An architecture for Wichita (Kansas)

dc.contributor.advisorCannady, William T.en_US
dc.creatorReber, Ralfe David, Jren_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:34:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:34:04Zen_US
dc.date.issued1991en_US
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.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible.en_US
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dc.identifier.callnoThesis Arch. 1991 Reberen_US
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>.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2896en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13555en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectArchitectureen_US
dc.subjectUrban planningen_US
dc.subjectRegional planningen_US
dc.titleAn architecture for Wichita (Kansas)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architectureen_US
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