The Architecture of Dublin\u27s Neo-Classical Roman Catholic Temples 1803-62

This thesis examines the architecture of Dublin’s 19th century neo-classical Catholic churches. The period under examination starts in 1803 with the campaign to build a new church in the Archbishop’s parish for the Catholic inhabitants of the city. This church, which later became known as the Pro-Cathedral, was opened for worship in 1825, and completed 1841 with the building of its Greek Doric temple front. During this period work started on several more neo-classical churches.The first, after the Pro-Cathedral, was the Church of the Carmelite friary, Whitefriar Street, started in 1825. The series continued with Saint Nicholas of Myra, Francis Street (1829); Saint Francis Xavier, Gardiner Street (1829); Saint Andrew’s, Westland Row (1832); Adam and Eve’s, Merchants’ Quay (1834); Saint Paul’s, Arran Quay (1835); Saint Audoen’s, High Street (1841); and Our Lady of Refuge, Rathmines (1850). The Three Patrons of Ireland, Rathgar, which was completed in 1862, looks back for some of its inspiration to the Pro-Cathedral. It was also the last completed work of Patrick Byrne and his patron the Very Reverend Dr William Meagher, thus bringing to a close this phase of neo-classical architecture in Dublin. The architectural language used for the churches was determined by the patrons and architects and the thesis examines the influences which determined this language. The influences include international neo-classicism, Roman classicism, the Greek revival, and traditional building methods. Important influences on the Dublin churches from Paris are the late 18th century basilican plan and temple fronted churches. Patrick Byrne was pre-eminent among architects in sustaining the neo-classical tradition in Catholic church architecture in Dublin from the 1830s until his death in 1864, and an important part of the thesis is an assessment of his contribution. Among the clerical patrons Dr Meagher made a significant contribution to the style and form of his two churches. The thesis examines the nature of his considerable influence, and that of other patrons. To match the architectural ambitions of the patrons, sufficient money had to be provided. The thesis explains how the money was collected and the essential part the Catholic laity played in providing voluntary work and the funds to build the churches

Recent Progress in Urbanisation Dynamics Research

This book is dedicated to urbanization, which is observed every day, as well as the methods and techniques of monitoring and analyzing this phenomenon. In the 21st century, urbanization has gained momentum, and the awareness of the significance and influence of this phenomenon on our lives make us take a closer look at it not only with curiosity, but also great attention. There are numerous reasons for this, among which the economy is of special significance, but it also has many results, namely, economic, social, and environmental. First of all, it is a spatial phenomenon, as all of the aspects can be placed in space. We would therefore like to draw special attention to the results of urbanization seen on the Earth's surface and in the surrounding space. The urbanization–land relation seems obvious, but is also interesting and multi-layered. The development of science and technology provides a lot of new tools for observing urbanization, as well as the analyses and inference of the phenomenon in space. This book is devoted to in-depth analysis of past, present and future urbanization processes all over the world. We present the latest trends of research that use experience in the widely understood geography of the area. This book is focused on multidisciplinary phenomenon, i.e., urbanization, with the use of the satellite and photogrammetric observation technologies and GIS analyses

İspanya ve Yunanistan'daki antik tiyatroların bir sınıflaması jeo-tarihsel bir yaklaşım

This study offers an inquiry into the historical context of the invention, consolidation, and on-going popularity of the ancient theatre typology based on the Greek-Roman ءbinarism̕, for a better understanding of its philosophical and theoretical foundations. It scrutinises those foundations in order to discover, in their limitations for an assessment and restitution of the architectural characteristics of extant ancient theatre remains, a new set of variables for devising an alternative method of classification that adopts the ءnetwork̕ model. The classification made on the basis of the geographical distribution of the extant ancient theatre remains in modern Spain and Greece according to their size, their construction period, and the construction technique applied in their cavea enables an interpretation of Roman period theatre construction activity in these two regions of the Mediterranean from a ءgeo-historical̕ point of view, in the light of the variety of processes expressed by the term ءRomanisation̕. A comparative analysis of the examples in the two study areas along Fernand Braudel̕s three historical time planes reveals the structural differences between the two corresponding provinces of the Roman Empire, highlighting the usefulness of adopting a ءrhizomatic̕ model instead of a ءbinary̕ one in typological studies of ancient theatre architecture for their better integration into contemporary discourses emphasizing ءcultural diversity̕ and ءchange̕ in the Mediterranean basin.Ph.D. - Doctoral Progra

The fantasy of the New York nightclub : a study of an urban public space

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-135).Joanna Elizabeth Stone.M.C.P

The optimum form for acoustics: a study of the relationship between office designs and noise

This study investigates the relationship between office designs, acoustic measures and employee satisfaction. Cellular workspaces tend to have low noise disturbances which have been previously associated with enhanced employee satisfaction in past studies but the relationship between varying office size and employee satisfaction is unknown in cellular offices. The increase in size of open-plan workspaces generally implies an increase in occupancy and noise level because more noise disturbances tend to occur due to increase in office activities. But the increase in size of open-plan spaces also implies an increase in reverberation time because the latter is directly proportional to volume of space. The aim of this study is to provide some indication of workspace sizes for different office types that are related to acoustic measures and employee satisfaction and can be used during early design stages of office developments. In this study, acoustic measures are comprised of two indicators: 1) noise level which indicates the intensity of background noise in the workplace and 2) reverberation time which reflects the acoustic quality of the workspace. Two common office types are investigated in this study – cellular and open-plan workspaces and the formulated hypotheses for each office type are as follows: i) Hypothesis A: the increase in workspace floor areas will be associated with a decrease in values of at least one indicator of acoustic measures and with an increase in employee satisfaction in cellular workspaces and ii) Hypothesis B: the increase in workspace floor areas will be associated with an increase in values of at least one indicator of acoustic measures and a decrease in employee satisfaction in open-plan workspaces. A cross-sectional research framework was adopted in this study to investigate the association between workspace floor area, acoustic measures and employee satisfaction in cellular offices and open-plan offices with the following occupancy levels: 1) less than 10 employees, 2) between 10 and 25 employees and 3) more than 25 employees. The study made use of both objective and subjective data to correlate employee perception with physical work environment. Subjective data consisted of acoustic and work performance satisfaction ratings acquired from questionnaire survey and objective data consisted of noise levels, and reverberation time and workspaces areas. Furthermore, the study also investigated the differences in noise perception in contrasting countries and two samples were collected; one from UK (Glasgow) and another from Mauritius. Results from correlation analysis for Glasgow sample indicated that there were coherent associations between workspace floor areas, acoustic measures and employee satisfaction in all open-plan categories but not in cellular offices. The creation of a visual index in open-plan workspaces further supported the aforementioned associations when making use of shape descriptors in the detailed analysis of Glasgow sample. Certain similarities and differences were observed between Glasgow and Mauritius sample thereby eliminating the expectations that all workspaces in the investigated office categories in a developing country had inferior values of acoustic measures. The study here has a cross-sectional framework but a longitudinal one is considered to be more revealing especially when investigating noise perception in relation to the visual index, noise geometry. More cross-cultural studies focusing on noise in the workplace are required to further develop appropriate guidelines in varying cultures

The Advocate - Sept. 22, 1960

Original title (1951-1987)--The Advocate: official publication of the Archdiocese of Newark (N.J.)

The Advocate - Sept. 22, 1960

Original title (1951-1987)--The Advocate: official publication of the Archdiocese of Newark (N.J.)

100 Stories: A CANON of technical theatre history

The 100 Stories describe the development of European theatre technology, design and architecture, from the Greek and Roman theatres of antiquity to the present day. Extensively illustrated, the ten time periods and ten themes allow the reader to explore different topics over time, or all aspects of technical theatre in a particular era. Written by specialist teachers and professional experts, the 100 Stories are designed to act as entry points to the diverse history of technical theatre, each one placing its topic in a wider context, and so opening up a rich but often hidden field of study. Students of technical theatre, performance design, theatre architecture and of the performing arts more generally will find this book invaluable