Browsing Leicester School of Architecture by Title
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Derwenthorpe
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Describing a Unique Urban Culture: Ibadi Settlements of North Africa
(Book chapter)Abstract. This paper examines the urban structure and architecture of the North African regions, which are characterised by the historical presence of Ibadism. This topic has a definite cultural frame, albeit with some ... -
Design Exchanges in Mid-Twentieth Century Buenos Aires: The Programme Parque Almirante Brown and its Process of Creative Appropriation
(Article)This article offers a critical analysis of planning and housing design in mid-twentieth century Buenos Aires, Argentina, within the wider global context of modern design and architecture. In particular, the article focuses ... -
Determining the courtyard thermal efficiency and its impact on urban fabric: A contextual study of Baghdad, Iraq
(Conference)Many researchers advocate readopting the courtyard pattern in hot climate regions for being more thermally efficient than the modern western ones, such as the detached housing. The courtyard helps through reducing heat ... -
Developing a research by design project
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DIALOGOS DEL SUR, ENTRE LA ARQUITECTURA Y EL ARTE: REFLEXIONES DE LA HISTORIA DE UNA AMISTAD EN LA TRAYECTORIA DE JORGE OTEIZA Y JAVIER SAENZ DE OIZA
(Article)This article reflects on the work of the Spanish architect Javier Sainz de Oiza and his relationship with Basque sculptor Jorge Oteiza and covers their work and their relationships with South America -
Digitally stitching stereoscopic vision
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Digitized and Redoubled Bodily Images
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Diplorasis: The Other Side of Vision
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Dismantling the Face
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Displaced Homo Viatores/Liminal Personae - Emilio Pettoruti & Lina Bo Bardi. Defying Classification in the Cultural Spaces between the Old & New Worlds
(Conference)‘The attributes of liminality or of liminal personae (“threshold people”) are necessarily ambiguous, since this condition and these people elude or slip through the network of classifications that normally locate states ... -
Donald Judd: the cathexis of space
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Driving Engagement in Heritage Sites Using Personal Mobile Technology
(Conference)In a recent UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded project researchers from De Montfort University, the University of Nottingham and the University of Durham have collaborated with two community heritage ... -
E-topia: Foucault’s Heterotopia and the Digitized Mirror
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E-topia: Utopia after the Mediated Body
(Article)A custom-made media installation, diplorasis, will be used to explore the body in digital media. This mediated body attempts to re-think how the Deleuzian time-image is translated from its cinematic confinement to the space ... -
Effect of Canyon Geometry on Outdoor Thermal Comfort: A case-study of high-density, warm-humid climate
(Conference)A successful urban planning and design solution ought to present a comfortable setting for its pedestrians inside urban canyons, because it is fundamental to encourage a good quality urban life and promote health and ...