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Out of antiquity : Umayyad baths in context
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This dissertation explores the relationship between the art and architecture of the early Islamic period to those of pre-Islamic Bilad al-Sham (the region encompassing the modem-day countries of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, ...
Architecture as a theatre of life : profile of the eighteenth century Bosphorus
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
Privatization of public open space : public process and private influence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Building load control and optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Researchers and practitioners have proposed a variety of solutions to reduce electricity consumption and curtail peak demand. This research focuses on load control by improving the operations in existing building HVAC ...
Digitally mediated design : using computer programming to develop a personal design process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This thesis is based on the proposal that the current system of architectural design education confuses product and process. Students are assessed through, and therefore concentrate on, the former whilst the latter is left ...
The Independent Group's encounters with logical positivism and searches for unity in the 1951 Growth and Form Exhibition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
This study analyzes the intellectual and historical milieu of the Independent Group. Its point of departure is Growth and Form, an exhibition of scientific imagery, largely conceived and designed by Richard Hamilton, and ...
G.-Albert Aurier, critic and theorist of Symbolist art
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
This is a study of all the published writings on art by the Symbolist poet-critic G.-Albert Aurier, intending to elucidate the systematic theory of art that underlies all his criticism. It includes a brief biographical ...
Responsibility and the traditional Muslim built environment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
This study aims to analyze the effect of the responsibility enjoyed by individuals over the built environment. To understand these effects the study concentrates on the physical state of the property. It is concluded that ...
CIAM and the emergence of Team 10 thinking, 1945-1959
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This study is an intellectual micro-history which examines the debates about the future of modern architecture and planning that occurred within CIAM (Congès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) between 1945-1959. This ...
Building to power : architecture of Tehran 1921-1941
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Between 1921 and 1941, Reza Shah Pahlavi orchestrated the transformation of Tehran from a traditional Iranian Islamic city into a modern capital. The urban grid, public spaces, state institutions and housing typologies ...