Browsing Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research Books by Title
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A Comparison of the Application to Architecture of the Ecological and Gestalt Approaches to Visual Perception
(1984-01-01)This research is a comparison of two psychological theories of visual perception, Gestalt Theory and an Ecological Theory developed by J. J. Gibson, with two theories of architectural composition, theories developed by the ... -
A Story of Innovation: The Alexian Village Health Center, Milwaukee
(1994-01-01)This monograph is the result of a study at the Alexian Village of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a continuing care retirement community. It shows how the quality of its Health Center residents' lives were improved through manipulation ... -
Anatomy of a Competition: Urban Design for Milwaukee’s Lakefront
(1982-01-01)This study explores the professional ideas and attitudes reflected in 140 entries to the 1980 Milwaukee Lakefront International Design Competition. Design ideas are evaluated and recommendations made for using the best ... -
Assessing Quality in the Work Environment
(1996-01-01)Based on the Procedure for Environmental Quality Assessment (PEQA), a comprehensive review of the literature on environmental assessment and environmental assessment instruments was conducted to determine the factors common ... -
Assessment of Land-Use Impacts of Highways in Small Urban Areas
(1985-07-01)Evaluating existing techniques for assessing the secondary land-use impacts of highway projects on small communities, three promising techniques were applied to case studies in Wausau, Eau Claire, Sheboygan, and Wisconsin ... -
Baltimore Environmental Quality Assessment Project: Baltimore City Public Schools
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...