the content capital (human capital) and the contextual capital (organisational and managerial processes) of the firm. Using the architectural designs that specify the gradient of organisational performance, this paper suggests the organisational architecture of human resources, delineating the mechanisms of content capital and contextual capital formations. The general model of architecture explains the key variables that architect the content capital and contextual capital. The interactive architectural designs specify the patterns of interaction between the contextual capital processes like leadership, decision-making, communication, motivational strategies, control systems, innovation processes and organisational culture that interact with the content capital of weak and strong patterns producing varying organizational performance outcomes.
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Burke, Catherine R. "Records Management in an Architectural Firm." Science & Technology Libraries 6, no. 3 (1986): 69–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j122v06n03_06.
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Oluwatayo, Adedapo Adewunmi, and Dolapo Amole. "Architectural firms: workforce, business strategy and performance." Construction Economics and Building 11, no. 4 (2011): 21–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v11i4.2239.
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The intent of this research was to investigate the relationship between the workforce, business strategy and performance of architectural firms. Data was collected from 92 firms randomly selected from the cities where architectural firms were most concentrated in Nigeria using questionnaires. Hierarchical regression analysis was carried out to investigate the direct and indirect impacts of the workforce of architectural firms on their performance. The findings confirm the significant positive impact. With business strategy controlled, the specific characteristics of the workforce and its management which influenced performance were the number of architects, the work structure, and the age and experience of the principal partners. The impact of the number of non- architecture professionals and staff participation in decision-making on performance was moderated by the business strategy adopted by the firms. The results suggest that workforce characteristics are more important than the management of the workforce in determining performance of architectural firms. This is contrary to the results of previous studies which suggest higher importance of the management. This probably indicates the peculiarity of architectural firm as a professional service firm in the construction industry.
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SHIBATA, TOMOATSU. "MANAGING THE CHANGE OF ARCHITECTURE KNOWLEDGE." International Journal of Innovation Management 15, no. 05 (2011): 1093–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919611003623.
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With the advent of new technologies, one successful case of technological transition is Fanuc Ltd., a company that successfully introduced Intel MPUs (Microprocessor Units) to NC (Numerical Control) machines in 1975 and has since continued to achieve sustained growth. This adoption of MPU caused a change in NC architecture. Through an in-depth case study of Fanuc, we show how adopting MPU to an NC system destroys the usefulness of accumulated hard-wired architectural knowledge in that firm due to changes in architecture. We also show how Fanuc developed the new architectural knowledge necessary for MPU-based soft-wired NC systems. This study is not an analysis of the causes of failure, but rather focuses on the aspects of successful management of architectural change. By analyzing and studying a successful case, we can gain valuable insights into managing architectural knowledge.
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Raphael, Aluko Olusola, Omoniyi Sunday Samuel, and Dipeolu Adedotun Ayodele. "THE IMPACT OF FIRM TYPE, SIZE AND EXPERIENCE ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS IN NIGERIA." Built Environment Journal 16, no. 1 (2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/bej.v17i2.9669.
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Clients have expressed dissatisfaction about services of professionals as a result of poor quality of service and errors in documentations resulting into overrunning project cost and delayed completion. This study investigated the influences of firms’ types, size of firms and experience of firms on provision of professional services of Architectural firms in the process of meeting the expectations of the client. Questionnaires was used to collect data for the study through random sampling. The results of ANOVA showed that firm types had no significance on services across the stages of service, firm size showed significance while the experience of the firm showed significance across the inception and the design stages. Multiple regression analysis showed that the variables cumulatively explained 3.9% (at p < 0.05) of the variance in the overall professional services of architectural firms. Among the variables, only the firm size showed a significant impact on the overall professional services with a p-value of 0.003. The firm type and experience of firm had no impact on the overall professional services. The findings serve as a guide to the clients in making choice of consultancy firms for their project, and as a guide to the consultancy firms in order to remain competitive in the globalized industry.
 Keywords: Architectural firms, Building Projects, Clients, Firms’ Characteristics, Professional Services
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Architectural firm"
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Ramqvist, Therese Ramqvist. "Architectural firm leading the construction process through interdisciplinary teamwork." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-125043.
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Ramqvist, Therese. "Architectural firm leading the construction process through interdisciplinary teamwork." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-124426.
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The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate how architects and project managers can improve their work process within an architecture firm, in order to become more competitive and cost efficient. To fulfil the purpose of the thesis, the research has been based on an interview study that draws upon the challenges the construction industry is currently facing, especially within architecture and project management, which means that firms working in the early phases of a project must do some changes in their work processes to meet those challenges. Hence, the research question has been based on the firm’s ability to improve their work processes in different and new types of projects. The investigation has been based on semi-structured interviews and a literature study of scientific articles and academic literature. The interviews have been made with group managers, a design manager, internal project managers and external project managers from the Swedish architecture firm White AB in Stockholm, which has collaborated with the researcher when writing the master thesis. The interviews has shown difficulties in managing projects for both architects and project managers, and in defining roles and dividing of tasks, which has resulted in the lack of collaboration and communication, design problems, time and budget constraints, client dissatisfaction and cultural barriers within the firm. To handle and prevent these difficulties from occurring the researcher has provided the firm’s steering committee with guidance on how to improve the difficulties with two overall objectives. The objectives were based on the current situation analysis, which in turn was based on interviews and literature study that entailed architects’ increased collaboration with project managers and the definition of the project manager’s role. Hence the following guidelines can be achieved: internal and external marketing, education, experience feedback, common objectives and shared leadership.<br>Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka hur arkitekter och projektledare kan förbättra sina arbetsprocesser, i en arkitektfirma, för att bli mer konkurrenskraftiga och kostnadseffektiva. För att uppfylla syftet av examensarbetet, har forskningen varit baserad på en intervjustudie som bygger på de utmaningar som byggbranschen för närvarande står inför, särskilt inom arkitektur och projektledning, vilket innebär att företag som arbetar i de tidiga faserna av ett projekt måste göra vissa förändringar i sina arbetsprocesser för att möta dessa utmaningar. Därför har forskningsfrågan varit baserad på företagets förmåga att förbättra sina arbetsprocesser i olika och nya typer av projekt. Undersökningen har baserats på semistrukturerade intervjuer och en litteraturstudie av vetenskapliga artiklar och akademisk litteratur. Intervjuerna har gjorts med gruppchefer, en projekteringsledare, interna och externa projektledare från den svenska arkitektfirman White AB i Stockholm, som har samarbetat med forskaren vid skrivning av examensarbetet. Intervjuerna har visat på svårigheter i att hantera projekt för både arkitekter och projektledare och I att definiera roller och uppdelning av arbetsuppgifter, vilket har resulterat i samarbets- och kommunikationsbrister, utformningsproblem, tid- och budgetbegränsningar, klientmissnöje och kulturella barriärer inom företaget. Att hantera och förebygga dessa svårigheter från att uppstå så har forskaren tillhandahållit företagets styrgrupp med vägledning om hur svårigheterna kan förbättras utifrån två övergripande mål. Målen baserades på nulägesanalysen, vilket i sin tur grundade sig på intervjuer och litteraturstudier som innebar ett ökat samarbete mellan arkitekter och projektledare och att definiera projektledarens roll. Därmed kan följande riktlinjer uppnås: intern och extern marknadsföring, utbildning, erfarenhetsåterföring, gemensamma mål och delat ledarskap.
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Huntington, Jeffrey L. "The Indianapolis architectural firm of Pierre and Wright : a history of the firm, discussion of major works, and index of known commissions." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/897501.
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The architectural firm of Pierre and Wright was one of the most important partnerships in Indianapolis during the second quarter of the twentieth century and the firm left a lasting impact on Indianapolis's built environment and physical development. Edward Dienhart Pierre (May 22, 1890-March 27, 1971) and George Caleb Wright (April 25, 1889-February 27, 1973) merged their talents in August 1925. This partnership resulted in a series of substantial commissions which allowed Pierre and Wright to take leadership roles in the Indianapolis construction community. The design contributions of Pierre and Wright to Indiana, particularly to Indianapolis, are significant because of the wide variety of architectural styles in which they worked, the high quality of construction, and the number of structures which remain. The partnership ended in 1944 and both men continued their architectural careers in Indianapolis. Pierre and Wright worked throughout their lives to enhance their profession and their community. The most obvious evidence of their professional work is the many buildings they designed, but more important is the impact Pierre and Wright had on the design and construction professions in Indiana and the country. Examples of their influence include their work for standardized building codes, development of professional ethics and forums for professional networking, and advocacy of comprehensive urban or metropolitan planning.<br>Department of Architecture
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Wilcox, Ralph S. "Jeepers, creepers! how 'bout them Beezers? : the history of the Beezer Brothers architecture firm, 1892-1932." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1041908.
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The architectural practice of Michael and Louis Beezer, identical twin brothers, lasted from 1892 until 1932. They practiced in Altoona, Pennsylvania, from 1892 until 1899; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1900 until 1906; and in Seattle, Washington, from 1907 until 1932. During their practice, they produced a wide variety of designs including homes, banks, churches, rectories, schools, and hospitals. Today, seventy-two confirmed designs still exist around the country in Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, and Alaska. This creative project documents the Beezer Brothers' surviving buildings through current and historic photographs and a short amount of text with information on the history, style, and features of each building. A history of the firm, supplemented with biographical information, is also included.<br>Department of Architecture
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Liu, Lu M. S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The strategic use of an information system in supporting architectural design decisions for a design firm." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/75958.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985.<br>MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-85).<br>This thesis is to illustrate how a computer-based information system for supporting decision making, that is a Decision Support System (DSS), can be utilized as a strategic tool in architectural design for a firm. The products of information technology have been designed around a wide spectrum of needs. Architects can immediately adopt the technology and use it as design tools. These tools are not just a productional convenience, but also bring about strategic advantages to a firm. In this study, through the investigations on the current computer use in professional architectural design , a need is called out for DSS planning. Derived from the field of Management Information Systems, a method of strategic DSS planning is set forth, which is a top-down planning process from office strategy to data base requirements, with the emphasis on the most critical applications to the top management . This method is applied through a three - phase planning process to a hypothetical office which represents a typical design firm. It is found in this study that the construction cost analysis for schematic design phase is the key operation for a DSS. This DSS can forge strong links between architectural design, project management, and office strategy in establishing a firm's competence in the cost and quality control for a building.<br>by Liu, Lu.<br>M.S.
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Gaim, Medhanie. "Paradox As the New Normal : essays on framing, managing and sustaining organizational tensions." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-130527.
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Metaphorically, the idiom “you cannot have your cake and eat it too” describes fundamental tensions at the heart of today’s organizations. Engaging tensions may seem implausible or even impossible. However, there exists evidence, given the increasingly complex environment, that both are vital to organizational success. To succeed, therefore, requires that organizations be able to manage, embrace, and transcend tensions. Consequently, the overall purpose of this thesis is to advance our understanding of tensions in general, and in creativity-based contexts in particular. The purpose is achieved through five self-contained yet complementary papers. The conceptual parts, which resulted in three papers, include a literature review on tensions, from which inspirations and ideas from different disciplines have been drawn in order to add value to the literature specifically addressing tensions. In parallel with this conceptual work, I explore tensions (a paradox, to be specific) in a specific context (architecture), an effort that results in two papers. Consequently, in the conceptual work, I focus on what “could be,” while in the empirical work I focus on “what is.” The findings highlight that first, theorizing about tensions calls for conceptual clarity. This was accomplished by identifying and then assembling core features that scholars use to conceptualize tensions. In doing so, the thesis contributes to the ways in which tensions are “represented” by reducing confusion and by making the assumptions behind tensions clear. Second, the thesis establishes that dealing with tensions productively requires a shift from thinking (and doing) based on a contingency approach towards contemporary approaches. Given the nature of the empirical context and the challenges therein, a true shift of this order necessitates framing tensions as paradoxes. In the same vein, the thesis indicates the need to rethink the central question; currently, that question is predominantly “how can we accommodate both A and B?” Given the nature of the empirical context, the question can be shifted to “why not C?” Doing so breaks away from focusing on the existing competing options and turns the focus towards something new. Moreover, dealing with tensions through this lens prevents neutralizing them and settling for a bland halfway point between one extreme and the other. Third, the thesis challenges the taken-for-granted assumption in the literature that dealing with tensions as paradoxes necessitates temporal compromise, separation, or resolution. In the thesis, I argue that dealing with paradoxes is possible without separating. This is so because simultaneously engaging paradoxes allows organizations to tap their energy and opens up new possibilities. In this case, the thesis contributes to the literature by empirically studying architectural firms. This empirical study shows that dealing with paradoxes requires an intricate interplay between what I call paradoxical mindsets and practices—which comprise organization members’ emotions, cognition, and behaviors—and organizational conditions that embed such mindsets and practices into the organization’s system. Fourth, the thesis makes a point that not all tensions require an action move. Accordingly, the thesis establishes that dealing with paradoxes may not necessarily entail action moves but rather a space to engage in dialogue so as to connect opposites, move outside of them, and situate them in a new relationship. In doing so, the presence of tension is appreciated and complementarity is sought. That is, the challenge is to be able to embrace paradoxes and not to resolve them. The thesis concludes that although it is challenging to tap the power of paradoxes, it is not impossible. This thesis shows that this goal can be accomplished by accepting that paradoxes are normal, and then seeking to transcend them. In so doing, organizations can unleash the “slices of genius” in their members.
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Freilich, Jonatan. "When Innovation Is Not Enough : Managerial Challenges of Technology Change in Pharmaceutical R&D." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-176484.
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Innovation is not always enough. In the beginning of the 2000s established pharmaceutical firms had developed several drugs, yet these new products were far too few. Patents of many blockbuster drugs were to soon expire and substantial profit would then be lost. A potential solution emerged: implementing new biomarker technologies in drug development. Biomarkers are required for knowledge creation about the drug effect on underlying causes of a disease. The problem is this: although academia, industry, and policy makers have deemed biomarkers as necessary for successful drug development, pharmaceutical firms have not used them in actual drug development projects. Since the 1990s, established pharmaceutical firms have invested financially and restructured organizationally in order to implement biomarkers. Still, cases show that more than 50% of project termination in Clinical Phase 2 (the bottle neck of drug development) can be attributed to the lack of implementing biomarkers. Challenges of established firms transforming in the face of technology change is a commonly studied phenomenon within innovation management literature. Several explanations have attempted to determine why established firms fail in following technology change. However, most of this literature has been based upon an empirical context where technology change is conceptualized as an innovation of the dominant product design in the industry. Consequently, the challenge is to develop or adapt a discontinuous product innovation. Conversely, implementing biomarkers is a case of technology change that impacts R&D. Since drugs lose their value when the patent protection expires, the established pharmaceutical firms need to continuously develop new block buster drugs – not just one product. More research is needed to fill this gap in the literature in order to develop an understanding of the established firm challenge in implementing biomarkers. This thesis builds upon a longitudinal case study of AstraZeneca. Using multiple data sources, the findings show that the dominant architecture of the drug development process during the 2000s impeded the implementation of biomarkers. AstraZeneca required an “architectural process innovation” in order to complete this implementation. The company’s process-based management structures distorted it from recognizing the need for process change. This thesis has three contributions: First, it describes the process change and the firm’s managerial challenges associated with biomarker implementation; Second, it contributes to the literature on the established firm challenge by developing an understanding of the phenomenon of architectural process innovation; Third, it develops a process-based framework for studying technology change that affects R&D.<br><p>QC 20151106</p>
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Zografos, Stamatios. "Architecture and fire : an archival approach to architectural conservation." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2012. http://research.gold.ac.uk/8596/.
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The aim of this thesis is to develop an alternative conceptual understanding of architectural conservation, which overcomes inherent problems and paradoxes that its current theory and practice is commonly associated with. To achieve this, I explore conservation through the interdisciplinary approach of archival theory arguing that listed buildings comprise the official archivisation of architecture. Through Henri Bergson’s philosophy, however, I explain that archives are also sites of forgetting thus the function of conservation appears problematic. I, therefore, re‐examine the fundamental relationship between architecture and memory by focusing on the memory of fire, as it is an element that is present from the birth until the death of architecture. Fire and its conflicting nature of temporality inform also the philosophical methodology of this research; I employ the philosophy of Gaston Bachelard who is known for his psychoanalytic work on fire, memory and fragmented time, and the philosophy of a theoretical opponent, Henri Bergson, who is famous for his work on memory and temporal continuity. Based on both philosophers, I first explore architectural evolution in regards to how buildings absorb fire, spanning from the flames of the ancient hearth to contemporary architecture, and then look into the critical moment of architectural evolution, which is its destruction by fire. Through this study, I comment on architecture in archival terms arguing that it carries with it either a reduced or a complete memory of its entire past, thus making the function of conservation fundamentally redundant. Finally, I develop a psychoanalytic approach to conservation based on Jacques Derrida’s understanding according to which archives are associated with the Freudian unconscious, and argue that conservation can result in the repression of the death drive unless the latter is sublimated. This implies that conservation policy must be adjusted accordingly to allow destruction to be part of the agenda.
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Carlton, Aerik. "Performance-based engineering framework for earthquake and fire following earthquake." Thesis, Michigan Technological University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1552728.
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<p> The objective for this thesis is to outline a Performance-Based Engineering (PBE) framework to address the multiple hazards of Earthquake (EQ) and subsequent Fire Following Earthquake (FFE). Currently, fire codes for the United States are largely empirical and prescriptive in nature. The reliance on prescriptive requirements makes quantifying sustained damage due to fire difficult. Additionally, the empirical standards have resulted from individual member or individual assembly furnace testing, which have been shown to differ greatly from full structural system behavior. The very nature of fire behavior (ignition, growth, suppression, and spread) is fundamentally difficult to quantify due to the inherent randomness present in each stage of fire development. The study of interactions between earthquake damage and fire behavior is also in its infancy with essentially no available empirical testing results. This thesis will present a literature review, a discussion, and critique of the state-of-the-art, and a summary of software currently being used to estimate loss due to EQ and FFE. A generalized PBE framework for EQ and subsequent FFE is presented along with a combined hazard probability to performance objective matrix and a table of variables necessary to fully implement the proposed framework. Future research requirements and summary are also provided with discussions of the difficulties inherent in adequately describing the multiple hazards of EQ and FFE.</p>
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Aquilon, Mark G. E. "Narrative, film, architecture." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0018/MQ48247.pdf.
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Narofsky, Stuart. Narofsky Architecture: Process 25. [Narofsky Architecture?], 2008.
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Brunetta, Vincent. Artgineering: Territoires équivoques = blurred boundaries. CIVA, 2006.
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Cecilia, Fernando Márquez. AMID.Cero9: 2010 2016, Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efren G Grinda ; MOS : 2008 2016, Michael Meredith & Hilary Sample. El Croquis Editorial, 2016.
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Art & Build (Architectural firm), ed. Art & Build: A humanistic approach to architecture. Images Pub., 2009.
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Olivier, Vadrot, Simonnet Cyrille, Perraudin Gilles 1949-, and Rolland Max, eds. Tectoniques architectes: Unplugged. Presses du Reel, 2007.
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(Firm), Global Architectural Development. GAD: Global architectural development. GAD Foundation, 2013.
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Shipova, Irina. SPeeCH: Arkhitekturnai︠a︡ masterskai︠a︡ = architectural bureau. Izdatelʹstvo A-Fond, 2009.
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(Firm), Giuliani hönger. Schnittwerk: Eine Ausstellung von giuliani.hönger Architekten, Architekturforum Aedes Berlin, 22. Januar bis 4. März 2010 = An exhibition of giuliani.hönger Architects, Architekturforum Aedes Berlin, January 22 to March 4, 2010. GTA Verlag, 2010.
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Tsigkas, Alexander. "The Brain of the Architectural Firm." In Between Theory and Practice in Architectural Design. Routledge, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003369844-8.
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Lieberman, David J. "49. An Architecture of Alchemy." In Meta-Xenakis. Open Book Publishers, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0390.51.
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In furthering the assertion that architecture is a performing art not a fine art, this work re-interprets the ideas of sieve theory, granular synthesis, and arborescence as strategies of architectural composition, demonstrating the manner in which Iannis Xenakis has established parameters for pushing the boundaries and the understandings of architectures of an extended comprehension of time. Elevations are considered as the threshold and transition between inside and outside, architecture and landscape, in terms of framing of views, choreographing perceptions and movements, in the permeability of a thickened wall manipulating sound and light as palpable materials of spatial containment, interrogating the intended and the unexpected as we move through and occupy the spaces defined by the physical constructs afforded by the intentions of built form. The work, Listening to Architecture is a twenty-two-minute film or cinematic painting.
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Triolaire, Cyril. "1. Recréation 3D et création théâtrale contemporaine." In St Andrews Studies in French History and Culture. Open Book Publishers, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0400.01.
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Le Wakan Théâtre, compagnie de théâtre professionnel dirigée par Dominique Touzé, crée en 2011 le spectacle 1759. Ça commence la Comédie ! Cette création met à l’honneur le premier théâtre du Massif central, établi à Clermont-Ferrand en 1759, dans les murs de l’hôtel de ville construit sous l’intendant d’Auvergne Ballainvilliers. Le spectacle intègre la reconstitution en 3D du théâtre, en collaboration avec le cabinet d’architecture Panthéon et 3D Studio EDA . Cet article propose de revenir sur les enjeux de la recréation numérique de ce théâtre disparu à partir de plans de coupe, des dessins des motifs décoratifs de Berinzago, et de plans de ville et d’élévation des bâtiments en deux dimensions. Par-delà la mise en images numériques des sources mobilisées pour ce projet, la confrontation des discours, des architectes 3D, du comédien et de l’historien doivent permettre de réinterroger tout à la fois la matérialité et la mise en espace d’un lieu de spectacle, le lien entre patrimonialisation numérique et création vivante contemporaine, et la portée pédagogique d’un objet une fois le spectacle achevé. In 2011, the Wakan Theatre, a professional theatre company directed by Dominique Touzé, devised a performance called 1759. Ça commence la comédie ! about the first permanent theatre in the Massif Central, built within the walls of the city hall in Clermont-Ferrand at the behest of Intendant of Auvergne Ballainvilliers in 1759. The show integrates a 3D reconstitution of the theatre created in collaboration with the architectural firm Panthéon and 3D EDA Studio. This article proposes to return to the issues surrounding the digital recreation of this bygone theatre, based on floor plans, drawings of decorative patterns by Berinzago, city maps and elevation drawings. Beyond the digital images created from these sources, Wakan’s work brings together architectural, performance and historical discourses, fostering questions on the materiality and layout of a theatre, the link between digital heritage conservation and contemporary theatrical creation, as well as the pedagogical reach of such works once the show is over.
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Abrams, Michael C. "Film and Architecture." In Metaphoric Architecture. Routledge, 2025. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003450542-6.
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D'Arcy, Geraint. "Architecture and Film." In Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315205939-5.
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Tabb, Phillip James. "The element of fire." In Elemental Architecture. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351200431-2.
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del Blanco García, Federico Luis, and Ismael García Ríos. "Technology Transfer: From the Film Industry to Architecture." In Architectural Draughtsmanship. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58856-8_9.
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Lugojan-Ghenciu, Oliviu. "Motion Architecture." In The Funambulist Papers, Volume 1. punctum books, 2013. https://doi.org/10.21983/p3.0053.1.30.
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Analyzing Eadweard Muybridge’s work and Vladimir Veličković’s painted motion studies would offer a too-easy way to find a relation-ship between the still objects of architecture and the dynamics of motion. Jean-Luc Godard is also waiting to be taken apart from this perspective, just as is Bruno Zevi’s idea of archiving space through cinematographic methods. Rem Koolhaas is known for his transition from film to architecture. Why is there such a brotherhood between film and architecture? Maybe it is because they share the common idea of assembling building blocks in order to build something that is more than just the sum of its elements. The concept to be proposed has little to do with these remarkable people and their studies, but builds upon their experience. What I am interested in is not the cinematographic expression, but a fourth dimension added by motion in graphics and how movement can further an architectural product.
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Kephart, Timothy A. "Determining How Much Your Firm Is Worth." In The Business of Architecture. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315641126-14.
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Moody, Karl L. "Leadership Matters: Organizational Structure in the Firm." In The Business of Architecture. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315641126-5.
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Dempster, Bill. "Pre-Manufactured Architectural Fire Protection." In Paint and Coatings Expo (PACE) 2010. SSPC, 2010. https://doi.org/10.5006/s2010-00012.
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Abstract A recent technology has been introduced where improved mechanical durability and aesthetically pleasing finish is achieved using pre-manufactured intumescent fire protection. This paper will detail how the pre-manufactured intumescent technology will provide an attractive alternative to spray application to achieve up to 2 hour rating with simple installation techniques that result in ultra smooth, no orange peel finish. This alternative process can be used on new construction, maintenance and building retrofits with little disruption on the job site.
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Bullard, John. "Experiences with Coating Systems Selection for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub." In SSPC 2012 Greencoat. SSPC, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5006/s2012-00007.
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The World Trade Center (WTC) Transportation Hub is a multi-billion dollar project comprising WTC Tower One, the train station, and retail space. The structural steel and architectural elements require long-term corrosion and fire protection. The design of the buildings and various architectural elements within them presented many difficulties to providing the desired end-result. For architectural elements requiring fire protection and an aesthetically pleasing appearance, the fabrication of the steel, particularly the shapes, were major factors influencing the appearance. For Tower One, fire protection of exterior steel that will be difficult to access after the building is completed, prompted investigations into engineered systems to provide the longest possible life cycle. The antenna for WTC Tower One also presented challenges to providing a long life coating system due to the complicated design, size of the sections, and fabrication tolerances.
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Mađanović, Milica, Cameron Moore, and Renata Jadresin Milic. "The Role of Architectural History Research: Auckland’s NZI Building as William Gummer’s Attempt at Humanity." In The 38th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand. SAHANZ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.55939/a4007piywz.
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In response to the third thematic sub-stream of the 38th Annual SAHANZ Conference, this paper will discuss the role of architectural research in the architecture of Gummer and Ford, the Auckland-based practice, often described as one of the most prolific bureaus in interwar New Zealand. The paper is a fraction of a three-staged project, “Gummer and Ford,” developed by a team of researchers from the Unitec Institute of Technology in response to an event recognised as a milestone in the New Zealand architectural calendar – the 2023 centenary of the firm’s establishment. This paper explores the design principles of William Gummer, the principal designer of the firm. From 1914 to 1935, Gummer consistently published his view that the goal of the architect was to cater to humanity’s highest instincts. He was unwavering but vague on how this is achieved; through composition, unity, contrast, proportion and scale, appropriate use of materials is all needed to produce buildings of good character. But what did he really mean by this? A close reading of three books Gummer considered invaluable to architectural students – The Essentials of Composition as Applied to Art by John Vredenburgh Van Pelt, Architectural Composition by Nathaniel Cortlandt Curtis, and The Mistress Art by Reginald Bloomfield – offers a direct insight into the influences behind his thinking about architecture and his architectural production. Directly traceable to Gummer, the three titles include clear, precise instructions on both the functional and artistic nature of architectural design. Interestingly, this paper employs a method not dissimilar to Gummer’s design method. These books taken together, along with Gummer’s own writing, a study of renderings and construction drawings, and close observation of the buildings, an architectural analysis of Gummer’s work becomes possible – it is what Gummer himself referred to as Architectural Research. This historically focused study will bring a new perspective to understanding the value and contribution of traditional architects, not only in New Zealand but other English-speaking countries.
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Heidgerken, Tadd. "Dissident Professional Practice: How Critical Design Work Can Create Activist Architects While Supporting a More Equitable Profession." In 2023 ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference. ACSA Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.teach.2023.36.
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Using a case study of a required professional practice course at the University of Detroit Mercy with a survey of recent graduates from the program, this paper shows how students can be given the skills to incorporate their values into their work to become activist architects. Active and experiential learning techniques such as role play, reflective writing, small and large group discussions, site visits to firms with guest presenters covering topics such as salary negotiation, possible roles in a firm, and possible roles in allied fields give students the opportunity and confidence to take-on, practice, and implement their ethical beliefs on subjective issues such as social, economic, and ecological justice. The course is designed to be more akin to a design studio, giving students agency to determine their own value judge-ments, responsibilities, and goals, and to design a career path to match those limitations. Two main assignments, firm interviews with two existing architectural practices and the creation of a business plan, give the students the opportu-nity to first understand how existing architectural workers apply activism to their practice, and then to design their own method for applying their self-identified ethical goals. An analysis of the course is given using data from an anony¬mous survey of recent graduates from the program done in February of 2023, with a discussion of current literature.
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Tripp, Andrew. "Traces of Oil in the Architectural Archive: Some Aspects of a Larger Project." In 110th ACSA Annual Meeting Paper Proceedings. ACSA Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.am.110.56.
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This paper revisits the publication of A Bucket of Oil: The Humanistic Approach to Building Design for Energy Conservation,1 produced in 1973-74 by researchers at the multinational architecture firm Caudill Rowlett Scott (CRS).2 The publication was a response to the US experience of the oil embargo, but it was also an index of a transformation in the firm’s research practices—a transition from experimental research in the laboratory to historical research in the archive. While arguing for domestic energy conservation, A Bucket of Oil strategically exercised the agency of the archive to conceal the firm’s rapidly growing commitment to the international oil industry and the oil producing and exporting countries of the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia and its project for the University of Petroleum and Minerals (UPM). The relationship between archival research practices and fossil fuels, both then and now, raises serious questions about the nature of the architectural archive in the age of anthropogenic climate change.
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Hawamdeh, Hani Awni. "Al Thumama Stadium: Local and Global Architectural Reach." In International Conference on the 4th Game Set and Match (GSM4Q-2019). Qatar University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.29117/gsm4q.2019.0024.
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The world cup stadia have been a constant concern for the hosting countries. Many of them have become a burden on the economies of their countries, only to become white elephants after the tournaments end. Therefore, the core mission of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy in Qatar was to ensure that the World Cup Stadiums are built with a legacy and to remain functional in the long run, not just as facilities, but as cultural icons. Such efforts have promoted the exercise of stadia building in Qatar as a positive and unique experience. As a firm, we, at Arab Engineering Bureau, are honored to be part of the effort all through the making of Al Thumama Stadium, which will be discussed in this paper. Instead of a white elephant, Al Thumama Stadium is arguably a symbol of the local identity that will become part of the World Cup legacy, whilst being a state-of-the-art facility that plays a vital role in development of its surrounding neighborhood.
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Piccoli, Gabriele, and Joaquin Rodriguez. "Digital Asset Creation and Orchestration: Empirical Evidence from Industrial Manufacturing." In 37th Bled eConference. University of Maribor Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/um.fov.4.2024.2.
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This paper addresses the challenge faced by many industrial manufacturers engaged in digital transformation as they rearchitect their physical products into digital assets that can be orchestrated by the firm’s business customers as part of their own digital strategic initiatives. In the context of a century old firm that pioneered the professional coffee machine market, we find that architectural innovation occurs at multiple levels – within and outside the individual machines – driven by three design principles: programmatic bitstring encapsulation, hardware abstraction, and physical extensibility and decoupling. Each principle is enacted through a series of cohesive design moves that result in a design hierarchy inversion subverting the historical supremacy of the machine's mechanical architecture over the software, and the resulting digital solutions. This inversion is an example of ontological reversal, pushing our understanding of the phenomenon in industrial settings beyond the current notion of a temporal reversal in design. Our observations suggests that ontological reversal has deeper roots and far-reaching implications than the above view implies, challenging the very foundation of firms’ value creation activities
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Datry, Jean-Bernard, Audrey Zonco, Etienne Combescure, Zakaria Kertaoui, Clement Le Dem, and David Masse. "The hyperion tower, an audacious demonstration of the use of materials." In IABSE Congress, Ghent 2021: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/ghent.2021.1144.
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<p>With a total height of 55m, the Hyperion residential Tower is located near the Saint Jean train Station in Bordeaux France and was designed by the engineering firm Terrell in association with the architectural practice Jean-Paul Viguier &amp; Associates. The structure is braced with a reinforced concrete core, made of cross laminated timber floors, laminated timber beams along the periphery of the building, wood frame walls on the façades, and prefabricated steel balconies placed in situ with cranes. Detailed design of the composite tower was carried out by engineering firm Setec Tpi, through a large use of BIM software’s (Revit and Tekla) from which shop drawings were generated. The main contractor Eiffage had to face many challenges during construction to erect what is now the tallest wooden tower in France.</p>
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Datry, Jean-Bernard, Audrey Zonco, Etienne Combescure, Zakaria Kertaoui, Clement Le Dem, and David Masse. "The hyperion tower, an audacious demonstration of the use of materials." In IABSE Congress, Ghent 2021: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/ghent.2021.1144.
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<p>With a total height of 55m, the Hyperion residential Tower is located near the Saint Jean train Station in Bordeaux France and was designed by the engineering firm Terrell in association with the architectural practice Jean-Paul Viguier &amp; Associates. The structure is braced with a reinforced concrete core, made of cross laminated timber floors, laminated timber beams along the periphery of the building, wood frame walls on the façades, and prefabricated steel balconies placed in situ with cranes. Detailed design of the composite tower was carried out by engineering firm Setec Tpi, through a large use of BIM software’s (Revit and Tekla) from which shop drawings were generated. The main contractor Eiffage had to face many challenges during construction to erect what is now the tallest wooden tower in France.</p>
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Hannibal, Joseph T. "A PARTICULAR FONDNESS FOR STONE: USE OF MARBLE AND OTHER STONE BY THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF WALKER & WEEKS." In GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018. Geological Society of America, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2018am-317819.
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Maiorino, Alexandre, William D'Andrea Fonseca, Ranny L. X. N. Michalski, and Olavo M. Silva. Resenhas de livros: Concert Halls and Opera Houses; Acoustic Array Systems: Theory, Implementation, and Application; Architectural Acoustics; e Acoustics – A Textbook for Engineers and Physicists (Vols. I & II). Sociedade Brasileira de Acústica, 2023. https://doi.org/10.55753/aev.v38e55.251.
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Este texto reúne quatro resenhas de livros essenciais para profissionais e estudantes interessados em acústica, vibrações e áudio. As obras selecionadas abrangem desde princípios fundamentais até aplicações avançadas, oferecendo uma visão abrangente sobre temas como processamento de sinais, arranjos de microfones, acústica arquitetônica e estudos práticos. A primeira obra, Concert Halls and Opera Houses: Music, Acoustics and Architecture, de Leo Beranek, explora a relação entre a arte musical e o projeto de espaços de espetáculo, evidenciando como a acústica influencia diretamente a experiência do ouvinte. Em seguida, Acoustic Array Systems: Theory, Implementation, and Application, de Mingsian R. Bai, Jeong-Guon Ih e Jacob Benesty, aprofunda-se em tecnologias de arranjos de microfones, analisando teorias de conformação de feixes e suas aplicações práticas. A terceira referência, Architectural Acoustics, de Marshall Long, destaca os princípios de planejamento e tratamento acústico em salas, permitindo maior controle sobre ruídos e reverberações em diferentes ambientes. Por fim, Acoustics – A Textbook for Engineers and Physicists (Vols. I & II), de Jerry H. Ginsberg, apresenta um compêndio completo sobre acústica e vibrações, unindo teoria, modelagem computacional e experimentos. As resenhas, concisas e objetivas, fornecem informações iniciais sobre as contribuições de cada autor, estimulando a leitura integral das obras para uma formação sólida e atualizada na área de acústica.
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Erol, Selman, and Michael Junho Lee. Financial System Architecture and Technological Vulnerability. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.59576/sr.1122.
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This paper presents a framework to study of technological resiliency of financial system architecture. Financial market infrastructures, or platforms, compete with services critical functions along various stages in the lifecycle of a trade, and make investments in technological resiliency to guard against attackers seeking to exploit system weaknesses. Platforms’ financial network effects attenuate competition between platforms on security. Exposure to vulnerabilities is magnified in the presence of strategic adversaries. Private provision of technological resiliency is generally sub-optimal, with over- and underinvestment in security depending on market structure. Vulnerabilities evolve over the maturity of a financial system, but there generically exists a tipping point at which technological resiliency diverges from optimal and creates technological drag on the financial system. We find supportive evidence in tri-party repo settlement: the exit of duopolist resulted in a significant drop in IT-related investment by the sole provider, even as peer firms ramp up investment.
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Ferekides, Chris, Vasilios Palekis, and Wei Wang. Novel n-type Device Architectures to Achieve 1 Volt VOC in Thin Film CdTe cells. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/2222897.
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Kerrigan, Susan, Phillip McIntyre, and Marion McCutcheon. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Bendigo. Queensland University of Technology, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.206968.
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Bendigo, where the traditional owners are the Dja Dja Wurrung people, has capitalised on its European historical roots. Its striking architecture owes much to its Gold Rush past which has also given it a diverse cultural heritage. The creative industries, while not well recognised as such, contribute well to the local economy. The many festivals, museums and library exhibitions attract visitors from the metropolitan centre of Victoria especially. The Bendigo Creative Industries Hub was a local council initiative while the Ulumbarra Theatre is located within the City’s 1860’s Sandhurst Gaol. Many festivals keep the city culturally active and are supported by organisations such as Bendigo Bank. The Bendigo Writers Festival, the Bendigo Queer Film Festival, The Bendigo Invention & Innovation Festival, Groovin the Moo and the Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival are well established within the community. A regional accelerator and Tech School at La Trobe University are touted as models for other regional Victorian cities. The city has a range of high quality design agencies, while the software and digital content sector is growing with embeddeds working in agriculture and information management systems. Employment in Film, TV and Radio and Visual Arts has remained steady in Bendigo for a decade while the Music and Performing Arts sector grew quite well over the same period.
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Kerrigan, Susan, Phillip McIntyre, and Marion McCutcheon. Australian Cultural and Creative Activity: A Population and Hotspot Analysis: Ballarat. Queensland University of Technology, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.206963.
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Description Ballarat sits on Wathaurong land and is located at the crossroads of four main Victorian highways. A number of State agencies are located here to support and build entrepreneurial activity in the region. The Ballarat Technology Park, located some way out of the heart of the city at the Mount Helen campus of Federation University, is an attempt to expand and diversify the technology and innovation sector in the region. This university also has a high profile presence in the city occupying part of a historically endowed precinct in the city centre. Because of the wise preservation and maintenance of its heritage listed buildings by the local council, Ballarat has been used as the location for a significant set of feature films, documentaries and television series bringing work to local crews and suppliers. With numerous festivals playing to the cities strengths many creative embeddeds and performing artists take advantage of employment in facilities such as the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka. The city has its share of start-ups, as well as advertising, design and architectural firms. The city is noted for its museums, its many theatres and art galleries. All major national networks service the TV and radio sector here while community radio is strong and growing.
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Muelaner, Jody Emlyn. Space-based Solar Power for Instantaneously Dispatchable Renewable Power on Earth. SAE International, 2025. https://doi.org/10.4271/epr2025005.
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<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">Recent advances are reducing the cost of space launch, high specific power solar cells, and the production of satellite systems. Modular architectures with no moving parts and distributed power systems would minimize assembly and maintenance costs. Together, this may enable space-based solar power to provide decarbonized dispatchable power at a lower cost than equivalent technologies such as nuclear power stations.</div><div class="htmlview paragraph"><b>Space-based Solar Power for Instantaneously Dispatchable Renewable Power on Earth</b> discusses the advances in emerging technologies, like thin film solar cells, reusable launch vehicles, and mass-produced modular satellite systems that would make economic space power feasible.</div><div class="htmlview paragraph"><a href="https://www.sae.org/publications/edge-research-reports" target="_blank">Click here to access the full SAE EDGE</a><sup>TM</sup><a href="https://www.sae.org/publications/edge-research-reports" target="_blank"> Research Report portfolio.</a></div></div>
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Houlé, M. G., C. M. Lesher, R. T. Metsaranta, and A. A. Sappin. Architecture of magmatic conduits in chromium-PGE and Ni-Cu-PGE ore systems in Superior Province: example from the 'Ring of Fire' region, Ontario. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/313678.
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Gupte, Jaideep, Sarath MG Babu, Debjani Ghosh, Eric Kasper, and Priyanka Mehra. Smart Cities and COVID-19: Implications for Data Ecosystems from Lessons Learned in India. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2021.034.
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This brief distils best data practice recommendations through consideration of key issues involved in the use of technology for surveillance, fact-checking and coordinated control during crisis or emergency response in resource constrained urban contexts. We draw lessons from how data enabled technologies were used in urban COVID-19 response, as well as how standard implementation procedures were affected by the pandemic. Disease control is a long-standing consideration in building smart city architecture, while humanitarian actions are increasingly digitised. However, there are competing city visions being employed in COVID-19 response. This is symptomatic of a broader range of tech-based responses in other humanitarian contexts. These visions range from aspirations for technology driven, centralised and surveillance oriented urban regimes, to ‘frugal innovations’ by firms, consumers and city governments. Data ecosystems are not immune from gendered- and socio-political discrimination, and technology-based interventions can worsen existing inequalities, particularly in emergencies. Technology driven public health (PH) interventions thus raise concerns about 1) what types of technologies are appropriate, 2) whether they produce inclusive outcomes for economically and socially disadvantaged urban residents and 3) the balance between surveillance and control on one hand, and privacy and citizen autonomy on the other.
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Gupte, Jaideep, Sarath MG Babu, Debjani Ghosh, Eric Kasper, Priyanka Mehra, and Asif Raza. Smart Cities and COVID-19: Implications for Data Ecosystems from Lessons Learned in India. Institute of Development Studies, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2022.004.
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This brief distils best data practice recommendations through consideration of key issues involved in the use of technology for surveillance, fact-checking and coordinated control during crisis or emergency response in resource constrained urban contexts. We draw lessons from how data enabled technologies were used in urban COVID-19 response, as well as how standard implementation procedures were affected by the pandemic. Disease control is a long-standing consideration in building smart city architecture, while humanitarian actions are increasingly digitised. However, there are competing city visions being employed in COVID-19 response. This is symptomatic of a broader range of tech-based responses in other humanitarian contexts. These visions range from aspirations for technology driven, centralised and surveillance oriented urban regimes, to ‘frugal innovations’ by firms, consumers and city governments. Data ecosystems are not immune from gendered- and socio-political discrimination, and technology-based interventions can worsen existing inequalities, particularly in emergencies. Technology driven public health (PH) interventions thus raise concerns about 1) what types of technologies are appropriate, 2) whether they produce inclusive outcomes for economically and socially disadvantaged urban residents and 3) the balance between surveillance and control on one hand, and privacy and citizen autonomy on the other.
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Gupte, Jaideep, Sarath MG Babu, Debjani Ghosh, Eric Kasper, Priyanka Mehra, and Asif Raza. Smart Cities and COVID-19: Implications for Data Ecosystems from Lessons Learned in India. SSHAP, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2021.012.
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This brief distils best data practice recommendations through consideration of key issues involved in the use of technology for surveillance, fact-checking and coordinated control during crisis or emergency response in resource constrained urban contexts. We draw lessons from how data enabled technologies were used in urban COVID-19 response, as well as how standard implementation procedures were affected by the pandemic. Disease control is a long-standing consideration in building smart city architecture, while humanitarian actions are increasingly digitised. However, there are competing city visions being employed in COVID-19 response. This is symptomatic of a broader range of tech-based responses in other humanitarian contexts. These visions range from aspirations for technology driven, centralised and surveillance oriented urban regimes, to ‘frugal innovations’ by firms, consumers and city governments. Data ecosystems are not immune from gendered- and socio-political discrimination, and technology-based interventions can worsen existing inequalities, particularly in emergencies. Technology driven public health (PH) interventions thus raise concerns about 1) what types of technologies are appropriate, 2) whether they produce inclusive outcomes for economically and socially disadvantaged urban residents and 3) the balance between surveillance and control on one hand, and privacy and citizen autonomy on the other.