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Ehricke Space Garden, A. E. Maxwell

New Mexico Architecture

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Complete Issue, New Mexico Architecture

New Mexico Architecture

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The Feasibility Of Developing A Building System For Low Cost Single Family Houses Utilizing Standard Building Components, Jeffrey Thomas Klas

Architecture and Planning ETDs

The continuing dialogue concerning the development of building systems for housing has produced few results. The economic, political, and technical obstacles encountered are sufficiently prohibitive to discourage new entries in the field. There does exist however an enormous amount of building products that potentially could be assembled to form a building system. Utilizing existing products in this manner could circumvent many problems faced in the development of a system composed of completely custom components. This study addresses itself to determining the feasibility of developing a building system for low cost single family houses using commercially available building products. Such an …

Prestressed Saddle Shaped Tensile Structures, An Analysis, Lorenzo H. Aguilar Melançon

Architecture and Planning ETDs

Problem:

In today's field of architecture, a great deal of emphasis is placed upon the use of new forms and new materials by a great number of architects. Yet the vast majority of these persons are not equipped to carry out this task. It is not that they do not possess the technical knowledge, it is that they do not have the right approach in tackling the problem. This is often the case when dealing with prestressed tensile structures; More specifically, saddle shaped surfaces.

Scope

This project represents an investigation of the structural principles involved in the design of prestressed …

Victorian Mining Communities Of Colorado: An Investigation Of A Society Through Its Architecture, C. Eric Stoehr

Architecture and Planning ETDs

For purposes of clarity, the study is divided into two parts. Part I includes discussions on Colorado mining history and community planning and is intended to provide a framework for the reader to relate the architectural analysis which follows. Part II is introduced with a section dealing with architectural styles to familiarize the reader with their influence on the architecture of the mining communities as well as the country as a whole. This introductory discussion is followed by the architectural analysis of building types comprising 19th century Colorado mining communities. The analysis is divided into the categories of residential, commercial, …