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Computer Technology and its Application in Civil Engineering
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Over the past two decades, many professions have change significantly with the influx of technological developments. This 15 page paper reflects the nature of change as it has impacted the systems and operations in civil engineering. In addition, this paper also considers the different types of computer technologies being applied within this field, and evaluates successes and possible problems. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Civileng.wps

Considerations for a Rooftop Garden
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A 10 page exploration of the design elements that would go into a rooftop garden. Rooftop environments vary significantly from ground level environments. Design parameters must take this fact into consideration. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPgrdnRf.rtf

Constructing the concrete slab house foundation
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This 4 page paper examines the usefulness of this type of foundation. It then goes on to provide information on how to create such a foundation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA441slb.rtf

Contemporary Architects: Deconstructivists
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A 3 page paper which examines what criteria are used for labeling contemporary architects deconstructivist. No bibliography provided due to the fact that articles, or essays, were faxed without bibliographic information.
Filename: RAdecons.rtf

Controversy in Architecture: The Emergence of Different Schools of Thought
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This 7 page paper focuses on modernism and the end of modernism. Archigram as well as other schools of thought are included in this paper that looks at the criticism about paradigms to emerge during the time period. Buckminster Fuller's work is examined as well. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: SA408Arc.rtf

Courtyards in Islamic Architecture
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A 5 page paper which examines elements in Islamic architecture as they involve courtyards. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAiscrt.rtf

Cragside; A Singular House of the Victorian Age
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This 11 page paper considers the national Trust owned building of Cragside in Rothbury, Northumberland. This building was an innovative and unusual building, it was the first building to have the entire house lit by hydro-electric power, along with central heating, hot and cold running water, a Turkish bath, and even fire alarms. Built in 1870 – 1880 by Lord Armstrong the paper charts the development and impotence of this unusual building. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Critiquing 2 Books on Architecture
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A 6 page analysis of two books on architectural history -- Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Giedion and Georgian London by John Summerson. The writer discusses how each author utilizes his sources and makes his main points. No additional sources cited.
Filename: kharcbks.rtf

Current Major Influences on Design and Architecture
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This 9 page paper, including a 1 page outlines discusses different current major influences on design and architecture, including issues of environmentalism and design in the context of the environment, costs and lifecycle costs as well as the changing functions of buildings. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEinfdesg.rtf

Dance and Architecture: Spatiality and Orientation
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17 pages in length. Within dance, as within architecture, there is a continuum between space and time. As a dancer dances, the central part of the body is in unique correlation with the limbs, and the spatiality between all parts creates an art form which is the dance itself. The dance is not merely a series of movements, just as architecture is not merely a series of buildings. The entirety of the work is determined not only by the positive spaces, i.e., the body or the buildings, but by the negative spaces as well. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JGAarcdn.wps

Daniel Burnham & Edward Bennett / Their Impact on Chicago
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This 5 page report discusses the impact of Burnham and Bennett on the architecture and plan of Chicago at the turn of the century and how that plan has continued to be recognized as a major contribution in the design and planning of a modern city. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Deconstructionist Architecture
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The deconstuctionist movement is a post-modern achievement that is represented by the dismissal of forms in an attempt to redefine the moment. This 8 page paper examines the ideological foundations of the movement, focusing on Bernard Tschumi and Peter Eisenmann. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KTdecont.rtf

Design
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There are a myriad and one ways to look at design and a plethora and two areas of design. This 10 page paper gives an overview of design with an emphasis on what makes for good design and who determines what that is. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KTdesign.wps

Design / Build In The Construction Industry -- A Cost-Saving Structure
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An 11 page paper that provides an overview of the design/build strategy as it relates to the roles of owner, contractor, engineer, construction manager and architect. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Designb.wps