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Challenging The Pattern, Gary Thurston

Architecture Thesis Prep

Christopher Alexander and Yona Friedman suggest the architect is necessarily limited in his or her ability to construct the built environment for all people, or should be limited in favor of participation of the non-architect. While I agree that all parties of the world should take part in design and construction, I assert that architects through their training are better equipped to design and construct our built environment and in this sense, I am directly challenging the claims made by Alexander, et al.

The Role Of The Contract Administrator Under The Principal Irish Standard Forms Of Building Contract, Tony Cunningham

Other Resources

Construction contract administration concerns the effective execution of construction contracts. The primary objectives of the individual appointed to administer a building contract typically include delivering the project safely, to the specified quality standards, on time, and within the employer’s budgetary constraints. The administrator’s task is to orchestrate and motivate the various designers and constructors to deliver the best possible performance both individually and as members of the team. This study has investigates the contribution made by the contract administrator in administering construction projects and outlines the decision-making, advisory and information roles undertaken by the contract administrator in the context of …

Architecture In The Humanities: A Biography Of Architect James Hoban, Eileen Gray, Scott Tallon Walker Architects, Mariah J. Tobin

UCARE Research Products

Architecture In The Humanities is an online database through University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s website. It strives to connect architecture to works of literature, film, theatre and art either through a historical or fictional event that is portrayed as having taken place in or around the architecture. Every year a UCARE student picks an area of interest to research. This year I have chosen to focus on modern architecture specifically designed by Irish architects or Irish architecture firms.

Reconsidering The User, Nathan M. Aleskovsky

Architecture Senior Theses

My thesis, Reconsidering The User, is a proposal for a digital application that unites the architect and the occupant in the design process of a home by transforming how design criteria are obtained and controlled.

Within the scope of the detached single-family house, my thesis argues that a design process that engages the expertise of both the architect and the occupant has the potential to create a design solution that is more accurately tailored to the preferences of the occupant. This is possible through reconfiguring the information phase of architectural design. Given my background and current entrepreneurial pursuit, best way …

Ando: Inside Out, Noel Brady

Articles

Review of lecture by Tadao Ando Architect

David Chipperfield: Questions Of Meaning, Noel Brady

Articles

Interview with David Chipperfield Architect

The Mayne Event: All Things Are Possible, Noel Brady

Articles

Interview with Thom Mayne Architect of Morphosis Architects.

Libeskind: Memory Foundations, Noel Brady

Articles

Review of Daniel Libeskind's lecture in Cork, 2005.

Steven Holl: The Open Thought, Noel Brady

Articles

Review of book on the work of Steven Holl Architect.

Glenn Murcutt, Noel Brady

Articles

Interview with Architect Glenn Murcutt from Australia, as part of masterclass studio at DIT.

Böttcherstrasse: The Corporatist Vision Of Ludwig Roselius And Bernhard Hoetger, Susan R. Henderson

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

On the work of architect Hoetger in the 20's and 30's in Bremen for corporate mogel Roselius.