published_or_final_version / abstract / Architecture / Master / Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Design and Management

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-60)

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. School ofTechnology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91).

Thesis (M.S.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2009. / Directed by Patrick Lucas; submitted to the Dept. of Interior Architecture. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jun. 7, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-139).

This work aims to contribute to the research of Czech elites of the 19th century and to write up the hitherto neglected topic of professional and social rise of Czech architects and builders in the 19th century. At this time, as a result of state reforms of the educational, administrative and legal system, the professional perception and social status of this class changed. In the introduction, architects and builders are included in the process of modernization of the construction industry and defined on the basis of their relationship to art, engineering and business. Subsequently, architects and builders are defined as a socio-professional group that has reached a certain degree of professionalism during this period. Against the background of the formation of a modern system of building and architectural education, law and administration, individual features of professionalization are monitored on specific cases of architects and builders using the method of collective biography of elites in research areas of their social background, education, construction practice and other public activities. Thus, two levels intersect in the work - general and personal. In general, the interconnection of construction education, law and administration since the establishment of construction disciplines at...