The City of Vancouver has led North American cities in commemorating Modern heritage. In 1990, City of Vancouver planners initiated the Recent Landmarks study, thus launching a progressive, specialized program aimed at documenting and conserving the city's post-war architecture. While this program has raised awareness and catalogued a large stock of Modern resources, few of the identified buildings have been protected with legal heritage designation. Thus it seemed appropriate to explore Vancouver's Recent Landmarks program in this thesis and assemble comparative information (from other jurisdictions) against which to measure it. Thus the primary purpose of this thesis is to point to contemporary heritage conservation initiatives and programs in North America that are specifically concerned with twentieth-century buildings, in order to inform heritage planning in Vancouver. The secondary purpose is to amplify current efforts to broaden and redefine the notion of structural heritage to include twentieth-century work. This thesis surveyed representatives (i.e. civic planning or cultural/landmark Department staff, and representatives of local chapters of DOCOMOMO, the international organization formed to document and conserve the works of the Modern movement) in Toronto, Victoria, New York, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. The results of the thesis show that by 1999, all but one of the five surveyed North American municipalities had addressed the issue of Modern heritage. However none of the consulted cities had developed distinct programs to address this resource. For example, while several cities reported listing Modern buildings on their heritage inventories, none of the municipalities canvassed reported the development of studies or inventories that were focused on post-war landmarks. Thus from this information, it appears that the Recent Landmarks initiative in Vancouver remains quite exceptional. This program has identified several (and spurred the designation of some) significant Modern buildings, stimulated the creation of reports and studies, and made strong attempts to engage the public. In sum, the results gleaned from this thesis survey show that the Recent Landmarks initiative remains a leader in the specialized realm of heritage conservation for Modern architecture, and that many North American cities have yet to match Vancouver's efforts. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references. / If one were to seek a unifying factor in this relatively short period of a modern Chinese tradition, it might be surprising to find that amidst the jolts of passing out of a feudal era into the twentieth century, the ancient principles of yin and yang still provide the jagged thread with which to attach the modern Chinese culture to the ancient one. This integration of opposing forces causes the pendulum to swing in any cross section of both material and nonmaterial form. Although this idiosyncratic leitmotiv is often to be found locked in a state of contradiction (the antithesis), the principles nevertheless provide a flexible structure and the leeway for change; as Chinese history has proven that rigidity most often results in decline and defeat. Moreover, it has provided a base for the growth of knowledge, readily adapting to the Marxist and Maoist methodology of dialectical materialism in this modern era. / by Karen K. Marcus. / M.S.

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Chan Yuk Shing Brain. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter 00 --- book / Chapter 00.1 --- brief ofbook / Chapter 002 --- design of the book´ؤbookof senses / Chapter 003 --- how to read / book [i]- writing / Chapter 01 --- foreplay / Chapter 01.1 --- acknowledgements / Chapter 01.2 --- preface / Chapter 02 --- prologue explains the thesis topic: unseen vision / Chapter 02.1 --- background study / Chapter 0211 --- sense study / sensation dialogue between blindness & non-blindness / Chapter 0212 --- blindness experience / Chapter - --- spatial experience / Chapter - --- concept of time / Chapter - --- concept of position / Chapter - --- concept of direction / Chapter - --- concept of orientation & mobility / Chapter 02.1.3 --- blindness text / Chapter - --- braille / Chapter 0214 --- novel of vision / Chapter - --- invisible cities / Chapter 02.2 --- existing situation / Chapter 02.3 --- precedent study / Chapter 03 --- vision(s) / Chapter 03.1 --- refer to approach 1 / Chapter 03.1.1 --- sense & concept / Chapter 03.1.2 --- sense & space / Chapter 03.1.3 --- sense & architecture / Chapter 03.2 --- refer to approach 2 / Chapter 03.2.1 --- program??? / Chapter 03.2.2 --- activities / Chapter 03.3 --- refer to approach 3 / Chapter 03.3.1 --- music/ sound / Chapter 03.3.2 --- other symbols / Chapter 04 --- dialogue / Chapter 05 --- spectrum / Chapter 05.1 --- spectrum of vision / Chapter 05.2 --- spectrum from blindness to non- blindness / Chapter 05.3 --- vision???reliable??? / Chapter 06 --- wall / Chapter 07 --- conclusion of book [i]

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Buildings of the modern period have traditionally been absent from most architectural surveys. Part of the reason for this lies in the fact that very few guides have attempted to provide meaningful and accurate terms for post-World War II buildings, leaving surveyors without any meaningful way to categorize such structures. The purpose of this creative project, then, is to provide an accurate and meaningful means of applying style and building form categories to post-1941 architectural resources.The creative project first examines major trends in the movement to preserve and, more specifically, to document recent past resources throughout the United States. Primary and secondary sources, both popular and professional, are examined to determine the most common and appropriate labels being applied to modern architectural resources. From this, an illustrated style guide for identifying modern Indiana architecture is created.The creative project then provides a statewide survey of post-1941 architectural resources with both photographic and written documentation as an illustration of how to apply the determined styles and forms. / Project narrative -- Catalog of recent past architectural movements. / Department of Architecture

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Ma Ka Man. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Acknowledgement / Project summary / Abstract : Isolation because of Technology advance and Urbanization / Hypothesis : Integration of computer technology and spatial design to enhance gathering and communication between people / Program : / Mission / Building program / Urban strategy / Design development - Final Design and Design option / Final Design / Building Analysis / Organization concept / Solar studies / Plan and interior motage / Structural analysis / Building Services / Phasal development / Urban strategey / Design Option / Spatial treatment / Structural study / Urban concern : Phrasal development facade treatment / Appendix / Research and findings / Client / Site / Schedule of Accommodation / Bibliography

Lai Wing Sze. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2001-2002, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [49]). / PROLOGUE --- p.1 / THESIS STATEMENT --- p.2 / METHODOLOGY --- p.3 / PERCEPTION & PHENOMENON --- p.4 / INTENTION / RELATION / INTENTION & RELATION / GESTURE IN OUR VISUAL EXPERIENCE --- p.9 / MATERIAL / SURFACE / ENVELOPE / FORM / STRUCTURE / LANDSCAPE / DYNAMICS IN VISUAL EXPERIENCE --- p.15 / MOVING OBJECT / CHANGING PERSPECTIVE / LIGHT / HUMAN ACTIVITY / PROGRAM --- p.19 / DEAF COMMUNITY / THEATRE OF SILENCE / SITE --- p.23 / LOCATION / SITE PHOTO / SOLAR STUDY / EXISTING BUILDINGS / DESIGN STRATEGY --- p.32 / THEATRE-IN-THE-ROUND / WORKING MODEL / FINAL DESIGN --- p.37 / FINAL MODEL / DRAWING / VARYING COMPOSITION

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