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Abedmousa, M (2023) Reframing construction labour productivity in a colonisation context: the West Bank as an example, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Westminster.
Basha, M (2021) Intra-sector firm performance and its determinants in the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Westminster.
Bowes, D C (2020) An aspirations-led capabilities approach to women's career pathways in quantity surveying, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Organisations, Economy and Society, University of Westminster.
Haddadin, K H (2003) Cultural and institutional barriers to the take-up of construction management in Jordan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Westminster.
Holborough, A M (2015) Ethnicity, education and the transition to the construction labour market: developing an equality framework using a capability approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Westminster.
K'Akumu, O A (2010) The enabling environment for artisanal dimension stone in Nairobi, Kenya, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster.
McLean, W (2018) Technological innovation in architecture: the role of the aberrant practitioner, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: innovation; designer; professional; technological innovation; vocation; interview
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- URL: https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q56v8/technological-innovation-in-architecture-the-role-of-the-aberrant-practitioner
- Abstract:
Technological innovation in architecture can often be attributed to the work or works of individual designers and their unique (tacit) working method. Through an analysis of my published work (articles, essays, edited, coauthored and authored books), I will present how the aberrant creative process which the economist Joseph Schumpeter described as the ‘innovating entrepreneur’ can enlarge the palette of technological possibilities for the architect and define a unique role within the construction industry. The published works survey and explore atypical and innovative technologies and working practices in relation to architecture. The ‘McLean’s Nuggets’ column presented a series of short articles, factual and outliers (provocations in some instances) and established an expansive view of the variety and potential of technology and its application in architecture as a socially beneficial design tool. The essays, papers and books develop these themes in more detail in specific regards to five practitioners of architecture, engineering and art. The thesis has been developed through a literature review and additional interviews with featured professionals to help establish a socio-technicalhistorical context for the published works. The critical research commentary will draw together key themes of the work including innovative construction technologies and the relative acceptance and uptake of these technologies and how the architect designer through innovative or ‘aberrant’ modes of practice can better embrace these innovations in a sociotechnical understanding of architecture. This thesis features the work of five protagonists each working within the field of architecture and each of whom has innovated as much through their working method as through the work itself.
Michielsens, E (2016) Contextualising diversity management: challenging the effectiveness of the business case, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Westminster Business School, University of Westminster.
Ogunkah, I (2015) Rethinking low-cost green building material selection process in the design of low-impact green housing developments, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster.
Sinclair, S (2016) Designing + (dis)assembling disputes: an ethnography of disputes and lawyers in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Law School, University of Westminster.