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Architecture And Typography: The Space Beyond The Text Item Info
- Title:
- Architecture And Typography: The Space Beyond The Text
- Granting Institution:
- Dalhousie University
- Author:
- Smith, Adam Mackenzie
- Level:
- Master’s
- Discipline:
- Architecture
- Date Created:
- 2011-03-01
- Subjects:
- Architecture Typography
- Keywords:
- Architecture Typography
- Location:
- Nova Scotia
- Abstract:
- This thesis considers the design of a combined industrial printing and publishing house as a semi-public institution. The site is in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The institution includes a bookstore, archive, studio, book conservation facility, and guest rooms, in addition to printing and publishing. Research included relevant literature, an applied course in typography, and a working visit to Gaspereau Press. The way program elements are brought together and overlap relates to the formal strategies of spatial organization in typography. The design as a setting for human activity relates to the relationship between text and content in the activity of reading. The simultaneous presence of the practical and the creative in the practice of architectural design is also explored in relation to typographic practice. The intention is to clarify both the object of design and the practice of design in comparison to both aspects in typography. This then further clarifies the relation of the program to the built work.
- Format:
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Architecture And Typography: The Space Beyond The Text", Typography Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection, INFO663 Team 2 Spring 2025
- Reference Link:
- https://info663-sp25.github.io//team2/items/etd018.html
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- Rights:
- Permission is herewith granted to Dalhousie University to circulate and to have copied for non-commercial purposes, at its discretion, the above title upon the request of individuals or institutions. I understand that my thesis will be electronically available to the public. The author reserves other publication rights, and neither the thesis nor extensive extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author’s written permission. The author attests that permission has been obtained for the use of any copyrighted material appearing in the thesis (other than brief excerpts requiring only proper acknowledgement in scholarly writing), and that all such use is clearly acknowledged.