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Gaines, Thomas A. – 1991
This book looks at the architecture, landscaping and planning of college and university campuses as an art form. It explores the elements and principles that come together to make a successful campus and the importance of visual environment to the activity that takes place in it. A discussion of planning and campus components touches on libraries,…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Art Appreciation, Campus Planning
Nabokov, Peter; Easton, Robert – 1989
This book presents building traditions of the major Indian tribes in nine regions of the North American continent, from the huge, plankhouse villages of the Northwest Coast, to the moundbuilder towns and temples of the Southeast, to the Navajo hogans and adobe pueblos of the Southwest. Indian buildings are a central element of Indian culture, the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians, Anthropology

Valerio, Joseph M.; Friedman, Daniel – 1982
This book explores the potential of U.S. movie theaters as an important national asset. Each of the 4,000 movie palaces constructed during Hollywood's Golden Age, as well as the countless smaller theaters modeled after the grander showcases, has a role to play in the life of today's cities. The first section of the book explores the social and…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Building Design, Cultural Activities
Carter, Thomas; Fleischhauer, Carl – 1988
Grouse Creek is a small Mormon ranching community in the extreme northwest corner of Utah. A survey of that community was conducted during 1985 by a team of folklorists, architectural historians, and historians, with the purpose of testing the idea of combining in the same fieldwork a concern for architecture, folk arts, and folklife. The work was…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Area Studies, Community Study
Edwards, Brian – 2000
This book explores how universities relate their built environment to academic discourse, asserting that the character of universities is often a charming dialogue between order and disarray. It contains numerous photographs and building plans for example campuses throughout the world. In part 1, "The Campus," chapters are: (1) "Academic Mission…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Building Design, Building Innovation
Winters, Nathan B. – 1986
This book presents very basic but important concepts about architecture and outlines some of the most important concepts used by great architects. These concepts are taught at levels of perceptual maturity applicable to adults and children alike and progress from levels one through seven as the concepts become progressively intertwined. The…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architectural Programming, Architecture, Buildings