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Apartment layouts and domestic life : the interior space and its usability : a study of Norwegian apartments built in the period 1930-2005
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;26, Doctoral thesis, 2006)The background for this study is Norwegian housing where floor plans of new apartments seem to differ significantly from what previously has been built as well as from what architects have considered good quality. The study ... -
Architecture and rhetoric : text and design in architectural competitions, Oslo 1939-90
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Architecture at the Building Site Challenging the Separation between Design and Construction
(CON-TEXT;128, Doctoral thesis, 2024)This thesis makes the case for an architecture that emerges through the process of construction. The research investigates how, within the context of industrialised England from 1830 to 1980, the historic separation between ... -
Arkitekter i emning : profesjonsforståelser og brukerperspektiver i norsk arkitektutdanning 2009–2012
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;85, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Avhandlingen er en kvalitativ undersøkelse av norsk arkitektutdanning sett i et samfunnsrelatert perspektiv. Prosjektet undersøker hvilke former for profesjonsforståelse man kan finne i dagens arkitektutdanning, og hvordan ... -
Autentisitetens relevans : på sporet av et endret fokus for kulturminnevernet
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 69, Peer reviewed; Doctoral thesis, 2014)I avhandlingen brukes rekonstruksjoner av kulturminner som optikk til å undersøke relevansen av materiell autentisitet. Ved å sammenlikne verdien av noen nyere rekonstruksjoner med verdien av deres forlegg, søkes en ... -
The Banwan Project, From Experiment to Model?
(CON-TEXT; PhD thesis;119, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Rural policies are given priority in China, and governmental and regional funding is allocated to the countryside. Chinese villages are being transformed as a partof the urbanization and modernization process as societies, ... -
Barn og omgivelser : virkelighet med flere fortolkninger
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;8, Doctoral thesis, 2002)Et generelt endret syn på barns samfunnsmessige posisjon mot slutten av det 20. århundre er blant annet konstituert gjennom FN's barnekonvensjon og norsk lovgivning. Det er én bakgrunn for studien. Relatert til denne finnes ... -
Becoming with Architecture
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 115, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Becoming with Architecture: Making the abstracted space through works and words Can spatial structure and material properties have capacity to radiate and intertwine in an architectural space? How can this radiant ... -
Bislettbekken og byens fysiognomi : Kristianiaprovisorier omkring 1900
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Boredom as space : episodes of modern architecture
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;88, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Boredom is both cause and effect of the cycle of innovation — the disaffection with the old drives the search for the new and promotes mechanisms of transgression that encourage experimentation. Due to its relational and ... -
Brødre og søstre i arkitekturen : ingeniøroffiserer og sivilarkitekter i Norge rundt 1800
(CON-TEXT / Thesis;nr. 32, Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed; Book, 2008)Historien om det moderne Norge. Målet for dette arbeidet er å gi en fremstilling av den gryende profesjonsdannelsen innen arkitektfaget, slik den utspant seg i vårt land tidlig på 1800-tallet. Det var ikke slik at ikke ... -
Cultural similarities and diversities of corporate art and architecture in Norway, USA, Japan and France : an exploratory and comparative study on corporate art collections and the architecture of corporate headquarters
(CON-TEXT, PhD thesis;51, Doctoral thesis, 2011)In this PhD-thesis I examine cultural similarities and diversities in corporate art collections and headquarters architecture in Norway, USA, Japan and France. From the perspective of the flâneur; I discuss, analyzes and ... -
Edifices. Architecture and the Spatial Frameworks of Memory
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 63, Doctoral thesis, 2013)The thesis studies the role of architecture in societal remembrance, positioning itself in an overlapping field of architectural theory and memory studies. It offers a reading of the concept spatial framework of memory, ... -
Factory-made : the everyday architecture of Moelven brug, 1955-1973
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;117, Doctoral thesis, 2022)While architectural histories of post-war Norway tend to focus on the work of select signature architects, the role of construction companies and industrial producers in shaping the built environment has remained largely ... -
Fra uro til utvikling : universell utforming som linse for studiet av arkitektpraksis som læringsarena
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;93, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Med et forskningsmateriale fra intervjuer og feltarbeid undersøker jeg i denne avhandlingen arkitekters handlinger og holdninger i møtet med strengere krav til universell utforming under prosjektering av kulturbygg. Jeg ... -
Inhabiting the architectural envelope : a design-based research on redefining the climatic and atmospheric performances of architectural envelope
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis; 103, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Contemporary facades commonly emphasize the separation of architecture from its local context by positioning them as support zones for various optimization demands or technical requirements. This dissertation rethinks the ... -
MATERIAL DRAMATURGY: TRACING TRAILS OF DUST IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS
(CON-TEXT;124, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Following the digital turn of the 1990s, architectural practices moved into a digital world, a development that was further accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In this shift from analogue to digital there is a risk of ... -
On Sacred Architecture and the Dzongs of Bhutan. Tradition and Transition in the Architectural History of the Himalayas
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;13, Doctoral thesis, 2003)This thesis contributes with new insight and knowledge on the architectural traditions in Bhutan and the Himalayas, and also discusses questions relevant to architectural theory and history. In Bhutan the traditional society ... -
PORTAL PROPAGATIONS Reproduction, Reception, and Rediscovery in the Life of the Urnes Portal
(CON-TEXT;131, Doctoral thesis, 2025-02)The northern portal of Urnes Stave Church stands preserved within the monument overlooking a remote West-Norwegian fjord as the seemingly frozen memory of a historical past. Yet, as Portal Propagations shows, this heritage ... -
Reframing wood construction : innovation in architecture through activating material properties with the use of digital technologies
(CON-TEXT. PhD thesis;105, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Reframing Wood Construction. Innovation in architecture through activating material properties with the use of digital technologies. This thesis focuses on the relationships between material-centred design, digital ...