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Read-In Arts, An Liu

Theses and Dissertations

As interior designers, we strive to design everything for our clients, from complex environments to the joinery of a chair. We rarely consider inviting our clients or the users to join us in finishing the space.

Read-In workshop is not a school, but a kind of home, a home belonging to children, which provides the possibilities for children to play, to learn, to occupy, to personalize, and to share. An emotional space that will not limit the user, but keep inspiring them. It helps children notice, think, and grow.

Half of the interior space will be a fixed design, designed …

Successful Urban Design Principles For The Redevelopment Of The Historic Seafronts In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Along The North Red Sea , Case Study: Yanbu Al-Bahr’S Historic Seafront, Naif F. Alanazi

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis highlights the role of urban planners in the revitalization of historic

seafronts as creative and attractive places for people and a key factor in the

regeneration of the urban economy in the historic seafront areas. The Saudi Arabia

historic seafront areas along the North Red Sea have been neglected and are suffering

because of slow development and changes to industrial uses. This thesis will focus on

the urban design principles that make historic seafronts more attractive and

successful, and will use a case study approach of several American waterfront cities

such as Baltimore, Maryland; San Francisco, California; and …

Creating Place For A Placeless Generation, Laura Wilson

Theses and Dissertations

Making up one quarter of the current United States population, some 80 million Generation Y-ers are changing the ways in which we live, work and play. Dubbed “Millennials” this population is comprised of those individuals born between 1980 and 2000. This generation is the first to have been raised with cell phones, the internet, and reality television. The “Selfie” or “Me Generation” is snubbed for narcissism and an instant gratification attitude. Yet on the whole Millennials have progressive values, are well educated, are conscious of their health and are optimistic about the future despite coming of age during the Great …

A Transient Community For A Transient Lifestyle, Sameh Mohamed Ibrahim

Theses and Dissertations

The project suggests an alternative means for living in Qatar. It proposes the development of a transient, floating community a man-made, transitory archipelago of floating housing units located at the ‘soon to be abandoned’ docks a short distance from the Museum of Islamic Art and the Doha Corniche. The design, through a variety of bespoke dwelling options, can provide both more and less nomadic housing to accommodate a variety of dif- ferent lifestyles and social units. Clustered around three permanent islands (containing a cultural/activity center, three adaptable ‘work-unit’ towers, and a park/commercial area), the design provides a wide set of …

Transportation Safety In Virginia: Positive Changes And Future Prospects, Nouran Hakami

Theses and Dissertations

Measured by the level of transportation safety, the Commonwealth of Virginia stands out from all the States because despite increased need for mobility, it manages to maintain its safety indices at exceptionally good levels. In many respects we can attribute this success to the comprehensive Strategic Highway Safety Plan of Virginia (SHSP), which is, as concluded from the analysis of its analogues, among the best in the US. The programs and policies described in this document embrace all aspects of transportation safety and create a harmonious system. To assess the effectiveness of the SHSP, this thesis used correlation and regression …

Jackson Ward Historic District, Robert P. Winthrop

Jackson Ward Historic District Book

A digitization of the 1978 book published by the Richmond Dept. of Planning and Community Development, with text by Robert P. Winthrop and photographs by John Zehmer, presenting the results of several studies of the architecture and history of the Jackson Ward district of Richmond, Virginia.

Broad Street Old And Historic District, Richmond, Virginia : Guidelines And Standards

Richmond Illustrated Imprints

From the preface: "This book is intended as a guide for the owners and developers of projects in the Broad Street Historic District. Its publication is the result of combined efforts of Historic Richmond Foundation, Richmond Renaissance, the Commission of Architectural Review, the Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks, and the Urban Design/Historic Preservation Section of the City of Richmond's Department of Planning and Community Development." This text contains photographs and drawings of buildings on Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia.

Published by Historic Richmond in 1986, the Broad Street Old and Historic District, Richmond, Virginia publication was intended as a …

Memorial Hospital 1903

VCU University History Books

The Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital, a private hospital in Richmond, Virginia, opened as a private hospital in 1903. The hospital advertised its aim as relieving "suffering humanity by every means known to medical science." It had private rooms for paying patients and separate wards for "charity" patients. The aim was to make no profit and increase the number of free beds quickly. The hospital was deeded to the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in 1913 and used as a teaching hospital; it later housed nursing students. In 1986, the building was sold, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) headquarters …

Art Work Of Richmond

Richmond Illustrated Imprints

Publication detailing the history of Richmond, Virginia, accompanied by black and white photographs of city locations. Published in nine parts.

Richmond, Virginia: Photo-Gravures

Richmond Illustrated Imprints

Includes images of monuments, capitol buildings, city halls, church buildings, streetscapes, hotels libraries, portraits, museums, depots, college buildings, bank buildings, domestic architecture, hotels, monuments, parks, prisons, seminaries, rivers, and cemeteries.

Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889, G. Wm. (George William) Baist

Baist Atlas Indexes

Compiled and published by G. Wm. Baist topographical engineer 906 Walnut St. Philadelphia. 1889. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1889 by G. Wm. Baist, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va.: Richmond City Business Notices Index

Beers Atlas Indexes

Index to the Richmond City Business Notices section of the Illustrated Atlas of the City of Richmond, Va., by F.W. Beers, published in 1876.

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va., F.W. (Frederick W.) Beers

Beers Atlas Indexes

In addition to maps of Richmond, the atlas contains views of St. James Hotel, Richmond; Richmond Stove Company; St. Claire Hotel, Richmond; Healing Springs, Virginia; Wallawhatoola Springs, Virginia; Old Sweet Springs, West Virginia; and American Hotel, Richmond.

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va. With Business Notices Index And Street Index

Beers Atlas Indexes

Illustrated Atlas of the City of Richmond, Va. with Business Notices Index and Street Index.

Illustrated Atlas Of The City Of Richmond, Va.: Street Index

Beers Atlas Indexes

Street index to the Illustrated Atlas of the City of Richmond, Va., by F.W. Beers, published in 1876.