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Built Environments I (DESST 1006)

e-Research topic 19

Martin Towers

Construction of the 94 apartments - Martin Towers - to be built above the John Martin's Carpark on North Terrace has recently commenced with a design described by Ron Radford, Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia (one of the chief objectors to the development) as "architecturally dismal, not to say appallingly ugly". (Advertiser, 11th January 2003, page10) Is this a fair criticism?

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Chapman, Jemma. "Spot the difference. The 'ugly' apartment plans get new look", Advertiser, 11th January 2003, page 10.

Sullivan, Tom. "Martin Towers still a goer -- despite the critics", City Messenger, 10th July 2002, page 3.

Doherty, Elissa. "New-look apartments over Johnnies carpark get OK", City Messenger, 22nd January 2003, page 5.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Leach, Neil. The anaesthetics of architecture. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1999.
Main collection 720.1 L434a

Farbstein, Jay, Kantrowitz, Min. People in places: experiencing, using, and changing the built environment. Englewood Cliffs, NJ., Prentice-Hall, 1978.
Main Collection 155.91 F219p

Gehl, Jan and Soholt, Helle. Public spaces and public life. Adelaide, Planning SA, 2002.

Mehrabian, Albert. Public places and private spaces: the psychology of work, play, and living environments. New York, Basic Books, 1976.
Main Collection 155.9 M498p

Place and placemaking: proceedings of the PAPER 85 Conference. Melbourne, Association of People and Physical Environment Research, 1985.
Main Collection 720.103 P214p

Other Articles
Remember that you can use a number of databases to find articles on the topic. The articles listed below are merely a selection, find others through Australia/New Zealand reference centre, ElectricLibrary and LexisNexis. Click here for suggestions for quick ways of effective searching.

Frampton, Kenneth. "Universalism and or Regionalism: untimely reflections on the future of the new", Domus, no.782, May 1996, pages 4-8.

Hakim, Besim S. "Elements of Architecture: from form to place", Journal of Architectural Education, vol.47, no.3, pages 182-183.

Web sites
North Terrace Redevelopment Project

Adelaide City Council

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS and HANDBOOKS are useful sources for background information.

Encyclopedia of architecture, design, engineering & construction. Wiley, New York, 1990.
Reference collection 720.3 W682"
'Places', in "Urban design: the creation of livable cities", vol.5, pages 181-183. "Role of the architect", vol.4, pages 279-300. "Theory of architecture", vol.4, pages 84-110.

Ching, F. D. K. Visual dictionary of architecture. Wiley, New York, 1997.
Reference collection 720.3 C539v
Instead of an alphabetical listing, the information is clustered around basic aspects of architecture with words placed in their visual context. Included are fundamental terms relating to architectural design, history and technology.

Fleming, J. Penguin dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. 5th ed. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1998.
Reference collection 720.3 F597p
Landscape architecture", pages 328-330. "Urban design", pages 595-596.

The following handbooks present guidelines for architectural design over a range of activities, building types, and environments. These follow European or North American precedents, remember to check with Australian codes.

Architect's data.
(Neufert) 3rd ed. Oxford, Blackwell Science Publishers, 2000.
Reference collection 721.0212 N482a.3

Metric handbook: planning and design data. 2nd ed. Oxford, Architectural Press, 1999.
Reference collection 721.0212 N532.2

Time-saver standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data. 2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Reference collection 712.0212 H313t.2

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Use INDEXES and DATABASES to find what articles or papers have been written on your topic

These databases use Boolean operators, in most cases it is safe to use the words AND or OR (with brackets) but there may be other codes used for truncation, such as an asterisk *. Search notes are provided for each database but if you don't get the results you expect, please check with the Architecture Librarian, Kay Leverett.

The databases listed below include information on urban design, landscape architecture and a sense of place.

ARCH - indexes Australian architectural and design journals.   click here for search notes
APA-FT - indexes a range of Australian journals in the social sciences, full text of articles provided from 1995 for some 200 journals.   For search notes see ARCH
Australia/New Zealand reference centre - indexes articles in journals and major newspapers from Australia and New Zealand.      click here for search notes
BUILD - from the CSIRO, indexes journals, books and research reports on building and construction in Australia.   For search notes see ARCH
AHB; Australian heritage bibliography - from the Australian Heritage Commission, indexing articles on heritage issues in the natural and built environments.   For search notes see ARCH
ElectricLibrary - includes full text of major Australian newspapers, some general encyclopedias and journals.     click here for search notes

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Avery Index - an international index for architectural and design journals. click here for search notes
EAI: Expanded Academic Index - covers a wide range of journals. Provides full text for many of the articles.     click here for search notes
GEOBASE - an international index of articles, books and research reports on urban geography. For search techniques see ARCH
LexisNexis - a huge international database; includes full text Australian newspapers.      click here for search notes
PsycInfo - includes environmental psychology.   For search notes see ARCH

This is only a small selection of possible databases, if you don't find what you need here, please come and see me, Kay Leverett, Architecture Librarian, or contact me by phone (8303 4659) or email: kay.leverett@adelaide.edu.au