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Llewellyn Park, Suburban Idyll, Susan Henderson

School of Architecture - All Scholarship

Llewellyn Park, created by a group of progressive entrepreneurs and garden enthusiasts in 1850, was the first romantically planned suburb in the USA. Susan Henderson's article provides a comprehensive study of the history and planning of Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey.

They Sure Don't Build Them Like They Used To : Federal Housing Administration Insured Builders' Houses In The Pacific Northwest From 1934 To 1954, Alfred M. Staehli

Dissertations and Theses

There is a clear change in the architectural qualities of builder's houses constructed before World War II and in the postwar years. The primary evidence is in the houses themselves and their architectural qualities. This study focuses on the first 20 years of Federal Housing Administration insured mortgage builders' houses constructed in the Pacific Northwest region, although expanded with some examples from across the nation to illustrate the general application of the thesis and that this was not a regional phenomenon.

The Planning And Development Of Two Moravian Congregation Towns: Salem, North Carolina And Gracehill, Northern Ireland, Christopher E. Hendricks

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Insites, Winter 1987, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Ua3/7/1 Outline Of Proposal For Indoor Recreation And Life Center, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Proposal for student recreation center which would become the Raymond B. Preston Health and Activities Center.

• Chapter I. Introduction to Proposal
• Chapter II. Need for Multi-purpose Center
• Chapter III. Educational Significance and Benefits of the Center
• Chapter IV. Facilities to be Included in the Center
• Chapter V. Design of the Center
• Chapter VI. Location of the Center
• Chapter VII. Funding Sources for Proposed Center
• Chapter VIII. Facility Space Needs

Institut Du Monde Arabe, Jean Nouvel

Building Case Studies

Material of interest: Metal panel.

Properties of material: A shifting geometric pattern is formed and showcased as both light and void. Squares, circles, and octagonal shapes are produced in a fluid motion as light is modulated

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.

• Baum, Carole. A Glance at Phenomenology and Its Approach to Literary Criticism, 1987
• Coble, Terrell. Personality Determinants: Research Results and Implications for Intervention, 1987
• Crase, Kim. Recent Developments in Products Liability, 1987
• Flora, Joan. Simms's Frontier Characters, 1987
• Ford, Doug, David Gray and Nick Nauman. Right-to-Work Laws, 1987
• Gray, Michael. Through Pontormo's Eyes, 1987
• Jackson, Jewel. Is Creativity Teachable? 1987
• Logsdon, Doug. James I as King Lear, 1987
• Schneringer, Joseph. Weather Stations in …

Form And Meaning, John K. Jespersen

Faculty Publications

As did Owen Jones, Bloomer argues for a modern style of ornament to decorate a modern architechture. Based on formal laws rather than theories of classical or naturalism imitation, conventionalization can be seen as being explicitly modern. More-over, deriving from the work of ornament, these laws are dependent on intrinsic rather than extrinsic principles.

Soil-Shrinkage Induced Structural Failure, David Newton Richardson, Richard Wesley Stephenson, Daniel Molloy

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This Paper Describes an Investigation into the Causes of Structural Damage to a Retirement Home and the Subsequent Rehabilitation Project. the Investigation Revealed that the Damage Was Caused by Shrinkage of the Soils Beneath the Structure's Foundation as a Result of Dry Weather, Shrinkage-Prone Characteristics of the soils, Deviation from the Original Design, and Poor Construction Techniques. the Structure Was Subsequently Underpinned to Rock using the Inclined Drilled Pier Method. Interaction between Design and Construction Professionals is Also Presented. © ASCE.

Healing Outreach Center Pamphlet, Holy Spirit Research Center, Oral Roberts University

City of Faith

This is c. 1987 brochure is a four page advertisement announcing phase II of the Healing Outreach Center and including Journey Through the Bible Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University. The Journey Through the Bible was an interactive media presentation of biblical stories in decorated rooms. Phase one contained the creation room and Noah's ark. This pamphlet promoted Phase II which was being planned.

Form And Meaning: The Conventionalization Of The Leaf Ornament, Kresten Jespersen

Kresten Jespersen

As did Owen Jones, Bloomer argues for a modern style of ornament to decorate a modern architecture. Based on formal laws rather than theories of classical or naturalistic imitation, conventionalization can be seen as being explicitly modern. Moreover, deriving from the work of ornament, these laws are dependent on intrinsic rather than extrinsic principles.