Theory of architecture

Recently there has been a plethora of work published on the topic of sustainability, much of which is purely theoretical or technical in its approach.

While the potential of agency is most frequently taken to be the power and freedom to act for oneself, for the architectural community this also involves the power and responsibility to act as intermediaries on behalf of others.

Emerging Practices in Architectural Pedagogy explores the emergent techniques in architectural education that are helping to bridge the gap between the institutional setting and working practice.

Christian Norberg-Schulz's Interpretation of Heidegger's Philosophy investigates the theoretical contribution of the world-renowned Norwegian architectural theorist Christian Norberg-Schulz (1926 - 2000) and considers his architectural interpretation of the writings of German philosopher Martin Heidegger.

Providing the most comprehensive source available, this book surveys the state of the art in artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to architecture.

This book explores contemporary urban experiences and how they are connected to practices of sharing and collaboration.

The main focus of this unique book is an in-depth examination of the polygonal technique; the primary method used by master artists of the past in creating Islamic geometric patterns.

This book examines the idea of organism in the work of Louis I.

This significant reader brings together for the first time the most important essays concerning the intersecting subjects of gender, space and architecture.

While most books on architecture concentrate on spatial themes, this book explores architecture's temporal dimensions.

Buildings are increasingly 'dynamic': equipped with sensors, actuators and controllers, they 'self-adjust' in response to changes in the external and internal environments and patterns of use.

This book examines reconstruction and resilience of historic cities and societies from multiple disciplinary and complementary perspectives and, by doing so, it helps researchers and practitioners alike, among them reconstruction managers, urban governance and professionals.

This book is the first English translation of the German architect Bruno Taut's early twentieth-century anthology Die Stadtkrone (The City Crown).

Unvoreingenommene Perspektiven und unerwartete Kombinationen sind Merkmale kreativer Zustände.

The first study in English of Vitruvius'' De architectura to take the work seriously as a literary and cultural product.

Back to the Future explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends such as regional governance and the role of nonprofits.

This major new text presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times.

Brought together for the first time - the seminal writing on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorist of the twentieth century.

This collection of essays addresses and defines the state of contemporary theories and practices of space: it is concerned with the growing importance of technology and communications, the effects of globalization and the change of social demands.

Originally published in Italian in 2010, this book is the first to address the theory of atmospheres in a thorough and systematic way.

This anthology of selected works outlines three critical instigators of architecture, all tied directly to the tectonic makeup of our built environment - place, material, and assembly.

This book offers the first, comprehensive guide to planning and conducting intracranial EEG studies, and analyzing intracranial EEG data.

An understanding of architects' character traits can offer important insights into how they design buildings.

Planning is centrally focused on places which are significant to people, including both the built and natural environments.

The Return of Nature asks you to critique your conception of nature and your approach to architectural sustainability and green design.

This important new book presents an introduction to Environmental Neuroscience, an emerging field devoted to the study of brain-mediated bidirectional relationships between organisms and their physical environments.

This handbook provides readers with a well-illustrated and readable comparative guide to proportion systems in architecture, setting out the mathematical principles that underlie the main systems and illustrating these with examples of their use in historical and modern buildings.

LIFE: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry examines nature, cognition and society as an interwoven tapestry across disciplinary boundaries.

Niche Tactics aligns architecture's relationship with site with its ecological analogue: the relationship between an organism and its environment.

The issues surrounding the function and meaning of vernacular architecture in the twenty-first century are complex and extensive.

The Architecture of Change: Building a Better World is a collection of articles that demonstrates the power of the human spirit to transform the environments in which we live.

A new, critical edition of Vitruvius'' Ten Books of Architecture.

This book sheds light on a particular facet of the link between politics and Islam through the analysis of the relationship between Islamism and the built environment.

A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, this volume brings into focus the discourse around proportion with current problems of post-humanism in architecture alongside the new possibilities made available through digital technologies.

Ugly, Useless, Unstable Architectures traces productive intersections between architecture and the discourses of Post-Structuralism and New Materialism.

Ugly, Useless, Unstable Architectures traces productive intersections between architecture and the discourses of Post-Structuralism and New Materialism.

Frank Lloyd Wright : The Early Years : Progressivism : Aesthetics : Cities examines Wright's belief that all aspects of human life must embrace and celebrate an aesthetic experience that would thereby lead to necessary social reforms.

This book explores the role of silence in how we design, present and experi-ence architecture.

Analysing the reception of contemporary French philosophy in architecture over the last four decades, Adventures with the Theory of the Baroque and French Philosophy discusses the problematic nature of importing philosophical categories into architecture.

'Truly eye-opening' The TimesDiscover what your dog is thinking in this groundbreaking book by a world-renowned neuroscientist and a highly respected dog trainer.

Health and happiness are fundamental to human quality of life.

By linking building theory to the emancipatory project of critique advanced by radical thinkers in our time, this work investigates the key conceptual and historical elements that culminate in an emancipatory theory of building entitled: 'Toward a philosophy of shelter'.

Each architectural design is a new history.

As with so many facets of contemporary western life, architecture and space are often experienced and understood as a commodity or product.

This book examines what seems to be the basic challenge in neuroscience today: understanding how experience generated by the human brain is related to the physical world we live in.

This book explores the relationship between architecture, government and fire.

Why and how was the term 'built environment' first introduced?

This fascinating argument from Jonathan Hill presents the case for the significance and importance of the immaterial in architecture.