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This Is A Comprehensive Guide To All That An Architecture Student Might Need To Know About Undertaking The Dissertation. The Book Provides A Plain Guide Through The Whole Process Of Starting, Writing, Preparing And Submitting A Dissertation With Minimum Stress And Frustration.the Third Edition Has Been Revised Throughout To Bring The Text Up-to-date For A New Generation Of Students. Five New And Complete Dissertations Demonstrate And Exemplify All The Advice And Issues Raised In The Main Text. These Dissertations Are On Subjects From The Uk, Usa, Europe And Asia And Offer Insights Into How To Get It Just Right. Starting -- Researching -- Writing -- Presenting -- Afterwards -- Dissertation Examples -- Joesph Godlewski / Alien And Distant: Rem Koolhaas On Film In Lagos, Nigeria -- Ocean Howell / The Creative Class And The Gentrifying City: Skateboarding In Philadelphia's Love Park -- Mairi Johnson / One Upon A Sign: Relationships Of Architecture And Narrative In The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Joanna Rapp / A Geometrical Analysis Of Multiple Viewpoint Perspective In The Work Of Giovanni Battista Piranesi: An Application Of Geometric Restitution Of Perspective -- Amy Thomas / 'mart Of The World': An Architectural And Geographical History Of The London Stock Exchange. Iain Borden And Katerina Rüedi Ray. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.