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The dissertation : an architecture student's handbook / Iain Borden and Katerina Rüedi Ray.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Seriously useful guides--Publication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: vii, 330 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ; pbkISBN:
  • 0750668253 (pbk.)
  • 9780750668255 (pbk.)
  • 9780750668255:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.06672
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : Why write a dissertation? ; The handbook -- 2. Starting : What is a dissertation? ; Selecting a dissertation subject ; Assessing a dissertation subject ; Choosing and working with a supervisor ; Writing a proposal -- 3. Researching : What is research? ; Historical and critical methodology ; Research techniques ; Libraries and archives ; The internet -- 4. Preparing : Structuring a dissertation ; Working methods ; Illustrations ; Referencing ; Bibliographies ; Plagiarism ; Submitting a draft ; Word-processing ; Alternative dissertations -- 5. Presenting : General presentation ; Illustrations ; Computer software ; Assessment criteria ; Oral examinations -- 6. Afterwards : Further research and study ; Publications ; Troubleshooting -- 7. Dissertation excerpts : The Barber-Surgeons' anatomy theatre / Susannah Bach -- Interrogating the Indian condition: some problems with the frameworks of architect Charles Correa / Megha Chand -- The production of the city as a white space: representing and restructuring identity and architecture, Cape Town, 1892-1936 (Ph.D.) / Nic Coetzer -- Investigation of a traders' route: analysis of the street edge which informs public space, with reference to the Indian city of Jaipur, Isfahan in Iran and Harare, Zimbabwe / Katherine Ewing -- A society in transition: the social and spatial production of the aged identity in the changing landscapes of care environments / Alvin Foo Tze Yang -- The architecture of omniscience: codes, grafts, and the representation of the work of Michael Sorkin / Alexander Franklin -- The museum of the museum / Paul Gardiner -- Word-robe: an investigation of the cupboard (as prompted by Lucy) / Olivia Gordon -- The blooming d'or / Robert Holford -- The charterhouse of Parkminster / Michael Levey -- Drawing on chance: indeterminacy, perception and design (Ph.D. by architectural design) / Yeoryia Manolopoulou -- This dream upon the water: the representation of a city in literature: Venice / Anna Radcliffe -- A speculative investigation into the sacred and aesthetic principles of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Architecture, with particular reference to St.Vincent Street Church / E.J. Taylor -- I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown: an essay in unsymbolisation / Huw Williams.
Review: "The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potentially most stimulating components of an architectural course.
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Previous ed.: Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Why write a dissertation? ; The handbook -- 2. Starting : What is a dissertation? ; Selecting a dissertation subject ; Assessing a dissertation subject ; Choosing and working with a supervisor ; Writing a proposal -- 3. Researching : What is research? ; Historical and critical methodology ; Research techniques ; Libraries and archives ; The internet -- 4. Preparing : Structuring a dissertation ; Working methods ; Illustrations ; Referencing ; Bibliographies ; Plagiarism ; Submitting a draft ; Word-processing ; Alternative dissertations -- 5. Presenting : General presentation ; Illustrations ; Computer software ; Assessment criteria ; Oral examinations -- 6. Afterwards : Further research and study ; Publications ; Troubleshooting -- 7. Dissertation excerpts : The Barber-Surgeons' anatomy theatre / Susannah Bach -- Interrogating the Indian condition: some problems with the frameworks of architect Charles Correa / Megha Chand -- The production of the city as a white space: representing and restructuring identity and architecture, Cape Town, 1892-1936 (Ph.D.) / Nic Coetzer -- Investigation of a traders' route: analysis of the street edge which informs public space, with reference to the Indian city of Jaipur, Isfahan in Iran and Harare, Zimbabwe / Katherine Ewing -- A society in transition: the social and spatial production of the aged identity in the changing landscapes of care environments / Alvin Foo Tze Yang -- The architecture of omniscience: codes, grafts, and the representation of the work of Michael Sorkin / Alexander Franklin -- The museum of the museum / Paul Gardiner -- Word-robe: an investigation of the cupboard (as prompted by Lucy) / Olivia Gordon -- The blooming d'or / Robert Holford -- The charterhouse of Parkminster / Michael Levey -- Drawing on chance: indeterminacy, perception and design (Ph.D. by architectural design) / Yeoryia Manolopoulou -- This dream upon the water: the representation of a city in literature: Venice / Anna Radcliffe -- A speculative investigation into the sacred and aesthetic principles of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Architecture, with particular reference to St.Vincent Street Church / E.J. Taylor -- I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown: an essay in unsymbolisation / Huw Williams.

"The Dissertation is one of the most demanding yet potentially most stimulating components of an architectural course.

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