Architecture - Criticism

A small but mighty compilation of Chipperfield's manifold writings on architectural theory and praxisSince establishing his office more than four decades ago, British architect David Chipperfield (born 1953) has often turned to writing to make sense of his profession. Operating by turns as theorist,...

On August 13, 1961, under the cover of darkness, East German authorities sealed the border between East and West Berlin using a hastily constructed barbed wire fence. Over the next twenty-eight years of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall grew to become an ever-present...

This provocative collection of essays is the first book-length treatment of the development of modern architecture in the Middle East. Ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the twentieth century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, postwar Turkey, and on to present-day Iraq, the...

A rigorous interrogation of design pedagogy and practice from members of the Space Design Department at HEAD, Geneva University of Art and DesignThis volume explores archives, documents and design processes from projects by the Space Design Department at HEAD, Geneva, through a series of...

Set in a near future with advanced AI technology, In-Between constructs a dialogue between architectural elements and the human beings that inhabit themUsing the Japan Pavilion of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, In-Between stages a balanced dialogue between the building's constituent elements--the Hole, Wall...

The UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, Building Cultures and Sustainable Development presents her thoughts on the physical and psychological capabilities of lightGrowing out of her experience with earthen architecture and development in Bangladesh, German architect Anna Heringer (born 1977) presents her contemplations on light...

Envisioned as a diagram in itself, OMA's compendium of data visualizations unites historical and contemporary analyses of geography, migration, inequality and more Organized by Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Diagrams explores the production, significance and consequences of visual communications and infographics,...

Photography does not represent space. Space is produced photographically. Since its inception in the 19th century, photography has brought to light a vast array of represented subjects. Always situated in some spatial order, photographic representations have been operatively underpinned by social, technical, and institutional...

'The artwork is no longer the integral part of the exhibition; to curate an exhibition is to curate an experience.' Bridging the gap between curatorial practices and spatial display methods, this book considers the impact of exhibition design not only on the material structure...

The curators of architecture exhibitions are often concerned with the problem of how to present objects that ultimately cannot be brought into the exhibition space. Such shows are often difficult for lay audiences to interpret; little focus is placed on communication. However, there are...

How do we live well?The first sentence of Grace and Gravity raises the fundamental question that constantly occupies our minds-and of all those who lived before us. Paradoxically, the impossibility of answering this question opens up the very room needed to find ways of...

Australian architect Robin Boyd (1919-1971) advocated tirelessly for the voice of Australian architects so that there could be an architecture that might speak to Australian conditions and sensibilities.His legacy continues in the work of contemporary Australian architects yet also prompts a way forward for...

Ontology of Construction explores theories of construction in modern architecture, focusing on the relationship between nihilism of technology and architecture. The essays articulate the implications of technology in works by such architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Mies Van der Rohe. Hartoonian...

Author: Annie KellyISBN-10: 0847848264ISBN-13: 9780847848263Publisher: Rizzoli International PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2016Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.50lbsSize: 11.20h x 9.30w x 1.00d

Fairground Theory goes behind the scenes of the travelling fair - exploring its design, its atmosphere, and the people and processes that make it happen - in order to develop the first architectural theory of the fair. Even well-known places can be made strange...

Exhibition design has long been studied in the fields of art, design and architecture, but the focus has been on the design of the exhibition narrative, rather than the design as interior space. This book breaks new ground, exploring the complex relationships which exist...

The essential guide to beginning your career in architecture The Architecture Student's Handbook of Professional Practice opens the door to the vast body of knowledge required to effectively manage architectural projects and practice. A professional architect is responsible for much more than design; this...

Explore the timeless charm and enduring architectural appeal of "Remodeled Farmhouses" by Mary H. Northend. This classic exploration of American farmhouse design offers a fascinating glimpse into the renovation and remodeling trends of a bygone era. Delve into detailed descriptions and insights concerning the...

Text-Book on Roofs and Bridges, by Mansfield Merriman, offers a comprehensive exploration of structural engineering principles as applied to essential architectural elements. Originally published in 1888, this meticulously detailed text provides insights into the design, construction, and analysis of roofs and bridges. Merriman's work...

This open access book tells a new and untold history of the architecture of West Africa in the colonial era, as revealed for the first time through the archives of the United Africa Company (UAC). From the imperial Royal Niger Company's charter in the...

Essays from architects, designers and builders on the relationship between construction, architecture, work and laborThis third volume in The Political Economy of Space series, edited by Harvard Graduate School of Design professor Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, updates the discussion on conflicts within the architectural profession with...

From "tomorrow's greatest designer" (The Atlantic), a deeply researched "essential guide" (Chelsea Clinton) to how humankind designs its world and how those decisions shape us. For the majority of the world, purposefully designed spaces are often only available for those who can afford them....

Through the 1940s and 1950s, PAGON (Progressive Architects Group Oslo Norway) was an alliance of young CIAM-affiliated Norwegian architects known for their innovative joint projects. As a group, PAGON went on to become largely overlooked in the history of modern architecture, even though its...

Assessment in architecture and creative arts schools has traditionally adopted a 'one size fits all' approach by using the 'crit', where students pin up their work, make a presentation and receive verbal feedback in front of peers and academic staff. In addition to increasing...

The institutional history, With and Without Walls, reveals the origins and progress of the influential Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) through the 1970s and 1980s. After separating from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1972 amidst feelings of bureaucratic and ideological oppression,...

This book examines the relationship between architecture theory and the philosophy of mind. Today, the art of building has become increasingly dominated by concepts borrowed from science, but how do we interpret this influence when the causal reduction of thought and feeling to space-time...

Now in its fourth edition, this classic bestselling book has been updated with brand new chapters and hand-drawn illustrations. Using a highly accessible approach, the author takes history rather than aesthetics as his starting point. Risebero unfolds and explains the development of architecture in...

This book attempts to delineate three main characteristics for an architecture of the EXTERIORLESS.These three aspects-Interface, Expanded Domains, and New Forms of Urbanity-constitute the three main sections of the book.Author: Stefano CorboISBN-10: 1032170824ISBN-13: 9781032170824Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2024Pages: 138Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x...

Scholars and artists revisit a hugely influential essay by Rosalind Krauss and map the interactions between art and architecture over the last thirty-five years.Expansion, convergence, adjacency, projection, rapport, and intersection are a few of the terms used to redraw the boundaries between art and...

From the great citadels of Caernarvon, Harlech, Powis, and Beaumaris in the north, to the Victorian glories of Cardiff in the south, St David's cathedral ("the loveliest church in Wales") in the west, to the exquisite little hill church of Patrishow in the east,...

The work of Serero, through investigations of patterns found in nature, does not envision architecture to create new spaces, but rather as a strategy to unfold together patterns of cultural, social and spatial origins. Architecture, as a living organism, establishes a relationship between beings...

Author: Joan BusquetsISBN-10: 1957183225ISBN-13: 9781957183220Publisher: Applied Research & DesignLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2026Pages: 1200Format: Hardcover

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This anthology gathers together for the first time the most influential architectural texts from the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Many of the texts, written between 1920 and 2007, appear for the first time in English, making them available to a worldwide...

Through stills, film and interviews, Nyberg's unfinished biography on Sigurd Lewerentz shatters his prevailing image as the "silent architect" Before his death in 1978, Bernt Nyberg had been working on the first biography of Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975), through film and interviews captured...

Once the preserve of visual art, provenance receives a new framework in this glossary of approaches to architectural methodologyWhile the provenance of artworks represents one of the greatest challenges of current scholarship, architecture has been excluded from this burning field of understanding the past...

Author: Landscape Architecture Europe FoundationISBN-10: 3034608152ISBN-13: 9783034608152Publisher: BirkhauserLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/17/2012Pages: 264Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.65lbsSize: 11.10h x 8.60w x 1.20d

A richly illustrated volume exploring the social potential of architecture and musicChristopher Dell (born 1965) transposes into book form the research on music and architecture undertaken by the Dialogue Concerts series he curated. Bringing together prominent figures of both disciplines, this book vividly demonstrates...

South Africa is recognized as a site of both political turmoil and natural beauty, and yet little work has been done in connecting these defining national characteristics. Washed with Sun achieves this conjunction in its multidisciplinary study of South Africa as a space at...

This introductory book, specifically for architects, focuses on the work of critic Homi K. Bhabha, who's work has been used as a means to analyse architectural practices in previously colonised contexts. This title reveals how his work contributes to architectural theory and the study...

Soon after 1900 in both North America and Europe the evolution from the tradition of Mediterranean and Gallic architectural styles to modernism began. This phenomenon was due, in part, to American industrial architecture and the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's building and architectural...

The proceedings of the 2024 Design as Activism Symposium are packed with inspiring and vital information for designers who want to design for more equitable outcomes. The book features partial transcripts of two keynote talks, three panel discussions, six workshops, and six conversations. It...

Exercises and conversations from architects, interior designers and educators that reconsider our definitions of domesticity and the concept of homeDivided into two correlated parts--"Reflections" and "Exercises"--this book brings together 21 perspectives in the form of essays, conversation and interactive exercises to reconsider home as...

Pairs is a journal of conversations edited by students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD). Each issue pairs subjects with objects: interviewees with contents from an archive. It does not have a theme, but instead organizes a diversity of threads and...

An exploration of the shift towards work environments that foster creativity, well-being and meaningful growth - reimagining the future of work as a place where people really want to be.Although more and more tasks are being taken over by machines and artificial intelligence, humans...

Beauty in Architecture brings together the views of architects, artists, critics, historians, and philosophers to explore how beauty can again become an integral part of discussions about architecture. Despite its recent resurgence in the public debate about the built environment, the notion of beauty...

Site-Reliant Immersive Experiences offers a new theoretical approach to the concept of immersive experiences in relation to space, site and atmosphere. An interdisciplinary work, interweaving philosophy, theory, and creative methods in contemporary art and architecture, this book looks beyond phenomenological accounts of immersion as...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Recent legislative trends in the United States, the United Kingdom, and many other countries now require accurate and efficient assessment of environmental aesthetics. Most of this assessment is currently undertaken using traditional design judgment, but when the powers of the government are used to...

The ReView: Common Good presents Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment's vision for educating future professionals to advance the common good across the diverse disciplines that shape our built world, using exploration, testing, and illustration to envision more equitable and inclusive spaces. The...