Outputs (107)

Mapping Barcelona: Subversive transformations of a dominant culture (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper looks at concepts of identity and popular culture within the context of Barcelona. It shows how Spanish traditional cultural models, and especially the figure of the architect, are changing in alternative and subversive ways. The figur... Read More about Mapping Barcelona: Subversive transformations of a dominant culture.

What matters to built environment students: An analysis of the National Student Survey (NSS) and Key Information Sets (KIS) data (2013)
Report

No weighting for healthy sustainable local planning: Evaluation of a participatory appraisal tool for rationality and inclusivity (2013)
Journal Article

This paper is concerned with the contribution that project, plan and policy appraisal can make to effective decision making when shaping a built environment that needs to respond to the demands of local voices and also concerns for global sustainabil... Read More about No weighting for healthy sustainable local planning: Evaluation of a participatory appraisal tool for rationality and inclusivity.

An architectural gleaning (2013)
Book Chapter

Carless takes on the notion of ‘gleaning’, the activity of searching through debris to find things that can be re-used and incorporated into anything new – in her case, primarily architectural renovations. … She does this by basing her ideas on Agne... Read More about An architectural gleaning.

Fatigue deterioration process of brick masonry (2013)
Journal Article

In order to develop greater understanding of the long-term fatigue deterioration process of masonry structures, e.g. bridges, the effects of quasi-static and high-cycle fatigue loading have been studied through a series of small-scale laboratory test... Read More about Fatigue deterioration process of brick masonry.

The architecture of transgression AD (2013)
Book

Transgression suggests operating beyond accepted norms and radically reinterpreting practice by pushing at the boundaries of both what architecture is, and what it could or even should be. The current economic crisis and accompanying political/social... Read More about The architecture of transgression AD.

Third places for the third age: The contribution of playable space to the well-being of older people (2013)
Book Chapter

The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess cost of land title formalisation in Ghana from the standpoint of individual land/property owners with the view to suggesting a cost-effective means for title formalisation in the country. Design/methodo... Read More about The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana.

Kaleidoscopic City: Through the looking lens (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This project critically addresses the ways that the city has been represented, in architectural practice and beyond, while seeking new ways to articulate the complex unseen weave of movements that forms the contemporary city. As the transition from s... Read More about Kaleidoscopic City: Through the looking lens.

The use of digital image correlation technique for monitoring masonry arch bridges (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Non-destructive monitoring of the infrastructure is becoming an increasingly important issue for asset management. Masonry arch bridges represent around 40% of the European bridge stock, many of them over 100 years old and in increasing need for main... Read More about The use of digital image correlation technique for monitoring masonry arch bridges.