Browsing Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research Books by Title

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    • Baltimore Environmental Quality Assessment Project: Baltimore City Public Schools 

      Lackney, Jeffrey A. (1996-06-01)
      The Baltimore Quality Assessment project consists of the environmental quality assessment of five elementary schools in the City of Baltimore. Included in the study are two Baltimore public schools and three schools managed ...

    • Birth Environments: Emerging Trends and Implications for Design 

      Lerman, Alice (1991-01-01)
      This monograph describes and critically analyzes the range of birth environments in current use and identifies innovative and successful design features of new maternal care facilities. The monograph offers architects and ...

    • Blurring Boundaries: Socio-Spatial Consequences of Working at Home 

      Ahrentzen, Sherry Boland (1987-01-01)
      This report looks at a cross-section of professional home workers in various occupations, both self-employed and corporate-employed. It identifies patterns of divergent activities within the home and assesses their success ...

    • Buildings in Use Study 

      Rabinowitz, Harvey Z. (1975-01-01)
      Results of a two-year post-occupancy evaluation of four elementary schools in Columbus, Indiana, all designed by nationally prominent architects. Two of the schools contained traditional classrooms and two utilized open ...

    • Case Studies of Child Play Areas and Child Support Facilities 

      Cohen, Uriel; Moore, Gary T.; McGinty, Tim (1978-08-01)
      Results of a post-occupancy evaluation of child care centers and outdoor play environments. This report covers 50 children's environments around the U.S. and Canada, and is based on the results of facility inventories, ...

    • Dementia Day Care Design: Solutions from an Interprofessional Student Practicum: A Report of Research 

      Moore, Keith Diaz; Bowers-Thomas, Deborah; Feser, Angela; Hall, Lee; Hanenberg, Anne; Houghten, Myah; Kamayama, Nao; Ma, Ching-Chih; Nelson, Cory; Palmer, Amy; Ward, Kimberly (2001-01-01)
      This monograph presents discrete design interventions developed by architecture, interior design and landscape architecture students in an inter-professional practicum. Students developed an understanding of the context ...

    • Density Measures and Their Relation to Urban Form 

      Alexander, Ernest R.; Reed, K. David; Murphy, Peter (1988-06-01)
      The relationship between density and urban form is explored using four dwelling types: Single family detached housing, row housing, low-rise garden apartments and high-rise apartments. Ninety-nine typical site layouts of ...

    • Design Guidelines for Montessori Schools 

      De Jesus, Raquel (1987-01-01)
      The purpose of this thesis is to provide architects, designers, and teachers with design guidelines they must be aware of when designing for the child's environment necessary to enhance the Montessori method of teaching. ...

    • Designing a Better Day: Annotated Bibliography of Adult Day Care Literature, 1990-1998 

      Alden, Andrew; Betrabet, Gowri; Moore, Keith Diaz; Weisman, Gerald (1999-01-01)
      This monograph contains 56 annotated bibliographies of literature published since 1990 on Adult Day Care facilities. The annotations are organized into five components - organization, staff, family, client, and physical ...

    • Designing a Better Day: Adult Day Centers: Comparative Case Studies 

      Geboy, Lyn Dally; Moore, Keith Diaz; Weisman, Gerald; Alden, Andrew; Mleziva, Stacy; Taneli, Yavuz; Wroblewski, LaVonne (2001-01-01)
      The Adult Day Center (ADC) is emerging as a new and important social institution and place type in the continuum of care environments. Nine case studies representing the range of ADC's currently operating in the United ...

    • Domus I and Dymaxion: Two Concept Designs for Lunar Habitats 

      Rebholz, Patrick J.; Fieber, Joseph P.; Moore, Gary T.; Erdmann, David S.; Huebner-Moths, Janis; Brinlee, Christine M.; Matheson, Lydia H.; McCambridge, Wayne A.; Schmidt, Steve M.; Wellings, Augustus J. (1993-06-01)
      Two concept designs for lunar habitats are explored and developed in this monograph based on human factors/environment-behavior considerations. Attention is given to initial operating configuration design requirements, ...

    • Early Childhood Physical Environment Observation Schedules and Rating Scales: Preliminary Scales for the Measurement of the Physical Environment of Child Care Centers and Related Environments 

      Moore, Gary T. (1994-01-01)
      This packet of schedules, scales, and procedures is intended for the systematic assessment of the quality of the physical environment of child care centers and related early childhood environments. Already in use in several ...

    • Educational Facilities for the Twenty-First Century: Research Analysis and Design Patterns 

      Moore, Gary T.; Lackney, Jeffrey A. (1994-01-01)
      This handbook examines the relationship between school buildings and educational performance. Following the introductory chapter, Chapter 2 presents findings from empirical studies that have examined the building/performance ...

    • Educational Facilities: The Impact and Role of the Physical Environment of the School on Teaching, Learning and Educational Outcomes 

      Lackney, Jeffrey A. (1994-01-01)
      The quality of the educational environment is rapidly diminishing due to the plethora of social and economic problems plaguing urban communities. Due to this crisis, the physical infrastructure of school systems is being ...

    • Environments for People with Dementia: Annotated Bibliography, Vol. II 

      Barisas, Mylinda; Calkins, Margaret; Chaudhury, Habib; Johansen, Dannette; Proffitt, Mark (1993-01-01)
      This monograph reviews current literature published since 1986 about people with dementia, therapeutic goals for this population, and the social, organizational, and physical environments in which they live. This volume ...

    • Form/Space and the Language of Architecture 

      Jules, Frederick (1974-01-01)
      An analysis of the perception and meaning of architecture and urban design from a Gestalt point of view. The report looks at meanings associated with architecture and relates these to a visual grammar that can be used to ...

    • Genesis II: Advanced Lunar Outpost 

      Moore, Gary T.; Huebner-Moths, Janis; Fieber, Joseph P.; Paruleski, Kerry L. (1991-06-01)
      Sponsored by NASA/Universities Space Research Association, this study investigated advanced lunar habitats for 11 astronauts and mission specialists for durations of 20 months. Design recommendations are based on environmental ...

    • Genesis Lunar Outpost: Criteria and Design 

      Moore, Gary T.; Baschiera, Dino J.; Fieber, Joe Paul; Hansmann, Timothy; Huebner-Moths, Janis (1990-06-01)
      This study, the third in the space architecture series, focuses on the design of an early stage lunar outpost. The driving assumptions of the scenario are that the base would serve as a research facility and technology ...

    • Genesis Lunar Outpost: Program/Requirements Document for an Early Stage Lunar Outpost 

      Bascheria, Dino J.; Cordes, Edwin G.; Fieber, Joseph P.; Hansmann, Timothy; Moore, Gary T.; Huebner-Moths, Janis (1989-12-01)
      Second document in a series from the Space Architecture Design Group. Developed under the first year of a three-year grant from NASA, the program covers humans factors, environment-behavior, structural, construction ...

    • Green Preservation: Rehabilitating Buildings 

      Thompson, Angela (1996-05-01)
      The thesis analyzes the incorporation of historic preservation with environmental practices in the rehabilitation of buildings. Case studies are presented which demonstrate the differences between a project that is designed ...