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A Review of the Worst Case Housing Needs Measure
(Virginia Center for Housing Research, 2003-07)
This report is commissioned by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and examines the concept of "housing need" and the worst-case housing needs measure and makes recommendations for improving the measure and ...
Life Expression Chiropractic Center
(Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
An architectural case study of the Life Expression Chiropractic Center in Hazleton, PA.
Assessing Housing and Redevelopment Strategies, Portsmouth, Virginia
(Virginia Center for Housing Research, 2007-07)
The main report consists of two components 1) Housing and Redevelopment Opportunities and 2) Housing Redevelopment Strategies. The third component is a special analysis completed by Dr. Ted Koebel's graduate level planning ...
A Prototype for a Manufactured Vocational Technology Classroom
(Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
A collaborative design project for a proposed vocational technology classroom. The project team included the Center for High Performance Learning Environments, GE Modular Space Division and Montgomery County Schools.
Toronto Mountain Equipment Cooperative
(Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
An architectural case study of Toronto Mountain Equipment Cooperative in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Evaluation of the HUD Elder Cottage Housing Opportunity (ECHO) Program
(Virginia Center for Housing Research, 2003-10)
This evaluation reports on the HUD demonstration program that provides a housing option for keeping elderly close to family or friends.. The evaluation included a review of background including zoning and land-use issues, ...
The Union of Learning, Environmental Science and Architecture
(Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2007)
This design project envisions a space that supports learning about architecture and environmental science.
Roof Integrated Photovoltaic Panels United Solar Ovonic & Acrylife
(Virginia Tech. Center for High Performance Environments, 2004)
The purpose of this thesis is to design a system for integrating United Solar photovoltaic panels to an Acrylife polyvinyl chloride membrane to be used on low-sloped roofs. There are several issues that have to be examined ...
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 ...
CAUS: College of Architecture and Urban Studies Magazine
(College of Architecture and Urban Studies, 2009)