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Javed, Shamim. "Making a place: an infill proposal at VPI&SU, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53075.

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A pathway to go from the profane to a village of higher aspirations. A House of Visual Arts and an existing school of architecture flank the pathway as the realm of the mundane is received into the world of the sublime. Rows of trees define streams of space flowing into a reservoir of space, gateways marking the points of transition. From the reservoir, these gateways frame the distant mountains giving the urban room a location. The room itself is essentially empty, for it is hardly a statement but, rather, the preparation for one. The room is for the life of the academic village. Giving order where disorder reigned, providing clarity where ambiguity prevailed, bringing unity where discord was the norm, furnishing hierarchy, meaning, moments of movement and pause, MAKING A PLACE.<br>Master of Architecture

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Ingram, Robin. "The visual arts plant." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52053.

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The Art Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is based in the leased space of the Armory and in the basement of Owens Hall. The Art Department also holds classes in as many as four other buildings on campus. My proposal is to consolidate the Art Department’s activities into one formal building. I call this building The Visual Arts Plant. The Visual Arts Plant contains the rooms, equipment, machinery, tools, instruments, and fixtures necessary to facilitate and promote a visual arts education. This thesis is a documentation of my ideas for The Visual Arts Plants.<br>Master of Architecture

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Lee, Corina Yuan Shiu. "Towards an architecture of reality." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53325.

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Light, Barry Hill. ""An act of making form"." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53328.

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This thesis is my commitment to this medium of social and personal expression. lt is also, the development of a foundation from which my search for truth, understanding and architecture can continue through time. The study vehicle is the design of an addition to Cowgill Hall, the College of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. The primary determinants which contribute to the addition's form are derived from site, structure and institution. The solution, an infill language of columns, beams and gravity walls, is ordered by interpreting these ideas into architectural elements that express an open and harmonious environment that encourages the creative spirit to flourish.<br>Master of Architecture

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Doherty, Joyce. "The inherent between." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52134.

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This thesis is an exploration of objects and their ability to create a between. Objects are the principal focus of this thesis. Objects arise from a desire to express the richness of three dimensions. Betweens evolve from the relationship between objects. The between is a thing, just as clearly as the object is a thing. It is a hallway, a door or a room. Knowing that a between needs to accommodate a particular function can help shape the relationship of the objects, but does not shape the objects themselves. This thesis is studied in a proposal for the area surrounding Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture, Cowgill Hall. The proposal consists of four primary objects; a series of three classrooms, a new entrance into Cowgill, a gallery above and below Cowgill Plaza, and a stair which extends the Plaza down to the level of Cowgill’s first floor.<br>Master of Architecture

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Galloway, William U. "Harmony and opposition." Thesis, This resource online, 1993. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03172010-020709/.

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Nienstedt, Uwe. "Meetings." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53148.

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The thesis consists of two parts: The introduction states a rationale for the making of Architecture by defining its final and subsidiary goals and identifying the importance of ‘judgement’ and the concept of ‘order’ as operational means. The project attempts to apply the theory on three different scales: object, building and urban. This part of the book is structure around the theme of ‘meetings’, the enjoyment of two entities coming together and in various ways interacting and redefining each other architecturally.<br>Master of Architecture

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Mathews, James Stanley. "Structure and deconstruction." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53141.

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My efforts to discover a means of making a more effective sculpture led me to pursue architecture. The problem with sculpture as I saw it was that it had been deformed over time from that which marked a place into a placeless isolate. Just as I worked against that placeless isolate in sculpture, so am I now working against the placeless isolate in architecture. The aspects of architecture, the site, the plan, elements and materials, although acting phenomenally in conjunction with other coexisting elements, are often conceived as isolates. In order to elucidate the interrelation between these aspects at different scales, I turned to the work of the Poststructuralists such as Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, et al. They outline a deconstructive critical approach to linguistic/literary meaning, which I have used as a model for understanding the language of architecture. Architecture comes into being at the convergence of orders, when ordered and coherent human actions (institutions) take place in a locus or place which has been made architectonic. I am for an interrelational and interactive architecture, one which maintains a critical stance vis a vis its locus, its purposes, and its elements and materials. This is not a disassociated and detached abstract "ideal," but a self-conscious choice, made in conviction and commitment to a coherent and dignified order to human existence. The design project is an effort to make some of these thoughts operational. The proposal is for a University Museum at the parking lot at the northwest edge of the VPI Campus. The project begins with an analysis and critique of the current placeless condition of the site. The site is restructured with respect to the latent campus structure, which is itself clarified. The Museum building becomes the focal point of a new axis relating the site and the Campus. The site becomes a boundary for the Campus and promotes the growth of a coherent campus plan.<br>Master of Architecture

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Terzian, Kenneth A. "A place of entry." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51898.

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In the school there is meeting. If you thought of the nature of a school, you would never have a corridor in a school. You would have a hall in a school. Where it is a meeting place for people not in any way obligated to each other, have no source of being judged. And it becomes in a way the student's classroom. The corridor can never aspire to be a hall. But the hall can aspire to be of such importance equal to that of the library which is probably the most important part of school. Because the book is an offering...offerings of the mind.<br>Master of Architecture

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Johnson, David Mills. "Between campus and community: a program and design for a new student health facility." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53133.

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The Student Health Services is located in Henderson Hall, a complex consisting of several buildings constructed at various times. Three other departments share this complex. Because of inadequate space and a building layout which does not easily accommodate the Health Services’ function, a study was completed to determine needs of the facility, and a final design solution was produced to supply the needs of the University, the Health Services and the community. Advantages of the existing location as well as the university master plan indicated keeping the facility in the same area. But problems created by the layout and shape of the present facility necessitate a new facility designed to increase both efficient handling of patient and staff flow as well as creating a positive image. The facility should communicate that it is a place for healing rather than a place for the sick. The new building ties into the existing complex creating a boundary between the University and the community, and creates a front facing the new student activities building. The original residence of the first College president will be restored to its original scale and identity by the removal of its present two additions.<br>Master of Architecture

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Murphy, John A. "Material accomodation." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53239.

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Architectural decision making, in terms of a formal design methodology, must be based on a sincere understanding and sympathetic employment of architectural building materials. These materials, each with their own inherent tectonics, come together to formulate a network of inter-dependent relationships categorized as material accommodation. Material accommodation consists of three specific areas. First, as indicators of formal issues, secondly, they will communicate structural awareness, and finally from a syntactic dimension.<br>Master of Architecture

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Wallace, Stuart. "Between thought and object." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53196.

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Bergman, Kyle. "A school of architecture addition & renovation: a design pertaining to our process of education." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53366.

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The goal of this thesis project is to gain a greater understanding of how architects are being trained. The project is a renovation and addition to a building serving as a school of architecture. The design of the school reflects the architectural educational process. "It is not enough to teach a man a specialty. Through it he may become a kind of useful machine but not a harmonious developed personality. It is essential that the student acquire an understanding of and a lively feeling of values. He must acquire a sense of the beautiful and the morally good. Otherwise he - with his specialized knowledge - more closely resembles a well-trained dog than a harmoniously developed person. He must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings in order to acquire a proper relationship to individual fellow man and the community." Albert Einstein from the New York Times, 10/5/52.<br>Master of Architecture

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Sunkel, David Oliver. "A quadrangle for downtown Blacksburg." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53336.

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I remember with clarity the day Dennis Kilper and Donna Dunay shared with us their awareness of a site in downtown Blacksburg bound by College Avenue, Draper Road, Roanoke Street and Otey Street. The sight is a locus of interface between the university and the town. A place rich in contextual nuance, movement, rhythm, axis and history interact to create a powerful synergy waiting to be expressed. When the time came to choose a subject for my master's thesis, I found the challenge I was looking for in the puzzle of what to do with such a special opportunity. My design proposal (multi–use in nature) for the above site is a quadrangle made from the repetition of a square-based brick tower in concert with the development of an axis in the field of the quadrangle. The brick tower transforms itself in response to context, as does the pre-existing interior axis.<br>Master of Architecture

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Harris, Rodney Thibodeaux. "Teleport videoconferencing and computer center." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51918.

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The task of this thesis is the design of a facility that will accommodate both a large workforce in an office environment and a large accompaniment of machines. The entire complex, located in a remote area of a large rural university campus, must establish harmony between the various functional components of the center.<br>Master of Architecture

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Markussen, Erika L. "Objects of architecture." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53353.

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Architecture has meaning and purpose when it is seen not as something that firmly must exist, but as the possibilities that a situation creates. I have not yet found that which is concretely architecture, but I can say that which is concretely architecture, but I can say that which could exist as beauty in this world. The design of everyday objects becomes architecture to me, whether it be of a building, a piece of jewelry, or a piece of pottery. My undergraduate thesis was a study of the interaction of a curved wall and a straight wall, as autonomous elements. I proposed not only the spacial design but also how it is affected and changed by the site; namely the repetition and orientation. In my graduate work, I undertook an investigation of the connection between old and new. My thesis suggests, in the form of three schemes or plans, what that connection could be and how it creates and affects architecture.<br>Master of Architecture

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Maichak, Michael. "Squires Student Center." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53174.

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Zaidi, Syed Tabish. "Energy Modeling Existing Large University Buildings." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1561394381779396.

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Walker, Reginald Allen. "A master plan for Christian Growth Academy Christiansburg, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53278.

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The possible development of a private school/community recreation complex on a specific site in Christiansburg, Virginia was proposed. Thorough architectural programming (including interaction with the school’s administration) and site analysis preceded the generation of design proposals for the project. A phased structure built of concrete masonry with aluminum-framed atria was proposed, responding primarily to the administration’s desire for a low cost, low maintenance structure which provided a maximum of natural illumination. Although the building would have a distinct presence within the existing neighborhood, care was taken not to cause the new complex to overpower the surrounding residential and commercial buildings. A description of the complete design process is presented in addition to graphic representations of the proposed facility.<br>Master of Architecture

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Greenham, Jeffrey S. "West Virginia University ceramic arts Production Studio program." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2357.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 49 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-49).

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Reed, Susan Elizabeth. "A food market in Alexandria Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53108.

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The prosperity of the human species is based upon the existence of communal behavior. Some individuals provide food, while others are freed from the search for food to do other things: to chip flint arrowheads, to make pottery, to write symphonies. In large cities, individuals may be vaguely conscious of their larger social community, but often they recognize few of the faces of the other individuals who belong to the same large community. In an urban setting, the social behavior of individuals is defined by the built environment. The built environment has a responsibility to encourage the formation of communities of individuals, as well as to recognize and strengthen the wider community of mankind, in order that the species may flourish and prosper. A Food Market for Alexandria is a proposition for a place in Old Town Alexandria Virginia, where the growth of responsible communities may occur in an architectural setting which is a responsive member of the collection of buildings that house the human city.<br>Master of Architecture

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Peltola, Xana Colleen. "Moving historic buildings a study of what makes good preservation practices when dealing with historicaly [sic] significant buildings and structures /." Connect to this title online, 2008. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1211390423/.

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See, Amanda Rae Swecker. "A needs assessment of West Virginia environmental educators West Virginia Environmental Education Association and West Virginia University county extension agents /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10308.

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Bampton, Betsy A. "Nursing in the university : an historical analysis of nursing education at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing." W&M ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618638.

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The purpose of this study was to trace the development of nursing education at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing from its inception in 1893 through 1981. The primary focus was on the basic nursing programs which included the diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate programs. Other programs offered by the school were presented briefly in order to provide a more complete picture.;Major trends in selected elements of faculty qualifications, curriculum, admission and graduation requirements, accreditation, and relationships to local hospitals and higher education in nursing education at the school were identified and compared to national standards and trends that were divided into specific time frames. The national standards and trends were established from published reports and guidelines of the nursing organizations. Selected economic, political, and social issues that have affected nursing were discussed.;Methods used to collect data included review of related literature, interviews and correspondence, Faculty and Curriculum Committee minutes, and review of material relevant to the school housed in the archives of the university and Virginia State Library. Catalogues and other official publications of the school and university also were used.;The most significant finding was that VCU/MCV School of Nursing met or exceeded national trends in the selected elements from 1893 to 1981 but did not completely meet national standards until after 1960. The nursing school was a leader in Virginia, considered a pioneer in many areas, and obtained several firsts in nursing education in the state.

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Bampton, Betsy Ann. "Nursing in the University: An historical analysis of nursing education at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing." VCU Scholars Compass, 1987. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3896.

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The purpose of this study was to trace the development of nursing education at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing from its inception in 1893 through 1981. The primary focus was on the basic nursing programs which included the diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate programs. Other programs offered by the school were presented briefly in order to provide a more complete picture. Major trends in selected elements of faculty qualifications, curriculum, admission and graduation requirements, accreditation, and relationships to local hospitals and higher education in nursing education at the school were identified and compared to national standards and trends that were divided into specific time frames. The national standards and trends were established from published reports and guidelines of the nursing organizations. Selected economic, political, and social issues that have affected nursing were discussed. Methods used to collect data included review of related literature, interviews and correspondence, Faculty and Curriculum Committee minutes, and review of material relevant to the school housed in the archives of the university and Virginia State Library. Catalogs and other official publications of the school and university also were used. The most significant finding was that VCU/MCV School of Nursing met or exceeded national trends in the selected elements from 1893 to 1981 but did not completely meet national standards until after 1960. The nursing school was a leader in Virginia, considered a pioneer in many areas, and obtained several firsts in nursing education in the state.

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Kariyeva, Jahan. "LIGHTING EFFICIENCY FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THREE OHIO UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1149438993.

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Newborn, Michael D. "University of Virginia network failsafe and disaster recovery plans." Full text, Acrobat Reader required, 1998. http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/etd/theses/newborn98.pdf.

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Michelman, Roland Jed. "Design within an urban frame: a school for palimpsest Alexandria, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53379.

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It is in man's nature to want to know his place within his environment. This inherent need manifests itself in many ways, often unique to the cultures and societies that husband them. The primacy of man's need for a sense of his place in the world is evident in the collective mythologies that surround every culture's history of its people's origins and of their understanding of the world and their place in it, between earth and sky. This sense of one's groundedness, of one's place, is essential and more than simply a matter of orientation or territoriality, although both these needs are very real. The roots we plant in the soil provide an anchor and give us our bearing. One's connection to the environment is intrinsic to the knowledge of who one is and where, both as an individual and as a part of a larger collective. Our associations with larger contexts, be they physical, social, political, or spiritual, are moorings against the uncertainties of our world. They define our lives and our relationships with one another. It is within this framework that we are bonded to the past, and ultimately, guided into the future.<br>Master of Architecture

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Hurley, Kolleen. "Atkins v. Virginia : the validity of presumed deficits /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2006. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1410676411&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1218738105&clientId=22256.

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Stewart, James Bennett. "The book of stone: a library for Blacksburg, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53303.

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“For it is ultimately the function of art, in imposing a credible order upon ordinary reality, and thereby eliciting some perception of an order in reality, to bring us to a condition of serenity, stillness and reconciliation; then leave us as Virgil left Dante, to proceed toward a region where that guide can avail us no farther." T.S. Eliot This thesis is a search for an imposed credible order in a town library. As such it is simply a vehicle developing a process to produce architecture which is stable, whole and meaningful.<br>Master of Architecture

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Shannon, Drew Patrick. "The deep old desk the diary of Virginia Woolf /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ucin1186963596.

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Kelly, Jeremy L. "Motivations, factors and issues concerning students at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/11016.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2010.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 144 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).

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Pfeifer, Laura L. "Agricultural awareness and perceptions of freshmen at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5664.

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Akin, Susan Ellis. "University development efforts : a study of four Virginia public institutions /." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10052007-143631/.

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Sikorski, Robert. "Wrapping Landscape: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Golf Clubhouse." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31055.

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The focus of my thesis is to create an architectural wrap through a development of layers in a system. This investigation starts with the design of a golf clubhouse on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.<br>Master of Architecture

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Skipper, Kenneth. "The origins of the modern religious lobby in Virginia, 1968-1980." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1252937601/.

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McIlvaine, Sarah. "Little Buildings: A Study of Aedicular Furniture from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1500 - 1900)." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2397.

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For millennia, furniture design has emulated architecture. In Western design, furniture has taken the structural conventions suggestive of a "little building" or an aedicule. This thesis will present close examination of the development of aedicular design through the ages with a chronological study of exemplary case pieces in the permanent collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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Wong, Wai-ping. "Critical analysis and time series forecasting of electrical energy use in university buildings a case study of the University of Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2004. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37933929.

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Unglesbee, Michael J. "Spirit of place: designing within the historic context of Alexandria, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53305.

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The investigation of the Spirit of a historic place, Alexandria, Virginia to acquire an understanding of it’s identity; the unique patterns, language, structure, rhythm, and character, which has led to its development as a meaningful place. To respect the Spirit of this place through the design of a place to dwell within Alexandria which is sensitive to, and evolves from, this living tradition. An architecture which achieves meaning through its relation to, and reinterpretation, transformation, and revelation of the inherent qualities of the historic artifact.<br>Master of Architecture

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Cash, Carol S. "Building condition and student achievement and behavior." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29200.

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This study examined the relationship between the condition of school facilities and student achievement and student behavior. The entire population of small, rural high schools in Virginia was used in this study. Building condition was determined by the Commonwealth Assessment of Physical Environment which was completed by personnel in the divisions of the forty-seven schools in the population. Student achievement was determined by the scale scores of the Test of Academic Proficiency for grade eleven during the 1991-1992 school year. Student behavior was determined by the ratio of the number of expulsions, suspensions, and violence/substance abuse incidents to the number of students in each school. All achievement scores were adjusted for socioeconomic status by using the free and reduced lunch numbers for each school. These variables were investigated using analysis of covariance, correlations, and regression analysis. This study found the student achievement scores were higher in schools with better building conditions. Student discipline incidents were also higher in schools with better building condition. Science achievement scores were better in buildings with better science laboratory conditions. Cosmetic building condition appeared to impact student achievement and student behavior more than structural building condition. Finally, varying climate control, locker, and graffiti conditions were factors which were positively related to student achievement scale scores.<br>Ed. D.

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Law, Joyce Hor Yan. "Towards bioclimatic high-rise buildings : is a bioclimatic design approach appropriate for improving environmental performance of high-rise buildings? /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18966.pdf.

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Betadam, Joburt. "Geometry of pre-revolutionary Virginia architecture." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53092.

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Virginia architecture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries prior to the American Revolution has distinctive geometries which determine proportion. The square, root-two rectangle and equilateral triangle are the figures which establish most proportions. Plans and elevations underwent a development based on a rational method of incorporating the figures into a coherent building. This investigation establishes the use of geometry as a starting point for the culmination of many elements which together composed a building.<br>Master of Architecture

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Abernathy, T. Duncan. "Parallel walls for the fourth estate: a building for a newspaper in Roanoke, Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53163.

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As man arrived, so he will leave: in solitude. In between, through necessity or desire, he associates with others. Yet he resides as he is, alone with his soul. Inseparable yet distinct. He can neglect the soul, allow it to become obscured through the noise of others. It will wither, but not die. He can nourish the soul; grant it all his attention and obscure the man. The man will wither and die. Man and soul can coexist and flourish through the association of mankind. Architecture should celebrate this coexistence.<br>Master of Architecture

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Hung, Aaron. "ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF BUILDINGS AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1446477944.

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Ghareeb, Ahmed. "Data mining for University of Dayton campus buildings to predict future demand." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1490472227466522.

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Barrett, Anne Rachelle. "The Consul Smith Palladio at Virginia Commonwealth University and the American Renaissance /." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1239.

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Phillips, Kyle G. "Development of the West Virginia University Small Microgravity Research Facility (WVU SMiRF)." Thesis, West Virginia University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1565521.

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<p> West Virginia University (WVU) has created the Small Microgravity Research Facility (SMiRF) drop tower through a WVU Research Corporation Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PSCoR) grant on its campus to increase direct access to inexpensive and repeatable reduced gravity research. In short, a drop tower is a tall structure from which experimental payloads are dropped, in a controlled environment, and experience reduced gravity or microgravity (i.e. "weightlessness") during free fall. Currently, there are several methods for conducting scientific research in microgravity including drop towers, parabolic flights, sounding rockets, suborbital flights, NanoSats, CubeSats, full-sized satellites, manned orbital flight, and the International Space Station (ISS). However, none of the aforementioned techniques is more inexpensive or has the capability of frequent experimentation repeatability as drop tower research. These advantages are conducive to a wide variety of experiments that can be inexpensively validated, and potentially accredited, through repeated, reliable research that permits frequent experiment modification and re-testing. </p><p> Development of the WVU SMiRF, or any drop tower, must take a systems engineering approach that may include the detailed design of several main components, namely: the payload release system, the payload deceleration system, the payload lifting and transfer system, the drop tower structure, and the instrumentation and controls system, as well as a standardized drop tower payload frame for use by those researchers who cannot afford to spend money on a data acquisition system or frame. In addition to detailed technical development, a budgetary model by which development took place is also presented throughout, summarized, and detailed in an appendix. After design and construction of the WVU SMiRF was complete, initial calibration provided performance characteristics at various payload weights, and full-scale checkout via experimentation provided repeatability characteristics of the facility. Based on checkout instrumentation, Initial repeatability results indicated a drop time of 1.26 seconds at an average of 0.06g, with a standard deviation of 0.085g over the period of the drop, and a peak impact load of 28.72g, with a standard deviation of 10.73g, for a payload weight of 113.8 lbs. </p><p> In order to thoroughly check out the facility, a full-scale, fully operational experiment was developed to create an experience that provides a comprehensive perspective of the end-user experience to the developer, so as to incorporate the details that may have been overlooked to the designer and/or developer, in this case, Kyle Phillips. The experiment that was chosen was to determine the effects of die swell, or extrudate swell, in reduced gravity. Die swell is a viscoelastic phenomenon that occurs when a dilatant, or shear-thickening substance is forced through a sufficient constriction, or "die," such that the substance expands, or "swells," downstream of the constriction, even while forming and maintaining a free jet at ambient sea level conditions. A wide range of dilatants exhibit die swell when subjected to the correct conditions, ranging from simple substances such as ketchup, oobleck, and shampoo to complex specially-formulated substances to be used for next generation body armor and high performance braking systems. To date, very few, if any, have researched the stabilizing effect that gravity may have on the phenomenon of die swell. By studying a fluid phenomenon in a reduced gravity environment, both the effect of gravity can be studied and the predominant forces acting on the fluid can be concluded. Furthermore, a hypothesis describing the behavior of a viscoelastic fluid particle employing the viscous Navier-Stokes Equations was derived to attempt to push the fluid mechanics community toward further integrating more fluid behavior into a unified mathematical model of fluid mechanics. While inconclusive in this experiment, several suggestions for future research were made in order to further the science behind die swell, and a comprehensive checkout of the facility and its operations were characterized. As a result of this checkout experience, several details were modified or added to the facility in order for the drop tower to be properly operated and provide the optimal user experience, such that open operation of the WVU SMiRF may begin in the Fall of 2014.</p>

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Akintounde, Abimbola. "Factors associated with international students' motivations to study at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10465.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 101 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69).

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Soares, Leigh Alexandra. "A Bold Promise: Black Readjusters and the Founding of Virginia State University." W&M ScholarWorks, 2012. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626691.

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Kirk, Gary R. "Constructions of Scarcity and Commodification in University Strategy: Restructuring at Virginia Tech." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29873.

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Higher education institutions in the United States have come under increased scrutiny due to increasing demands for accountability in the use of public funds and increasing visibility (Altbach, Berdahl, and Gumport, 1999; Trow, 1974). Colleges and universities must continually prove their credibility and legitimacy to their stakeholders, including government officials (Lawrence & Sharma, 2002), donors, students, and sponsors. The proving process may involve engagement in legitimacy-seeking behaviors designed to show efficiency, access, and quality in terms defined mostly by external perceptions. The decision to concentrate organizational resources on activities designed to influence the opinions of external agents has the potential to lead organizations away from their core values and historic missions. The case study that follows documents the restructuring of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and the drivers that led university administrators to pursue change. The case was developed based on a series of interviews with key informants associated with or affected by the restructuring process. Explanations for the restructuring and the underlying university goal of becoming a top 30 institution, included cost-savings and efficiency via a "fiscal rationalization"; the framing of programs in terms of their entrepreneurialism, innovativeness, and revenue generating capacity; and an emphasis on the economic development benefits of university programs. Even though Virginia Tech administrators were not expressly responding to external demands for restructuring, there was evidence to suggest that a need to construct a more business-like model for university structure and operations had entered the collective conscience of Virginia Tech's leadership. I document the rhetoric and actions that I believe influenced university administrators in their decision to restructure. I also draw attention to administrators' use of language that I believe exemplified the commodification of the university's human and intellectual capital. Theoretically, I believe that the constructs from resource dependency theory and neoinstitutional theory have relevance to the interpretation of this case. Specifically, the construction of legitimacy-seeking behaviors, the imperative to decrease reliance on external organizations (i.e., the state), and the institutionalization of acceptable management behaviors are aligned closely with the propositions of one or both of these theories. The lack of theoretical distinctiveness between these two organizational perspectives indicated a need for further research and limits the ability to anticipate the potential outcomes for Virginia Tech and the broader field of higher education.<br>Ph. D.

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