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Mapping The Theaters Of Brooklyn's Past (1825-1925): A Gis Project, Elena Shefsky

Publications and Research

Despite its rich performance culture, Brooklyn remains underrepresented in theater history, eclipsed in fame by the well-known theaters of Manhattan. One of the most populous areas in America, Brooklyn has been an artistic home to actors, playwrights, directors, and impresarios for centuries. That said, there is a dearth of accessible information and scholarship on Brooklyn theaters. My objective was to update an ongoing mapping project, The City Performs, to include information and images of theater buildings from Brooklyn. The project is an interactive, open-source digital map that uses ArcGIS software to georeference data about NYC theaters. I collected data …

A Global Survey Of Infection Control And Mitigation Measures For Combating The Transmission Of Covid-19 Pandemic In Buildings Under Facilities Management Services, Hadi Sarvari, Zhen Chen, Daniel W. M. Chan, Ellyn A. Lester, Nordin Yahaya, Hala Nassereddine, Aynaz Lotfata

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications

Facilities management along with health care are two important aspects in controlling the spread of infectious diseases with regard to controlling the outbreak of global COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, with the increasing outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of examining the relationship between the built environment and the outbreak of infectious diseases has become more significant. The aim of the research described in this article is to develop effective infection control and mitigation measures to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 pandemic in the built environment. This study seeks to answer the question of how the facilities management industry can help reduce …

Acknowledging Our Past: Race, Landscape And History, Alea Harris, Kaycia Best, Dieran Mcgowan, Destiny Shippy, Vera Oberg, Bryson Coleman, Luke Meagher, Rhiannon Leebrick Ph.D., Phillip Stone

Student Scholarship

This book is the product of nearly a year's worth of student research on Wofford College's history, undertaken as part of a grant by the Council of Independent Colleges in the Humanities Research for the Public Good initiative. The research was supervised and directed by Dr. Rhiannon Leebrick.

"Guiding Research Questions:

How did Wofford College and its early stakeholders support and participate in slavery?

How is the legacy of slavery present in the landscape of our campus (buildings, statues, names, etc.)?

How can we better understand Wofford as an institution during the time of Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era? …

Modern Chinese Architectural Restoration, Tengkui Xie

Architecture Senior Theses

All over the world, there are always buildings to be built and buildings that become old. Should buildings that catered to older needs but are now obsolete be torn down and replaced with new buildings or can we do something to balance the value of the present and the past? All buildings have historic and aesthetic values of their own times, so it is not wise to wipe them out of history completely. It would be better to preserve, restore and reuse them. Restoration has a long history in the West and since the beginning of the 20th century there …

Saving Face: Adaptive Reuse Of A Twentieth-Century Psychiatric Center, Taylor M. Hughes

Architecture Theses

As humans, architects have their own prejudices and beliefs, and often times, those can affect their work, particularly when designing such facilities that were historically stigmatized. My thesis looks at one typology in particular - psychiatric centers, formerly known as asylums and mental hospitals. The life cycles of their architecture can be looked at in three parts: their uses, their abandonment and their futures.

The psychiatric centers of the nineteenth century were designed to be comfortable and humane, offering fresh air and sunlight to all residents, sometimes even teaching skills and trades to the residents. However, the layout of such …

Ua1c2/17 Cravens Graduate Center & Library Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Cravens Graduate Center & Library.

Ua1c2/2 Academic Complex Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Academic Complex.

Ua1c2/27 Environmental Sciences & Technology Building Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Environmental Sciences & Technology building.

Ua1c2/13 Cherry Hall 1937+ Photographs, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Cherry Hall.

Ua1c2/28 Craig Alumni House Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Craig Alumni House formerly the president's home.

Cox, Hilda-Gay (Fa 1239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1239. Student folk studies project titled “Sequent Occupance of the Main Business District of Hodgenville, Kentucky,” which includes a list of illustrations with brief descriptions of residents and buildings in the main business district of Hodgenville, LaRue County, Kentucky. List entries may include a brief description of building, resident, location, donor, and photo.

Introduction To Architecture, Arch 1101, Course Outline, Michael Duddy

Open Educational Resources

The Introduction to Architecture provides a foundation for students entering the BArch / BTech program to develop a “visual literacy” of the built environment. Using New York City as a living laboratory, students explore concepts of design, composition, and construction in the context of the city through their direct experience of buildings. By practicing the basic skills of drafting, sketching, and reading about buildings, and with the opportunity to present their understandings to others through written assignments and verbal presentations, students will develop methods of representing and presenting architecture verbally and graphically.

Ua1f Wku Buildings & Grounds, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Bibliography of sources regarding buildings, construction and the WKU campus.

Syllabus: Solar Energy Systems And Building Design, Ho-Sung Kim

Sustainability Education Resources

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of solar building design and energy systems. Through project based study and possible field visits, students will explore the theory, technologies, applications, and benefits of solar design of buildings and discover how to utilize solar energy systems for residential and commercial buildings. Students will be required to research and document technology and complete a semester case study project in which they will examine various energy conservation aspects and economics underlying solar energy systems.

Ua1c2/4 Proposed Building Photographs, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of proposed buildings.

Ua3/1/5/3 President's Office-Cherry Campus Building Campaign, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the President's Office during the Henry Cherry administration regarding the construction of WKU. This series is not completely processed.

Ua1c2/81 Career Planning & Placement Building Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Career Planning & Placement building.

Ua1c2/48 Mccormack Hall Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the McCormack Hall, also known as State Hall and women's dormitory #2.

Ua1c2/42 Information Center Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Information Center.

Ua1c2/3 Agricultural Exposition Center Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Agricultural Exposition Center.

Ua11/3 Public Affairs Building & Construction File, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records regarding campus buildings and construction projects used for writing press releases. Includes construction information sheets, press releases and clippings from newspapers around the state.

Ua1c2/55 Zacharias Hall Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of Zacharias Hall.

Ua1c2/45 Laundrette Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Laundrette.

Ua1c2/24 Knicely Center Photos, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Images of the Economic Development Center.

Shakers - South Union, Kentucky (Sc 1328), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1328. Letters, written by South Union, Kentucky Shaker leaders, to leaders of the Hancock Shaker Society, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, discussing the building of mills and dam, economic conditions, and religious affairs. The original letters are in the Library of Congress.

Youngs, Benjamin Seth, 1774-1855 (Sc 730), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small collection 730. Copies of a letter written by Benjamin Seth Youngs, South Union, Kentucky to the Ministry, New Lebanon, New York, concerning the design and construction of buildings at South Union.

South Hall Dedication Weekend, University Of Michigan Law School

Event Materials

The program for the dedication events for the University of Michigan Law School's South Hall, featuring United States Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Rock House, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding the Rock House.

Simpson County, Kentucky - Legal Papers, 1820 (Sc 197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 197. Photocopy and typescript of agreement between Simpson County commissioners and Micajah Clark, Jr., Abraham North, and Micajah Clark, Sr. for the construction of a county clerk's office. The document provides specifications for the building, including location, dimensions, and materials.

Opening The Doors To South Hall, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Facts about and donors to the new South Hall building for the University of Michigan Law School.