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Pneumatic Construction Applied To Multistory Buildings, Peter R. Smith, Jens G. Pohl

Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center

Extension of the principles of pneumatic construction to include multistory buildings is discussed by Peter R. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Science at The University of Sydney (Australia) and Jens G. Pohl, Lecturer, School of Architecture and Building, University of New South Wales.

A Guide For Physical Development, Johnson, Johnson, & Roy, Inc. Landscape Architects

University Anniversaries & Historical Documents

Over the past year the campus for the new Governors State University in Park Forest South has been under study. It has been investigated not just from the standpoint of how the physical characteristics of the site will eventually accommodate structures; but by the many factors that will ultimately contribute to the overall success of the institution. As part of the planning process for this campus, a series of interim reports was prepared as an indication of progress and to allow those involved in the planning to better understand the influences that have prompted the conclusions of this study.

The …

State New Construction Technologies 1963, Orani Dixon, John V. Wells

Accounts and Data

This is a study that considers both interregional technological variations and interregional product mix variations. Product mix variations are estimated more accurately by using more disaggregated construction subindustries and by improving the accuracy of the state output totals used as weights in estimating product mix variations.

Mutual Aid Housing For San Juan, Philip Lawrence Manson Goldberg

Architecture Master Theses

A policy program for mutual aid construction is presented. In this approach, rural families organize teams to build their dwellings and buy construction materials through new savings organizations. The chief prerequisite for mutual aid in a specific situation is that the ratio of material to labor costs be high.

Pride in home ownership, training in construction skills, and natural evolved neighborhoods prove the thesis that mutual aid is the most promising solution for housing the poor in developing societies. Financial burden on the public is minimized, and the government can control municipal expansion by retaining land ownership.

In high density …

New Town: We Can Learn From This British Venture, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"In 1946 when Lewis Silkin, Minister of Housing, approached Stevenage, then a quiet village of about 6,000 residents 30 miles north of London in the lovely rolling Hertfordshire countryside, he must have suspected that the villagers were not particularly anxious to hear him speak. The sign in the railway station had been changed to Silkingrad by some of the disgruntled villagers and before he was to leave he found the tires of his car deflated and some sand in the petrol tank. Stevenage was the first "new town" designated under the New Towns Act of 1946 and the Minister was …

Church Architecture: A History Of Influences, V. Aubrey Hallum

V. Aubrey Hallum Papers

A sixteen-page document by V. Aubrey Hallum describing the historical and doctrinal contexts for designing buildings for Churches of Christ.

Review Of Weimar Germany's Left-Wing Intellectuals, By Istvan Deak, Barbara Miller Lane

Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Tampa Bay Mass Transit: Planning For Tomorrow, Trw Systems Group

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

Tampa Bay Region, Florida

Tampa Bay mass transit: planning for tomorrow. Summary report. Prepared for the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council. Washington, D.C. : TRW Systems Group, 1970.

Ua3/3/1 Urban Renewal Commission, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Documents housed in Folder 24 of President Kelly Thompson's Subject/Correspondence File regarding the Urban Renewal Commission. Includes correspondence and lists of property purchased.

• Downing, Dero
• Largen, Harry
• Memo to Kelly Thompson from Dero Downing outlining paperwork needed to add properties to the Jonesville Renewal Project with exhibits:
• Exhibit 1: letter from Arch Daniels to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 2: letter from Kelly Thompson to Charles Cherches
• Exhibit 3: letter from Charles Cherches to Kelly Thompson
• Exhibit 4: list of WKU purchases along Russellville Road prior to Jonesville Project. List is in lot number order and lists date purchased, grantee, property description …

Ballamar, Vero Beach, Florida, Gerald Dake Associates

City and Regional Planning -- Florida

Vero Beach, Florida

Bellamar, Vero Beach, Florida. Gerald Dake Associates, Land Development Consultants. [Vero Beach, Fla.? : Gerald Dake Assoc., 1970?]