Digital Poetics celebrates the architectural design exuberance made possible by new digital modelling techniques and fabrication technologies. By presenting an unconventional and original humanistic theory of CAD (computer-aided design), the autho...Loe edasi...
Todays architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanliness. A resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and...Loe edasi...
This book is a collection of urban research and architectural projects by award-winning architect Nigel Bertram, using observation as a design tool and design as an observational method. Through this process, a position on the making of architecture...Loe edasi...
Marcel Duchamp and the Architecture of Desire examines the link between architectural thinking and Duchamps work. By employing design, drawing and making - the tools of the architect - Haralambidous work performs an architectural analysis of Duch...Loe edasi...
During the last 30 years, technological, social, economic and environmental changes have brought about the most dramatic evolution to architectural practice that has taken place since the profession emerged during the Italian Renaissance. Whilst the...Loe edasi...
Most architectural books written by practising architects fall into two categories: theoretical texts, or monographs that describe and illustrate the authors projects. This book combines both, as it explores and illustrates the methodological journ...Loe edasi...
Architectural discourse is dominated by a false dichotomy between design and chance, and governed by the belief that the architects role is to defend against the indeterminate, this book challenges this position, arguing for the need to develop a m...Loe edasi...
A Musicology for Landscape makes available to a wider landscape architecture and urban design audience the works of three influential composers - Morton Feldman, Gyorgi Ligeti and Michael Finnissy - presenting a critical evaluation of their work wit...Loe edasi...
Architecture of Resistance investigates the relationship between architecture, politics and power, and how these factors interplay in light of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict....Loe edasi...
Expanding Disciplinarity in Architectural Practice presents an interdisciplinary exploration of design thinking and practice, drawing on strategy and planning; landscape; infrastructure; urbanism; historical conservation and interpretation...Loe edasi...
