Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why Write a Dissertation? -- Starting -- What is a Dissertation? -- Selecting a Dissertation Subject -- Assessing a Dissertation Subject -- Choosing and Working with a Supervisor -- Writing a Proposal -- Researching -- What is Research? -- Historical and Critical Methodology -- Research Techniques -- Libraries and Archives -- The Internet -- Preparing -- Structuring a Dissertation -- Working Methods -- Plagiarism -- Submitting a Draft -- Word-Processing -- Alternative Dissertations -- Presenting -- General Presentation -- Computer Software -- Assessment Criteria -- Oral Examinations -- Further Research and Study -- Publications -- Troubleshooting -- Dissertation Excerpts -- The Barber-Surgeons' Anatomy Theatre / Susannah Bach -- Interrogating the Indian Condition: Some Problems with the Frameworks of Architect Charles Correa / Megha Chand -- Investigation of a Traders' Route: Analysis of the Street Edge which Informs Public Space, with Reference to the Indian City of Jaipur, Isfahan in Iran and Harare, Zimbabwe / Kathryn Ewing -- A Society in Transition: the Social and Spatial Production of the Aged Identity in the Changing Landscapes of Care Environments / Alvin Foo Tze Yang -- The Architecture of Omniscience: Codes, Grafts and the Representation of the Work of Michael Sorkin / Alexander Franklin -- The Museum of the Museum / Paul Gardiner -- The Blooming D'Or / Robert Holford -- The Charterhouse of Parkminster / Michael Levey -- This Dream Upon the Water: the Representation of a City in Literature--Venice / Anna Radcliffe -- A Speculative Investigation into the Sacred and Aesthetic Principles of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Architecture, with particular reference to St Vincent Street Church / E.J. Taylor -- I'm Astounded By People Who Want To 'Know' The Universe When It's Hard Enough To Find Your Way Around Chinatown: an Essay In Unsymbolisation / Huw Williams.

-- Includes extracts from first class UK and US dissertations-- Helps architectural students organise and direct their studies-- Will help students get better marks-- Combined UK and US author team for international appeal

Dissertation: an Architecture Student's Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all that an architecture student might need to know about writing a dissertation. It clearly navigates the student through the whole process of starting, writing, preparing and submitting a dissertation, as well as suggesting what to do after the dissertation has been completed.