The sheer computing power of modern information technology is changing the face of research not just in science, technology and mathematics, but in humanities and cultural studies too.
When we draw basic geometric forms - lines, circles, points - to describe the possible future shape of our buildings and our cities, do we consider what predetermined social interactions are embedded in those forms?
(Un)Common Precedents in Architectural Design calls for an attentive examination of the uncommon that inspires creativity, prompting a re-examination of both common and marginalised precedents.
When we draw basic geometric forms - lines, circles, points - to describe the possible future shape of our buildings and our cities, do we consider what predetermined social interactions are embedded in those forms?
(Un)Common Precedents in Architectural Design calls for an attentive examination of the uncommon that inspires creativity, prompting a re-examination of both common and marginalised precedents.
This book explores how innovative shading design improves psychological comfort in synaptic spaces – those dynamic and transitional built environments where people connect, engage, and interact.
This book explores how innovative shading design improves psychological comfort in synaptic spaces – those dynamic and transitional built environments where people connect, engage, and interact.
The Dual Approach in Architectural Design, and Contemporary Chinese ResonancesXi Ye is an academic at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at Macau University of Scienceand Technology.
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.
The Dual Approach in Architectural Design, and Contemporary Chinese ResonancesXi Ye is an academic at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at Macau University of Scienceand Technology.
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.
Modelling Social Housing delves into the intricate relationship between everyday social life and the architectural landscapes of social housing across European cities.
Modelling Social Housing delves into the intricate relationship between everyday social life and the architectural landscapes of social housing across European 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 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 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.
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.
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 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.
