Demolition

This would be a very facsinating topic for a dissertation and could be something worth researching! Take a look at some of our examples below:

Example demolition dissertation topic 1:

The wilful destruction of the urban landscape.

Using Bristol as an example, this dissertation argues that central planners were cumulatively responsible, within the two cities, for the wilful destruction of distinctive architecture with the period 1930-1970. In so doing, this dissertation uses a range of primary sources from local opinion polls to the records of organisations such as the Bristol Civic Society who were vocal critics of such regeneration schemes such as that undertaken at Broadmead. This dissertation uses not only a knowledge of architectural movements within the mid-decades of the twentieth century but also benefits from an understanding of the needs of architectural preservation. Accordingly, it argues that within Bristol more effort should have been taken to the adaptation of buildings (through, for instance, the retention of facades whilst ‘gutting’ the interior), rather than the wholesale demolition of the entirety of buildings to make way for the modern.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Foyle, A. (2004). Bristol: Pevsner city guide. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
• Inglis, J. (2009). ‘The changing fortunes of Britain’s ‘heritage’ of historic buildings since 1945′, History Compass, Vol. 7, pp. 1509-1525.
• King, A.D. (2004). Spaces of global cultures: Architecture, urbanism, identity. London: Routledge.