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Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction Projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
One of the highly rated causes of poor performance is errors in contract documents. The objectives of this study are to investigate the prevalent errors in contract documents and their effects on construction projects.
Dosumu, Oluwaseun Sunday
core   +3 more sources

A Hybrid Deep Learning and Rule-Based Method for Architectural Drawing Vectorization and CAD Reconstruction

open access: yesBuildings
A large number of architectural drawings have historically existed in paper form or as non-editable raster images, which makes them difficult to directly support information reuse and digital management, while manual CAD reconstruction is time-consuming ...
Minqi Lin, Dejiang Wang
doaj   +1 more source

The Köln Museum: Imagery and Imaging in the Architecture of James Stirling

open access: yesimg journal, 2023
The 1970s museum projects of James Stirling provide the opportunity to explore a design process intended to design a building as a combination of fragments that quote historical buildings or typologies along a route. While the collection of spaces of the
Fabio Colonnese
doaj   +1 more source

Architecture through Drawing

open access: yesDiségno, 2023
The act of drawing has long been the foundational stone for architectural expression. Through the chaotic lines on a canvas, we can understand exaptation as a unique path to diversify architectural drawing frameworks, moving towards environmentally-conscious perspectives. [read more]
openaire   +2 more sources

Analyzing Architectural Drawing in the Works of Four Contemporary Chinese and Japanese Architects: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

open access: yesArchitecture
In the image era, architectural drawing gradually evolved from being a part of traditional architectural design to an artistic form with independent aesthetic value. However, a systematic evaluation method for this unique art form is still lacking.
Lei Tan, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Jiahao Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Seeking the real : the special case of Peter Zumthor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Peter Zumthor writes about "developing an architecture which sets out from and returns to real things" referring to both his own design process and the qualities he wishes his architecture to convey.
Platt, Christopher, Spier, Steven
core   +1 more source

Spatial Skills and Perceptions of Space: Representing 2D Drawings as 3D Drawings inside Immersive Virtual Reality

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Rapid freehand drawings are of great importance in the early years of university studies of architecture, because both the physical characteristics of spaces and their sensory characteristics can be communicated through them.
Hugo C. Gómez-Tone   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drawings on paper. Digital historical archives of the former Radaar Department at the University Sapienza School of Architecture in Rome

open access: yesSCIRES-IT, 2014
The paper presents the work now being carried out to develop digital archives of the historical drawings amassed by the former Department of Architectural and Environmental Surveying, Analysis and Drawing (Radaar) at the University Sapienza School of ...
Emanuela Chiavoni
doaj   +1 more source

A methionine‐lined active site governs carbocation stabilization and product specificity in a bacterial terpene synthase

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study reveals a unique active site enriched in methionine residues and demonstrates that these residues play a critical role by stabilizing carbocation intermediates through novel sulfur–cation interactions. Structure‐guided mutagenesis further revealed variants with significantly altered product profiles, enhancing pseudopterosin formation. These
Marion Ringel   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Grammar of Muqarnas: Drawings of the Alhambra by Jones and Goury (1834-1845)

open access: yesVLC Arquitectura, 2019
The muqarnas of the Nasrid Alhambra stand out as one of the most singular architectural episodes of Medieval Islamic art due to their sophisticated three-dimensional construction, whose layout remains little known.
Antonio Gámiz Gordo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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