Theory of architecture

Epistemic ArtefactsA Dialogical Reflectionon Design Research inArchitectureEdited byMatthias Ballestremand Lidia GasperoniArchitectural artefacts are negotiated as epistemic objects, an autonomous and innovative form of knowledge capable of inaugurating and institutionalising architectural research.

This edited volume explores the agency of environmental media in architectural production.

What constitutes a justified assertion and a correct behavior are issues that have been central to Western philosophy.

Modelling Social Housing delves into the intricate relationship between everyday social life and the architectural landscapes of social housing across European cities.

This edited volume explores the agency of environmental media in architectural production.

Modelling Social Housing delves into the intricate relationship between everyday social life and the architectural landscapes of social housing across European cities.

Construct introduces a new category of architecture and engineering in our cities.

Construct introduces a new category of architecture and engineering in our cities.

In this book, Michael Cassidy argues that the built environment should be designed to last physically for a very long time, saving on valuable material resources.

In this book, Michael Cassidy argues that the built environment should be designed to last physically for a very long time, saving on valuable material resources.

Speculative Architectures after Minoritarian Futurisms is a work of architectural theory which understands architecture as a practice of speculation analogous to science fiction.

Speculative Architectures after Minoritarian Futurisms is a work of architectural theory which understands architecture as a practice of speculation analogous to science fiction.

The profound impact that design has on human experience-physically, emotionally, cognitively, or ecologically-is now well established.

The eighth edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city to provide the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies and Planning old and new.

The eighth edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city to provide the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies and Planning old and new.

This book unfolds the artistic and cultural exchanges between China, Persia, and Italy, picturing "e;a Transcultural Renaissance on the Silk Road"e; with fascinating reading of rich images.

This book presents a new way of examining cities to reveal the many and varied meanings which are written into urban landscapes.

This book unfolds the artistic and cultural exchanges between China, Persia, and Italy, picturing "e;a Transcultural Renaissance on the Silk Road"e; with fascinating reading of rich images.

This book peers into the concept of conservation under the framework of sustainability.

This book peers into the concept of conservation under the framework of sustainability.

Chinese Experimental Architecture Or French Poststructuralist Theory: Different Patches of the Concrete starts with a paradox: how the Chinese Cultural Revolution-through its adaptation by French Theory and French Theory's subsequent adaptation by Chinese Experimental Architecture-shaped the Chinese reformative effort to redefine itself, amidst its struggle against colonial dynamics, and against the Cultural Revolution.

This handbook provides fresh insights into the debates and challenges that unfold in the cross-disciplinary field of architecture and anthropology.

This book explores the malleability of race as a construct, one subject to continuous redefinitions in different times, cultures and places.

This handbook provides fresh insights into the debates and challenges that unfold in the cross-disciplinary field of architecture and anthropology.

This book explores the malleability of race as a construct, one subject to continuous redefinitions in different times, cultures and places.

This volume explores issues of repair, maintenance, sustenance, and adaptation within the context of interior design and its histories.

Chinese Experimental Architecture Or French Poststructuralist Theory: Different Patches of the Concrete starts with a paradox: how the Chinese Cultural Revolution-through its adaptation by French Theory and French Theory's subsequent adaptation by Chinese Experimental Architecture-shaped the Chinese reformative effort to redefine itself, amidst its struggle against colonial dynamics, and against the Cultural Revolution.

The profound impact that design has on human experience-physically, emotionally, cognitively, or ecologically-is now well established.

This book presents a new way of examining cities to reveal the many and varied meanings which are written into urban landscapes.

This volume explores issues of repair, maintenance, sustenance, and adaptation within the context of interior design and its histories.

This book provides a fresh look at Alvar Aalto's regional and community planning work, particularly the ways in which he incorporated sustainability, resiliency, energy, and health, and examines how contemporary architects and planners can learn from this approach for the betterment of 21st-century urban design and our future cities.

Focusing on the street as a socio-spatial catalyst, this book fosters a comprehensive conversation on the past, present, and future of streets and public space.

This book brings new scholarship to students on the origins and development of planning thoughts, theories, policies, institutions and practices, outlining how these have shaped planning as a state and professional activity.

This book brings new scholarship to students on the origins and development of planning thoughts, theories, policies, institutions and practices, outlining how these have shaped planning as a state and professional activity.

This book provides a comprehensive and concise introduction of experiments on contemporary issues of language processing and the brain.

This book provides a comprehensive and concise introduction of experiments on contemporary issues of language processing and the brain.

This books offers a novel account of the nature of numbers firmly grounded in results from numerical cognition and the philosophy of mathematics.

This books offers a novel account of the nature of numbers firmly grounded in results from numerical cognition and the philosophy of mathematics.

This book revisits the history of the international garden city town planning movement in the early twentieth century, focusing on the significance of various forms of 'physical culture' - sport, recreation, leisure, and other active body practices - within garden city planning discourse and the development of some of the first garden city communities in the United Kingdom and United States.

This book revisits the history of the international garden city town planning movement in the early twentieth century, focusing on the significance of various forms of 'physical culture' - sport, recreation, leisure, and other active body practices - within garden city planning discourse and the development of some of the first garden city communities in the United Kingdom and United States.

Neurocognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and traumatic brain injuries, have a significant global impact, causing significant challenges for healthcare systems and families.

Neurocognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and traumatic brain injuries, have a significant global impact, causing significant challenges for healthcare systems and families.

The main objective of the book is to teach how to practically construct periodic tessellations with stars and rosettes using an Interactive Geometry Software (IGS).

The main objective of the book is to teach how to practically construct periodic tessellations with stars and rosettes using an Interactive Geometry Software (IGS).