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    • Bismarck State Hospital 

      Hoffmann, Kaspari (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      The premise of this project is how people regularly encounter architecture and how design has the potential to positively impact mental health and enable more independence in the lives of people who are affected by it. ...
    • Black Hills Conservation Center : connecting back to the environment 

      Johnson, Aaron (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      This thesis looks to answer the question: “How can we create architecture that connects us back to the environment?” A conservation center is the project typology for this thesis, located in Spearfish, SD. The design looks ...
    • body soul inHABIT 

      Cayley-Wieler, Jill (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      This thesis investigates the human body and its proportions in relation to the comfort and security experienced within a space. This thesis also takes a deeper analytical look at how the treatment of our own bodies has ...
    • Boecraft Continuum 

      Kaesmeyer, Jared (North Dakota State University, 2022)
      What is tradition? Careening 100 miles per hour across a thin shelf of ice, compelled solely by a precise manipulation of the wind atop razor sharp steel blades? This sounds more like a death wish than tradition. Yet ...
    • Boom Abodes : Designing for the Transition 

      Davis, Benjamin (North Dakota State University, 2011)
      With recent technological advances in oil extraction, communities across the Midwest are being hit by an oil boom. With a rapid growth of migrant workers flooding in to rural counties, economic strain and housing shortages ...
    • Borderwalk: Spatial Politics and Cultural Intimacies on the U.S.-Mexican Border 

      Kuster, Kristopher (North Dakota State University, 2012)
      By definition, borders lie on the edges. This project investigates the spatial implications of politically defined borders, and the effects that these materializations have in the context of urban space and the movement ...
    • Borrowed Past: Reexamining High-Density Housing in South Korea 

      Klinger, Elliott (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      South Korea has made a lot of progress in the last 6 decades; from being one of the poorest countries to having the 11th largest economy in the world. The country transformed rapidly after the Korean War and today represents ...
    • Bottega - Desire and Distance: A Journey Through Storied Architecture, Art, and Fashion in Venice, California 

      Monsebroten, Rachel (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      While we are constantly immersed in a world driven by efficiency and immediacy, the result is a collapsed distance of seduction and desire and a diluted connection to making and the arts. Venice, California was intended ...
    • Branch ONE: A Treehouse Retreat 

      Bjornrud, Linn (North Dakota State University, 2005)
      The tree house is a concept that puts excitement into the eyes and hearts of children everywhere. What is unique is that the same affect is had on many adults when asked about it. This is due to the fact that nearly ...
    • Brazen Center for the Performing Arts, Moorhead, Minnesota 

      Siggerud, Ryan (North Dakota State University, 2006)
      This thesis protect consists of creating a bioclimatic performing arts center in Moorhead, Minnesota. The thesis will examine the correspondence between the biological imperatives of human sustainability and the deep ...
    • Breach: Building Integrated Flood Protection, Addressing the Inadequate Response to the Flood of 1997 by the City of Grand Forks 

      Naastad, Tanner (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      In response to The Flood of 1997, the city of Grand Forks, ND constructed a flood wall along the river. It protected the citizens from the seasonal floods but it was an inadequate solution. It created a physical, visual, ...
    • Breaking Barriers by Preserving the Future: Fergus Falls Kirkbride 

      Hurley, DeAnna (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      The thought came to me over the Summer when I was visiting my hometown. There is a historical building called the Regional Treatment Center (RTC), and over the years, I have seen many attempts to repurpose it, but all ...
    • Breaking Barriers: A Women's Retreat Center for Access, Agency, and Advocacy 

      Wilson, Cassidy (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      It is frightening being a woman in today’s society, as our rights are continuously threatened. The lack of access to healthcare and the prevalence of domestic violence, abuse, and trafficking makes it crucial to create ...
    • Breaking the Habit: A Fight Against the Monotony of Tract Housing 

      Wangler, Andrew (North Dakota State University, 2023)
      This project looks at tract housing from the perspective of the homeowner. Tract housing has caused an identity crisis within neighborhoods across the nation, and it’s time we start taking a more forward approach to ...
    • Breaking The Mold: Exploring the Recreation of Fitness Design in a Natural Setting 

      Sullivan, Dylan (North Dakota State University, 2017)
      Since the beginning of time, mankind has maintained a profound connection with their physical fitness and the World around them. However, modern day practices are distrupting these formerly innate behaviors. The lethargic ...
    • Brewing Up a Community 

      Huebsch, John (North Dakota State University, 2013)
      This thesis begins to answer the question: through design how can different zoning types, such as commercial and industrial, be built to create a hybrid structure that would complement each zoning type? The Typology used ...
    • Bridge: A Library as Interconnection for Culture and Function 

      Vang, Shelley (North Dakota State University, 2018)
      My thesis is focused on creating an opportunity for the exchange and connection between individuals, cultures, communities, and knowledge we gain from one another. Located in the Fargo-Moorhead area, the two cities have a ...
    • Bridging program and place 

      Lyseng, Mackenzie (North Dakota State University, 2015)
      A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students, yet so often our school buildings do little to suggest that any learning occurs inside. Our schools should be designed in a way that enhances the learning ...
    • Bridging the gap - sustainability through technê 

      Burley, Holly (North Dakota State University, 2014)
      This thesis explores the relationship between experiential and scientific approaches to sustainability and the architectural approaches to the hot-button issue. It will provide an example of how an environment can encourage ...
    • Bridging the Gap: Adaptive Reuse of an Intergenerational Learning Center 

      Hirstein, Alexandra (North Dakota State University, 2016)
      This design thesis adaptively reuses the former St. Louis County Jail to house an independent living facility and a preschool that incorporates an Intergenerational Learning Center, located in the Downtown Waterfront ...