Browsing Architecture by Subject "History"
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A Sham Delight Has No Exchange Value: Henri Lefebvre and the evolution of Bernard Tschumi's early architectural theory
University of Washington Abstract A SHAM DELIGHT HAS NO EXCHANGE VALUE Henri Lefebvre and the evolution of Bernard Tschumi’s early architectural theory Britt Bandel Jeske Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate ... -
Adapting the Ki'tla Center: Safeguarding Intangible Heritage through the Adaptive Reuse of a Former Lumber Mill
At the intersection of the Olympic Loop Highway, also known as Highway 101, and La Push Road, the main vehicular route to the Quileute ancestral village of La Push, sits a sprinkling of buildings amidst nine-acres of flat, ... -
Architecture of Belonging: A Multicultural Sanctuary Center for South Park
The South Park neighborhood in the city of Seattle is home to a rich and vibrant Latino and immigrant community. Yet the neighborhood lacks a multicultural center—a place where these residents can feel protected and safe—to ... -
Cultural Translations: A Global history of the chili pepper in Architecture
The chili pepper came to occupy global cuisine in variegated ways through performative negotiations of cultural differences. From the Inca royal garden, Moyas, a locus of power where doves feed on chilies to the swidden ... -
Food For Thought: Social & Historic Value of the Mid-century Supermarket
The modern supermarket emerged in the mid-20th century, responding to the evolving needs of the rapidly changing social and urban landscape in post-war America. Now ingrained in our culture and community, the phenomenon ... -
Meydan as Sahne Productions of Space and Expressions of Turkish Politics at Taksim Square (1950-1980)
This thesis analyses the spatial history of Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, focusing primarily on the years 1950 to 1980. As Taksim Square is a politically active urban space, the central argument of the thesis concerns ... -
Primitivism, Regionalism, and the Vernacular in Le Corbusier's middle years, 1929-1945
This thesis examines Le Corbusier’s middle years from 1929-1945, a period that is not often a subject of architectural historians’ interest. This work is largely overshadowed by the two phases that represent the peak moments ... -
Rebuilding a Nation: Cherokee Tribal Architecture, 1839-1907
The Cherokee Nation was forcibly relocated from their ancestral homeland in the American southeast to Indian Territory (in what is now the State of Oklahoma) in 1839. This thesis discusses the architectural history of the ... -
Reclaiming Rocky Flats: Revealing Buried Cold War History
This thesis examines the reclamation of abandoned Cold War military infrastructure, where history has literally been buried by efforts to restore these sites to their original states. The contamination present at many of ... -
Textiles and Architecture | Woven into Dimensions of Temporality, Craft, Drapery, and Technology
Textiles play an important, but often unacknowledged role in architecture. They have been closely associated with flexibility, texture, weaving, impermanence, moldability, mobility, lightness, and wrapping. However, textiles ... -
The Ruin: History as a Labyrinth
As one of the oldest European cities, Berlin has many historically significant buildings. Due to heavy bombardment during World War II, many of those historical architectural remains are present in ruined condition today. ... -
Who Cares? Community Value in the Preservation of Seattle's Historic Public Schools
Who cares about historic public school buildings? Seattle Public Schools, preservationists, and local communities, all have a stake in the future of Seattle’s historic school buildings. But they can’t seem to agree on what ...