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  "PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN"
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  "BRUNO TAUT, ARCHITECTURE AND COLOUR"
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  "DESIGN STUDY: 'PEBBLE BEACH' LUXURY HOUSING"
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  "GREEN ROOFS AND URBAN DESIGN"

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MARCH 2002
'PIONEERS OF MODERN DESIGN: FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO WALTER GROPIUS'

urban green roof This short essay argues that architectural historian Niklaus Pevsner misrepresented William Morris to serve his own argument.


JANUARY 2003
'BRUNO TAUT, ARCHITECTURE AND COLOUR'

buntes magdeburg Bruno Taut is portrayed in this extended essay as one of the most unfairly neglected Modernist architects, whose colour theories are only just being acknowledged.
"Bruno Taut: Architecture and Colour" (html) 225KB


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JANUARY 2004
BUILDING STUDY: 'PEBBLE BEACH' LUXURY HOUSING, BARRY KNAP

luxury housing, barry
ARCHITECT: PAUL DEVITT
CAPITA PROPERTY
CONSULTANCY

"Building Study - Luxury Apartments, The Knap, Barry" (pdf) 590KB


DECEMBER 2004
'EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOFS & URBAN DESIGN'

GREEN ROOF
CANARY WHARF
LONDON
UK
urban green roof 10,000 word dissertation which investigates attitudes to planted urban green roofs in the UK. It identifies barriers to their popularity and suggests a way forward for the future.
  Greenroofs - Abstract (pdf) 55KB
Greenroofs - Methodology (pdf) 149KB
Greenroofs - Data Collection (pdf) 64KB
Greenroofs - Questionnaire Results (pdf) 208KB


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