A secondary staircase is a stair built for the use of domestic workers to reach both utilitarian and non-utilitarian spaces of a structure. These service stairs may be found not only in the United States, but in many areas of the world. These staircases are also examples of dual…
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Elam Alexander was a well-known early citizen of Macon, Georgia. He gained prominence as a patron of local rail lines, the endower of the city’s first school system, and as an architect and builder. This work analyzes his story as well as the buildings attributed to him in an ef…
This thesis explores the early conceptual designs for Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina. Examining architect Richard Morris Hunt’s surviving floorplans, elevation drawings, and a handful of other renderings, this thesis chronicles the evolution of Biltmore House on the…
This thesis provides a history of the studio apartment building in New York City, discussing its design as combined housing and studios, and its impact on the proliferation of the apartment building. The first studio building of 1857 became an artist headquarters where exhibitio…
This thesis explores the interplay between practices of activism and planning through a focus on place. By developing an understanding of place as a multi-situated and multi-scalar concept, I show how a theoretical approach based on a revision of the concept of place can bridge …
Town halls are the key expression of civic consciousness in the urban environment. They were constructed at a period of change for local government, when there was an urgent need for transition to an altered method of control. They enable a degree of civic access and ritual, and…
Arthur Ingram and Lionel Cranfield were part of the early modern phenomenon of social mobility, rising from humble merchants to titled gentlemen in one generation. Cranfield, especially, reached significant heights in a matter of years. Despite the fact both men have merited bio…
The research presented in this thesis is intended to reveal the layers of social and cultural meaning invested in a building conventionally regarded as a work of abstract aesthetic modernism, and one which has been evaluated, within the framework of a national heritage preservat…
This thesis seeks to place Shed Style residential architecture in a larger historic context, and in doing so, serve as a helpful reference text for future research. This historic context addresses both the history of residential architecture and suburban development in the Unite…
A cidade tem vindo, com o avançar do tempo, a tornar-se cada vez menos virtuosa. As ansiedades sentidas pelo habitante da metrópole implicam a necessidade de rever o modo como o ser humano interpreta o espaço à sua volta. A completa dissociação do homem da sua envolvente traz da…
Most available representational tools in the fields of Architecture and Urban Architectural History present inaccurate expressions of urban architectural evolution. Instead of representing urban architectural change as part of a universal flow, most of them present it as a serie…