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Ahmad, A G B (1994) Conservation of British colonial buildings built between 1800 and 1930 in Malaysia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Ahmed, A L (2019) Development of conceptual constructs for organisational BIM adoption and their systematic application within the UK architecture sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Al-Sedairy, S (1984) Large scale projects: management, design and execution, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Al-Wareh, M (1979) Investigation of the design procedures for buildings of quality in modern architecture, with notes on the relevant contemporary situation in Syria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: built environment; building design; housing development; architect; designer; Europe; France; Sweden; Syria; case study
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/1767363231
- Abstract:
The thesis deals with the design process involved in the production of buildings of quality and ends with the note on how an analysis of British conditions might be transposed for use in Syria, the home country of the author. The thesis opens with a brief statement about the present position of modern architecture and its critical reception at varying levels of society. This theme is continued in a brief historical survey of the present position of the aesthetic and philosophical theories current in contemporary architecture. A particular point is made of the position of functionalism, in the widest use of the word, as a major determinant of architectural form since the early days of the Modern Movement. The second area to be covered deals with the concept of quality and is treated fully in both subjective and objective terms. An attempt has been made to define quality and show how the definitions found are related to building design. This section is completed by a survey of the present approach to quality performance and some methods used in Western Europe and the U. S, A. Four systems at present in use in Britain, France, Sweden and America are examined in some detail and the disadvantages and advantages are noted. This naturally leads on to the sociological problems associated with quality in the built environment and the role of the architect in traditional terms as well as the possibilities that may exist for his future role. There is a further survey of systems of evaluation that are already in use for determining the quality of housing developments and finally in this area the appraisal of building systems that are at present used by leading practices. The third part of the thesis consists of an examination of a number of case studies and investigation into a number of practices which have been found to produce buildings of accepted high quality. The methodology involved in selecting the buildings and designer forms part of the work. The case studies are fully illustrated and report is made of the office procedures and structures of those practices involved. The technique developed was to take a building produced by the office and use this as a vehicle upon which to draw out the processes generally in use in the practice. This was extended to cover a range of architectural activities. An analysis of the various design methodologies which determines the final form as a major part of the thesis and the conclusions which are drawn from this analysis lead on to the fourth and final part of the thesis which deals with the Syrian situation. Good thought and data on architectural quality has always been available and comes from many sources; But mostly, work is carried-out under different titles. Facts have been drawn from all fields of architecture and from the knowledge of other fields of Human sciences. It has been found essential to draw short term conclusions where felt appropriate. Footnotes and references are listed at the end of each chapter in which they are discussed, and a general bibliography is at the end of the thesis.
Andrade de Alencar Loiola, F (2014) The formulation of Public-Private Partnership projects for infrastructure development in Brazil: an institutional analysis of the Municipality of Fortaleza, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Belhadj, T A (1989) Computer-aided architectural evaluation and design: a cost modelling experiment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Brocklesby, M (1999) The environmental impact of frame materials: an assessment of the embodied impacts for building frames in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.
Buckman, A H (2016) An exploration of the applications of increased information availability in smart buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Butchers, A M (2004) Learning off the job: engineers and professional education, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Densley Tingley, D (2013) Design for deconstruction: an appraisal, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Donohoe, S W (2008) Can surveying and construction management undergraduate sudents' attitudes to construction law be changed by changes in teaching?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Eccles, S D (2000) Quantitative evaluation of contract strategies for construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield.
Fletcher, S L (2001) Developing disassembly strategies for buildings to reduce the lifetime environmental impacts by applying a systems approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Gillott, C (2022) Potential for the vertical extension of existing buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Gyoh, L E (1999) Design-management and planning for photovoltaic cladding systems within the UK construction industry: An optimal and systematic approach to procurement and installation of building integrated photovoltaics: An agenda for the 21st century, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Hamed, O (2022) Developing a BIM-based tool to automate green buildings assessment: the case of Jordan Green Building Guide, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Hughes, A J (2022) On risk-based decision-making for structural health monitoring, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Ibarra, G (2016) The meaning of 'social' in Mexican social housing: A study of housing developments in Mazatlán, Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Jiang, H (2019) An institutional analysis of the green housing transition in China: examining developers' capacity to deliver green housing in the Chinese housing market, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield.
Li, S (2018) Knowledge domains and skills that facilitate knowledge sharing in project management: a case study in the Chinese construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Information School, University of Sheffield.
Morland, K V (2020) Multi-level learning of a quality management routine: a UK housebuilder case study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.
Nguyen, B K (2012) Developing a framework for assessing sustainability of tall-building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Palit, N (2017) Analysis of the project supply chains: coordination and fair allocation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Management School, University of Sheffield.
Pirooz Far Poorang, A E (2008) Mass-constomisation: The application on design, fabrication and implementation (DFI) processes of building envelopes, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Sheffield.
Price, D A (2003) Community involvement in the design of social housing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield.
Sami Kashkooli, A M (2013) A critical building lifecycle assessment framework for building designers and decision makers, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield.
Sanusi, I E (2019) Optimal and adaptive control frameworks using reinforcement learning for time-varying dynamical systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield.