Architecture - Criticism

This historical treatise, "American Library Association ... Remarks On Library Construction," presents William Frederick Poole's commentary on library design and construction practices of his time. The work includes a detailed examination of J.L. Smithmeyer's pamphlet, "Suggestions On Library Architecture, American And Foreign," offering critical...

"Cement Age, Volume 12" offers a comprehensive look into the cement industry and its applications in construction. This volume likely covers advancements in cement technology, innovative uses of concrete, and developments in construction engineering. Readers can expect detailed insights into the processes, materials, and...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

"Atchley & Co.'s Timber Merchant's Guide" is a comprehensive resource for anyone involved in the timber trade. Written by William Richardson, a timber-broker, this guide offers practical information and insights into the industry. Covering various aspects of timber selection, measurement, and trade practices, this...

This edited collection gathers contributions from a diverse range of renowned scholars and professionals to uncover the unique relationship between passive architectural systems and activism. Focusing on the pioneering work of the influential American chemist and inventor, Harold R. Hay (1909-2009), and the environmental...

Over a career spanning the early 1900s to the late 1940s, no golf course architect designed more celebrated layouts-- or earned greater reverence-- than Donald J. Ross. Born in Dornoch in 1872, Ross honed his craft under Old Tom Morris in St Andrews before...

Architectural Precedents is a concise and incisive reflection on the nature of architectural design in a time of disciplinary uncertainty. Edson da Cunha Mahfuz argues that meaningful architecture does not emerge from trends, technologies, or abstract concepts, but from architecture itself-through the critical engagement...

If Large Language Models (Artificial Intelligence) is the future of the architectural profession, soon providing faster, cheaper, more accurate designs, permit and construction documents, it may be wise to have a few conversations with this human 2.0, to get a sense of the architecture...

The Theory of Architecture Concepts, Themes & Practices Paul-Alan Johnson Although it has long been thought that theory directs architectural practice, no one has explained precisely how the connection between theory and practice is supposed to work. This guide asserts that architectural theory does...

Green Dream investigates what "green" means in practical terms for design, architecture and urbanism. Led by The Why Factory, the urbanist thinktank headed by Winy Maas, experts in the field debate what is currently considered green and how the term ought to be defined...

This volume presents a selection of buildings that illustrate and celebrate the architectural evolution and trend of the Visegrad Group-the alliance of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland-from 1990 to 2008. Eighteen examples from each country are examined across the eighteen years that...

A survival guide for how to live on a damaged planet, from caring for concrete to solar farmsPublished with ARCH+. The second volume in The Great Repair series presents a panorama of approaches that foreground methods of repair as the design paradigm for a...

Architecture Beyond Experience is a work in the service of one goal: the bringing about of a more relational, "posthuman" and yet humanist strain in architecture. It argues against the values that currently guide much architectural production (and the larger economy's too), which is...

Reimagines inclusive urban architecture that chooses to support houseless citizens instead of antagonizing them.Homelessness is one of the most pressing social challenges of our time and is closely linked to issues of urban design and architecture. Homeless people are part of urban society and...

How art and curatorship can rewrite the stories of medium-size cities, embracing their complexities and contradictions Published with Faz Cultura/Space Transcribers. Departing from the Counter-Kiosk artistic project, developed in Braga--a medium-size city in Portugal--Counter-Collections encourages critical reflection, both locally and globally, on how five...

An oversize flexibound reader on the potential of landscape architecture to strengthen the natural world's identityIn the Landscape Architecture Manifesto, essays reject the broad-based tendency to view the world as divided between nature and humanity--instead offering coeval case studies from the the authors' own...

Witty, personal, and engaging, this cri de coeur from an esteemed critic takes on the age-old question of what elevates a mere building into an art formWhat is it about architecture that distinguishes it from ordinary building? Frustrated with the many cookie-cutter buildings going...

Architectura, Volume 2 presents a detailed exploration of classical architecture and engineering principles, attributed to Vitruvius and supplemented by the insights of Giovanni Poleni and Simone Stratico. This volume delves into the historical context and critical analysis of architectural design, offering readers a comprehensive...

Adeline's Art Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to the terminology used in the fields of art, architecture, heraldry, and archaeology. Written by Jules Adeline and first published in 1891, this book provides a complete index of all the terms used in these fields,...

Through a specific architectural lens, this book exposes the role the British Empire played in the development of apartheid. Through reference to previously unexamined archival material, the book uncovers a myriad of mechanisms through which Empire laid the foundations onto which the edifice of...

Despite the precipitous rise of East Asia as a center of architectural production since the Second World War, informed studies remain lacking. The lacuna is particularly conspicuous in terms of regional, cross-national studies, documenting the close ties and parallels between China, Taiwan, Japan and...

Over the past century, luxury has been increasingly celebrated in the sense that it is no longer a privilege (or attitude) of the European elite or America's leisure class. It has become more ubiquitous and now, practically everyone can experience luxury, even luxury in...

The POST LIKE editorial reflects on curating the 1st Young Architecture Biennial of Catalonia, emphasizing a renewed and collective architectural discourse. Revisiting the event and its exhibitions, it reframes the catalogue as a research platform through essays on image production, participation, sustainability, heritage, and...

Sir William Chambers (1723-1796) was a Swedish-British architect with an unusual record. He designed fanciful manor house buildings and luxurious interiors as well as simple, rational works of functional architecture. After growing up in Sweden and studying in Paris and Rome, he worked mostly...

Architect and philosopher Hélène Frichot examines how the discipline of architecture is theorized and practiced at the periphery. Eschewing a conventionally direct approach to architectural objects - to iconic buildings and big-name architects - she instead explores the background of architectural practice, to introduce...

A stunning survey of contemporary Mexican houses shaped by Mesoamerican ideas, revealing a vibrant design movement rooted in the history, landscape, and craft of Mexico's oldest civilizationsMesoamerican Modern is the first book to explore the pre-Hispanic traditions at the heart of contemporary Mexican interior...

Novel Foundations: Architecture and Literary Modernity in Cervantes' Prose Works is an interdisciplinary study of the narrative functions of architecture in Miguel de Cervantes' late prose fictions: Don Quijote (1605 and 1615), the Exemplary Novels (1613), and The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda (1617)....

Seminal texts by renowned Italian architect Giancarlo De Carlo on architecture, education, and anarchy. Giancarlo De Carlo's academic and professional career combined two seemingly opposed terms in a single vocation: architecture and anarchy. But this was a vocation that avoided the utopian fantasies of...

Shaped by encrusted layers of development spanning millennia, the southern Italian city of Matera is the ultimate palimpsest. Known as the Sassi, the majority of the ancient city is composed of thousands of structures carved into a limestone cliff and clinging to its walls....

Urban Latin America explores the relationship between images, words and the built environment using an engaging variety of methods and sources, with a timely emphasis on comparative studies. The book brings together scholars with various disciplinary backgrounds and theoretical affiliations who critically approach urban...

It's widely accepted that our environment is in crisis. Less widely recognized is that three quarters of environmental damage is due to cities - the places where most of us live. As this powerful new book elucidates, global sustainability is therefore directly dependent on...

Buildings surround and affect us all. In this clear and concise introduction to buildings Thom Gorst demystifies the culture of architecture and shows how an interest in our environment - whatever our cultural position - can be of great value to us.Author: Thom GorstISBN-10:...

This is the first comprehensive study of the reception of classical architecture in different regions of the world. Exploring the impact of colonialism, trade, slavery, religious missions, political ideology and intellectual/artistic exchange, the authors demonstrate how classical principles and ideas were disseminated and received...

David Wang's Architecture and Sacrament considers architectural theory from a Christian theological perspective, specifically, the analogy of being (analogia entis). The book tracks social and cultural reasons why the theological literature tends to be separate from contemporary architecture theory. Wang argues that retrieval of...

Children are the future architects, clients and users of our buildings. The kinds of architectural worlds they are exposed to in picturebooks during their formative years may be assumed to influence how they regard such architecture as adults. Contemporary urban environments the world over...

The Global Architect explores the increasing significance of globalization processes on urban change, architectural practice and the built environment. In what is primarily a critical sociological overview of the current global architectural industry, Donald McNeill covers the "star system" of international architects who combine...

Relevant reading for practitioners and students alike, Closer to Things frames drawing as a powerful tool of critical spatial inquiryMoving beyond drawing's conventional role as a prescriptive design tool, Closer to Things addresses how drawing can be deployed as an analytical instrument to investigate,...

"The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Companion" is a comprehensive guide for woodworkers and furniture makers. Originally published in 1904, this practical manual offers detailed instructions and illustrations for creating a wide range of furniture pieces. From basic cabinet construction to advanced upholstery techniques, the book...

Sixty-one examples of some of the best contemporary architecture being practiced today by architects from Mexico and Argentina. Ranging from residential to commercial to institutional building locations from Buenos Aires to Baja, here are some of the most striking and innovative buildings in Latin...

Borrowing from a range of theories on spacemaking and material religion, and with contributions from anthropologists working in the United Kingdom, Mali, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, this fascinating and comprehensive study develops an anthropological perspective on modern religious architecture including mosques, churches, and synagogues....

This is an urgent call to save superb landscape design by a premier American architect. A city-owned park in East Hollywood, Barnsdall includes gardens, groves, and three Wright-designed houses. Damaged by decades of neglect and an earthquake, this site's need of restoration is made...

Surprisingly, the common notion of taking a seaside vacation has only existed since the eighteenth century, with a growing acceptance of the idea that fresh air and sea water are good for one's health. Since then, seaside resorts for all budgets have sprung up...

Visioning Technologies brings together a collection of texts from leading theorists to examine how architecture has been, and is, reframed and restructured by the visual and theoretical frameworks introduced by different 'technologies of sight' - understood to include orthographic projection, perspective drawing, telescopic devices,...

Industrial Engineering, Part 1: A Handbook Of Useful Information For Managers, Engineers, Superintendents, Designers, Draftsmen And Others Engaged In Constructive Work (1918) is a comprehensive guidebook written by William Miller Barr. The book is designed to provide valuable insights and practical advice to professionals...

Over the last three decades, our understanding of the city worldwide has been revolutionized by three innovative theoretical concepts - globalisation, postcolonialism and a radically contested notion of modernity. The idea and even the reality of the city has been extended out of the...

A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture: Past, Present, Future examines the impact of Chinese philosophy on China's historic structures, as well as on modern Chinese urban aesthetics and architectural forms. For architecture in China moving forward, author David Wang posits a theory, the New Virtualism,...

Once regarded a secondary consideration, in recent years, materiality has emerged as a powerful concept in architectural discourse and practice. Prompted in part by developments in digital fabrication and digital science, the impact of materiality on design and practice is being widely reassessed and...

Ethno-Architecture and the Politics of Migration explores the interface between migration and architecture. Cities have been substantially affected by transnational migration but the physical manifestations of migration in architecture - and its effect on streetscape, neighbourhood and city - have so far been understudied....

Autotelic Architect explores how movements towards more self-initiated projects, greater collaboration and design activism have changed how architects and designers are practicing, as well as the kinds of projects they are working on. Similar to the autotelic self that transforms potential problems into enjoyable...

The Living Tradition of Architecture explores the depth of architecture as it takes flesh in the living tradition of building, dwelling and thinking. This is a timely appraisal of the field by some of its foremost contributors. Beyond modern misconceptions about tradition only relating...