Browsing Scholarly Works, School of Architecture + Design by Issue Date
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A Visual Text: History of Architecture Catalogue for Hypertext
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Center for Theory and History of Architecture, 1988)"This visual text consists of three models designed as a teaching-learning tool for the history and theory of architecture courses currently offered by the Center for Theory and History of Architecture, College of Architecture ... -
Making design work: Sustainability, Product Design and Social Equity
(Kluwer, 2001)This paper discusses the relationship between the product designer, sustainability and the creation of good quality work within the manufacturing sector. When the principles of sustainability are applied to the nature of ... -
Diagrammatic Practices: The Office of Frederick L. Ackerman and "Architectural Graphic Standards"
(University of California Press, 2005-03)The office of Frederick Ackerman (1878-1950) was the source of the first modern architectural handbook, Architectural Graphic Standards (1932), which was intended as a radical manifesto. Basing his practice on the economic ... -
No compromise: The integration of technology and aesthetics
(Informa UK Limited, 2006-11-01)Solar technology is burdened with a stigma that contradicts a sense of proportion and beauty in building. Arbitrarily attached to new or existing construction, the technology is often associated with a small clique of ... -
A Decision-Making Framework for Vegetated Roofing System Selection
(2008-04-01)Design frequently involves making tradeoffs to obtain the “optimal” solution to a design problem, often using intuition or past experience as a guide. Since vegetated roofing is a relatively complex and comparatively new ... -
Vibration Analysis and Design of a Structure Subjected to Human Walking Excitations
(Hindawi, 2010-01-01)Annoying building floor vibrations have become a serious serviceability issue. This is mainly due to decrease in the system mass resulting from the use of higher strength materials; use of computer-assisted design and the ... -
Counteracting high winds with low pressure: Development and testing of a new roof vent system
(College Publishing, 2011-01-01)Roof system failures are common during high wind events. In locations subject to high wind conditions, membrane roofing systems must typically be either physically attached or fully adhered to the substrate or ballast may ... -
Currie House II, Porch
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The Application Of Bio-inspiration To Human-centered Product Design
(WIT Press, 2014)Biologically inspired design is an emerging practice based on the premise that nature holds a vast library of strategies, processes and technologies that can lead to innovative, sustainable solutions to human problems. ... -
Planning for Resilience: Predicting Vegetated Roofs’ Runoff Reduction
(2014-06-09)The rate of incorporation of vegetated systems into urban buildings is on the rise. These systems represent a psychological link to the natural world that city-dwellers have left behind and a physical filter to temper the ... -
Adventures in Radon and Moisture Mitigation
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Basement Whodunit
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The Value of Green Infrastructure on Vacant and Residential Land in Roanoke, Virginia
(MDPI, 2016-03-23)Using the City of Roanoke, Virginia as a study site, this paper quantifies the forest structure, ecosystem services and values of vacant and residential land. Single family residential land had more trees (1,683,000) than ... -
Ladder chair
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2016-12-13)A configurable furniture system and method are disclosed. The system and method include one or more panels, each of the panels having one or more working edges. One or more hinges successively connect the panels together ... -
The De Mestral Project: Using Macro Photo-journaling To Stimulate Interest In Bio-inspired Design And Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics Disciplines
(WIT Press, 2017)Bio-inspired design (BID) and its many variants (biomimetics, biomimicry etc.) continues to be a promising innovation methodology in which practitioners from industry and academia search nature’s evolutionary diversity for ... -
Doctoral Training for Practitioners: ADAPTr (Architecture, Design and Art Practice Research) a European Commission Marie Curie Initial Training Network
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2017-01-01)The aim of the European Union Marie Curie Initial Training Network Grant ‘Architecture Design and Art Practice research’ (ADAPTr) is to mobilise the adoption of a practice approach to doctoral research training, and enable ... -
The influence of roof reflectivity on adjacent air and surface temperatures
(2017-03-04)An experimental study was conducted to answer questions about the thermal effects of roof reflectivity on the neighbouring built environment. Temperatures were recorded at the surface of black ethylene propylene diene ... -
Reflective Roofing Research: Influence of Roof Color on Adjacent Air and Surface Temperatures
(2017-03-19)An experimental study was conducted to answer questions about the thermal effects of roof reflectivity on the neighbouring built environment. Temperatures were recorded at the surface of black ethylene propylene diene ... -
Community Narratives
(2018)Virginia Tech highly values its diverse community of faculty, staff and students. The Community Narratives Project is lead by Kathryn Albright, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor in the College of Architecture ... -
Micro-aggression Stories at Virginia Tech
(2018-09)Micro-aggressions are everyday verbal and nonverbal slights, snubs or insults that have a negative long-term impact. Many individuals who experience micro-aggressions have learned to ignore them out of necessity, but their ...
