The use to which the Urban Land is put, is largely determined by competition between potential users, such that, land would be converted from one use to another if the demand price or rent bid of one user exceeded that of another potential or the existing ones. Thus land is used for the highest and best use. Theoretically both an optimum use and op... Continue Reading
The starting point of this thesis is not the monument, rather the monumentality is the end product of the synthesis of an idea, an on-rushing phenomenon and an impulse to express human aspirations on a worthy scale - a functional monumental is that attempts to graft our technological knowledge on all branches of the human tree. The architectural fo... Continue Reading
This study is on the exploration of Akwete weaves motifs for adaptation on printed textiles for apparel production. It investigated the traditional hand woven fabrics of the Akwete Igbo And identified a lot of symbolic motifs. This study aimed at adapting and printing these Igbo traditional motifs on cotton fabrics by adopting the screen printing, ... Continue Reading
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of visual communication designs published by the Public Affairs Unit of the Ahmadu Bello University Registry. The specific aim was to develop a prototype Visual Communications Resource that would serve as the ideal tool for advertising university undergraduate programmes, using perceptive principle... Continue Reading
This study seeks to investigate the relationship between continuous assessment (C.A.) scores and examination performance among students in J.S.S. in Plateau State. Five hundred and seven (507) students were randomly selected and tested from thirteen schools in nine of the thirteen Education Inspectorate Zones of Plateau State. Their C.A. scores for... Continue Reading
Production of Refractory Kiln-Shelves and Props Using Local _ Materials Master of Arts, Industrial Design 1991 33 Pages, 3 tables , 3 Figures, 7 Plates. The problems of this study is concerned with exploring into the method of making good kiln-shelves and props which could be more reliable and durable using local materials that are easily obtainabl... Continue Reading
Due to the educational growth and technological advancement in the world, new ideas and innovations are developing in maintaining buildings most especially student centre. Which are difficult to maintain due to the nature of users and the population it accommodates. In Nigeria minimising maintenance problems in buildings demands the creation of spa... Continue Reading
The New Millennium plan is packaged as master plan, against this background, the package would have been packaged as development plan as there cannot be a master plan in a master plan since there is a master plan for Kaduna metropolis. As such this study will address the New Millennium Development Plan as Master Plan as prepared and package. Plan i... Continue Reading
The idea that shopping malls exists for all intents and purposes solely for buying and selling has long passed, Malls now boast of far greater scale in terms of both sizes and activities carried on within; and with such transcendence comes also the need to make it as affordable, comfortable and functional as possible, this is where energy comes int... Continue Reading
This study focuses attention on the effects of assignment method of teaching on students’ performance in art at Effurun in Delta state. The research is based on the descriptive survey method. A total of ten (10) teachers and fifty (50) students from five (5) secondary schools were sampled using the simple random sampling technique. The instrument... Continue Reading
All over tropical Africa, sweeping changes over the last Century have innevitably disturbed traditional life and form. The changing economic, political and social condition have altered peoples basic architectural requirements. This brings us to asking one question. Should one's Culture be thrown apart in the ongoing plethora of modernism or Should... Continue Reading
This study entitled “An Examination of Cloth Weaving and its Socio-economic Impacts of Weaving in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria,” is an attempt to assess and document the socio-economic impacts of weaving in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State. The research is necessitated by the need to survey and asses the soc... Continue Reading
This research was conducted to study the suitabilty of saw dust ash in glass preparations. Saw dust from Isoberlinea doka (doka), Terminalia superba (Afara), Anogeissus leiocarpus (marke) and the mix saw dust (without taking note of the wood type) were used. They were collected from local market Sabon Gari, Zaria. The saw dusts were ashed using muf... Continue Reading
In 2014, the World Health Organization in Nigeria recorded 150,000 new cancer cases with an estimated mortality rate of about 80,000. Even with this frightening statistic, there are few cancer clinics and only 11 cancer registries which are located in various teaching hospitals in different parts of the country. These facilities were approached usi... Continue Reading
Sculpture, over time, has evolved and through the period of its evolution sculptors have derived inspiration from diverse sources, Pablo Picasso and Amideo Modigliani explored African mask for their paintings and sculptures, this direction has influenced to a large extent the trend of contemporary sculpture. The problem of this research therefore, ... Continue Reading