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Item A beef cattle research facility(Texas Tech University, 1989-12) Cooper, Patrick C.Beefcattle are the most important livestock in the agricultural economy of Texas. Central West Texas is the center of the U.S. cattle feeding industry producing twenty-two percent of the nation's supply of fed beef. During 1984, over five millon cattle were fed in this area, making Central West Texas cattle feeding a $3.5 billion industry. Beef is very popular, yet with greater national awareness of diet and health, the cattle feeding industry has had to place much emphasis on producing leaner beef. This has been accomplished to some extent with conventional research, but new technologies must be applied to make major advances in the economic efficiency of feeding cattle. The new existing facilities are soley pragmatic solutions consistíng of cormgated steel buildings with no regard to form, space, or image. Architecture, through form, space, and expression of technology and stucture, can enhance the educatíonal and research aspects of the agricultural industry and possibly give it its own new image.Item A center for ecological studies of the Arizona-Sonora desert: part II(Texas Tech University, 1971-05) Berry, Vernon HNot availableItem A junior high school for Lubbock Independent School District(Texas Tech University, 1982-05) Billings, JamieNoneItem A senior high school for Frenship Independent School District(Texas Tech University, 1988-05) Bazán, Elliott J.The design focus of this school is to use the sun as the designing element in its site orientation, lighting, and passive solar heating systems. This design will also allow me to depart from the traditional "box school" and develop an open, expanded campus which will allow me to design some sort of visual integration of outdoor and indoor spaces. Through this design I hope to provide a pleasing and stimulating environment for sound and varied educational backgrounds.This design should help create an inviting atmosphere which would stimulate anticipation of learning activities and flexible to met the needs of student and community.Item American popular culture aesthetics(Texas Tech University, 1991-05) Cox, Berry ShawnThrough the analysis of the popular cultures' expressive media and the associated aesthetic characteristics, an architecture will be generated from these characteristics which is created specifically for and thus related to the aesthetic values and preferences of American popular culture.Item An offshore research and production facility in the Philippine Sea(Texas Tech University, 1981-05) Berry, John HaroldIn today's world, man is facing the crucial impacts of staggering population growth, increased food and energy consumption, and increasing dependence upon available natural resources. Solutions have been proposed and implemented-birth control, soil conservation, energy conservation, fuel efficiency, and oil, gas, and coal production increases are just a few. These apparent answers are the views of Western societies, though the most acute deprivations occur in the developing Eastern cultures. The recent "energy crisis" has emphasized the consequence of mass industrialization. The answer to this dilemma is not energy independence or making more and using less; it can only be seen in a comprehensive reevalution of the world's energy needs and potential energy sources. As OPEC dominates the world petroleum market, the gluttonous industrialized countries are forced to research and develop alternative energy reservoirs. To anticipate future energy directions, one must establish a clear distinction between non-renewable and renewable energy potentials. This creates an obvious failure in dependence upon fossil fuels. It is debatable whether the world will reach maximum petroleum production in 1990 or beyond 2000, but it is inevitable. Coal and natural gas are also resources in finite quantities. Present day attention is now focused upon the capitalization of the natural energy that surrounds us continuously - air movement, thermal absorption and radiation exposure. This thesis will be limited to the investigation of these constantly renewable energy sources as they exist in the marine environment. The energy production technologies to be implemented will include Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), wave energy conversion, wind energy conversion, and the diversified aspects of solar energy. To prevent the exploitation of these resources and the delicately balanced cycles within the marine environment, one must seek a natural integral system. Integral in the sense of a unified whole, by definition "essential to completeness". To achieve this integral design there will be greater emphasis upon process than with realized form. As man extends his built environment further into the oceans, a distinct possibility is that this coexistence will be of greater benefit to the marine inhabitants than it will be to the human users. Evidence shows an increase in the biological populations due to man-made marine structures.Item Item Roman Catholic Church in De Soto, Texas(Texas Tech University, 1985-12) Adamcik, Marcia JNot Available.Item Social and physical aspects of space concerning day care centers or nurseries for children(Texas Tech University, 1978-05) Frazell, William M.Not availableItem The development of industrialized culturally-oriented speculative housing: a systems approach(Texas Tech University, 1974-05) Beard, RonThe topic of this thesis shall be an investigation into the validity of approaching the speculative housing problem on an industrialized, culturally-oriented solution utilizing a systems approach.