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Cunningham Emord, P (2009) Building evaluation capacity with appreciative inquiry: An exploratory case study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of New Mexico.
Garrido Martins, C (2019) Assessment of project risks in fast-track construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Gatti, U C (2012) Measuring and evaluating physical strain to improve construction workforce productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Han, F (2021) Measurement of resilience performance for infrastructure construction project delivery, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , The University of New Mexico.
Jafari, A (2018) A decision-making framework for the selection of sustainable alternatives for energy-retrofits, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Jaramillo, L V (2019) Implementations of resilience engineering for natural system disturbances: A panarchical perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Martens, R (2018) An analysis of the relationship between leadership style and lean expressed through respect, proactivity, and innovative work behavior, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Nauman, R A (1999) The United States air force academy: A case study of rhetoric and reality in the making of modernism, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: culture; failure; market; marketing; regionalism; United States; case study
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304513981
- Abstract:
This case study of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, construction of which was begun in 1954, analyzes the myths and realities of architectural modernism. The process of the project's realization has been reconstructed using archival documents from the Air Force Academy Construction Agency, the United States Air Force Academy, and the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), in addition to Congressional proceedings and mass media accounts. That process included the initial decisions involving the location of the facility in Colorado, the choice of SOM as the architectural firm, the firm's decision to use an International Style modernist vocabulary to realize the project, and their attempts to convince Congress, the military establishment and the public to subsidize and endorse their design. The resulting history is diachronic, complex and often contradictory, grounded in the specifics of political, cultural and geographic realities, replacing the synchronic narrative posited by SOM and their advocates. An analysis of the project leads to a rethinking of modernism itself. Debates within the architectural community over such matters as regionalism and monumentality vie with public perceptions and expectations to create a rich tapestry of meanings, as the successes and failures of the Academy design are presented within a framework of Cold War culture. Contrary to the technological teleology of “international” modernism, the Academy's actual production was grounded in a bureaucratic and political process whose outcome was not predetermined. Rather, the Academy's conception and meanings developed with the project itself. Included in those meanings were the interweaving of myths and metaphors of flight and American West with those of modernism. SOM's experiences with World's Fairs expositions and museum exhibitions provided them with both the rhetoric and the marketing experience to present their design within such a context. The firm's experiences also underscored the importance of the photographic image in conveying and transmitting the arguments upon which the project's success depended for its political as much as cultural success.
Phillips, H C (2009) A proposed method to determine confidence in a construction schedule, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Santamaria Carrera, J L (2017) Quantifying the effect of construction site factors on concrete quality, costs and production rates, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Severn, B W (1980) A simplified methodology for evaluating rural road proposals for less developed countries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.
Zhang, S (2017) Pavement surface distress detection, assessment, and modeling using geospatial techniques, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New Mexico.