Aesthetics in the Constructed Environment
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Responding to Aesthetic Values at Shoshone Falls
Above Par Storm-Water Management
Storm water treatment wetlands like the one on a golf course adjacent to Alabama's Mobile Bay are only marginally more expensive to construct than wet ponds, but offer distinct...
San Francisco Bay's Jeweled Necklace (Available only in
When one looks at a map of San Francisco Bay, three bridges stand out to form a link around the central part of the Bay. At night, it takes little imagination for one to see the lights...
Bridge Aesthetics and Citizen Participation
Using Public Surveys to Assess Aesthetic Resource Impacts
UCLA Complex Designed for Earthquakes and Aesthetics
Aesthetic Considerations in the Design of a Stack Extension
The Connecticut D.E.P. mandated increase in height of the boiler stack at Backus Hospital in Norwich, CT presented many problems. Adding a new 45 foot vertical section atop the old brick...
Aesthetic Issues in Timber Bridges
The vocabulary of visual design and several generally accepted major principles of visual design are reviewed in order to provide a 'context' for case studies of award-winning timber bridges....
Estimating Maintenance Cost of Existing Stormwater Retention Ponds
The 280-acre Kensington Business Park includes 11 stormwater retention ponds that were also designed to provide aesthetic enhancement. Maintenance of these ponds became a concern when...
Developing a Workable Public Input Process for Aesthetics and Recreational Needs During Hydropower Licensing
Aesthetics and recreation are becoming increasingly important issues during hydropower licensing. A variety of regulations and legislation mandate the protection of instream flows for...
CAD System for Structural Aesthetics of Bridge Form
An exploratory design process for aesthetic bridge structure is proposed in this paper through developing a prototype of comprehensive CAD system. This process is conceived not only for...
Aesthetics in High Speed Rail Projects
Aesthetics is critical to the public acceptance and quality of the experience of a high-speed rail system. Social, functional, visual, kinetic, and symbolic aesthetics have specific design...
Retrofitting a Detention Facility for Improved Quantity Control
Historically, detention facilities in the U.S. were first designed, constructed and operated for the single purpose of flood control. This led to a second phase, in which recreation and...
Guideway Underbellies, Legs and Feet: Aesthetic Opportunities
Design aspects of APM elements that become permanent part of an urban or park setting are identified and examined. Numerous examples from operating systems and conceptual APM designs are...
A Better Grade Of Grade
A new technique for using geogrid reinforcement to construct natural-looking steep earth slopes called landform contour grading helped meet engineering, economic and aesthetic challenges...
Regulating Visual Quality of the California Coastline
Structural Aesthetics
When the design and construction of a building was the responsibility of a single individual, interaction between the aesthetics of architecture and the demands of structure did not exist...
Preparing the Engineer to Deal with Aesthetics
Putting Aesthetics Into the Civil Engineering Curriculum
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