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Girl with Maquette: A Memoir of Prefigurative Imaginaries at Work 《戴马奎特的女孩:工作中的先兆想象回忆录》

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2022-07-14 DOI: 10.55588/ajar.332

Jilly Traganou

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Political Dimensions of Research by Design 设计研究的政治维度

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2022-03-11 DOI: 10.55588/ajar.334

Johan Liekens, Fredrik Nilsson, Nel Janssens

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Overwriting the Memory of a Modern Ruin in Chile: From UNCTAD III to GAM 覆盖智利现代废墟的记忆:从第三届贸发会议到GAM

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2021-08-24 DOI: 10.5334/ajar.305

Ken Qiu Sun

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Correction: Dissecting the Archipelago: PhD by Design Concepts in the Fields of Architecture and Urban Design 更正:剖析群岛:建筑和城市设计领域的设计概念博士学位

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2021-08-03 DOI: 10.5334/ajar.326

Hanne Van Reusel, C. Michels, Yves Schoonjans

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Dissecting the Archipelago: PhD by Design Concepts in the Fields of Architecture and Urban Design 剖析群岛:建筑与城市设计领域设计概念博士学位

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2021-07-02 DOI: 10.5334/ajar.255

Hanne Van Reusel, C. Michels, Yves Schoonjans

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One-man-band: Clough Williams-Ellis’ Architectural Ensemble at Portmeirion 一人乐队:克拉夫·威廉姆斯-埃利斯在波特梅里恩的建筑合奏团

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2021-05-25 DOI: 10.5334/AJAR.268

Maria Angelica Chacon Manosalva

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Piercing the Screen of the Dispositif: Interrogating the Ideological Effects of the Perspectival Image 透视影像的意识形态效应探析

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2021-05-20 DOI: 10.5334/AJAR.292

Sebastian Aedo Jury

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Colston’s Travels, or Should We Talk About Statues? 科尔斯顿的旅行，还是我们应该谈论雕像?

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2021-05-18 DOI: 10.5334/AJAR.261

E. Branscome

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Populism as Counter-Theory in Greek Architectural Discourse 希腊建筑话语中的民粹主义反理论

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2019-10-02 DOI: 10.5334/ajar.179

Kostas Tsiambaos

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Deciding on Bamboo or Steel as a Building Material in Rural China: The Area X Project 在中国农村选择竹还是钢作为建筑材料:X区项目

ARENA Journal of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2019-08-07 DOI: 10.5334/AJAR.121

Daniel Stamatis, Tan Gangyi

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