An architecture for Wichita (Kansas)

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dc.contributor.advisorCannady, William T.
dc.creatorReber, Ralfe David, Jr
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:34:04Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:34:04Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.description.abstractAn improbable relationship exists between monumentality, which is called Apollonian--universal and timeless--and regionalism, which is Dionysian--local and time-specific. A city requires an architecture that is both, an architecture that monumentalizes what is unique about itself and its people. Wichita, Kansas, is a city that sits in the middle of the vast grid of the American Midwest. It also suffers from a sort of identity crisis typical of that region. What images for Wichita should be promoted, and how? An urban design scheme which establishes the Arkansas River as a monument for the city and which reinforces the genius loci of the area is proposed, along with a specific project for a hotel to provide a social forum in the center of the city and show how future building might relate to the scheme.
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dc.format.extent70 pp
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Arch. 1991 Reber
dc.identifier.citationReber, Ralfe David, Jr. "An architecture for Wichita (Kansas)." (1991) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13555">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13555</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2896
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13555
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectUrban planning
dc.subjectRegional planning
dc.titleAn architecture for Wichita (Kansas)
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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