Architecture - Criticism

UnDoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory　discusses one of the greatest challenges for the twenty-first century society: what is to be done with the huge stock of existing buildings that have outlived the function for which they were built?Author: Sally StoneISBN-10: 1138226637ISBN-13: 9781138226630Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

Through its discussion on case studies, places, and themes that fundamentally influenced discourse formation in the era, this book offers scholars, researchers and students fresh insights into how architecture can engage with the digital realm today.Author: Nathalie BredellaISBN-10: 103203887XISBN-13: 9781032038872Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2024Pages: 212Format:...

Original essays in this book written by an international range of recognised theorists investigate how the cultures of the town and the countryside interact in architecture.Author: Andrew BallantyneISBN-10: 0415552133ISBN-13: 9780415552134Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2009Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d

This book is a compendium of essays, presented during the 12th International Bauhaus Colloquium 2013, on the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk. It offers an interdisciplinary approach to an important aspect of the Bauhaus.Author: Chris DähneISBN-10: 386859261XISBN-13: 9783868592610Publisher: Jovis VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2015Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.56lbsSize:...

David Leatherbarrow is a leading voice in architectural education on the world stage, whose books and research address how architecture appears, is perceived and shapes topography. Featuring a collection of essays by renowned scholars and architects from Asia, Europe and North America, Communicative Construction...

What happens when an architecture firm decides to create six meaningful structures, each tailored to a specific location and with the aim of benefitting the local community, all at no cost to the recipient? In Pavilions for Giving, Dr Jin-Ho Park explores how the...

Five Ways to Make Architecture Political presents an innovative pragmatist agenda that will inspire new thinking about the politics of design and architectural practice. Moving beyond conventional conversations about design and politics, the book shows how recent developments in political philosophy can transform our...

Salmela Architect provides an in-depth look at one of America's leading "critical regionalist" architects. Salmela's buildings resolve a central question of our time: how to balance the various extreme positions that characterize contemporary architecture and culture. Salmela accomplishes this by juxtaposing opposites: modernist and...

This edited collection presents current writing about the pivotal roles that landscape architects play in addressing some of the most pressing problems facing the planet, its environments and its populations through their research, analysis and speculative practice. Author: Kate BishopISBN-10: 0367625296ISBN-13: 9780367625290Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This volumebrings together architects, urban designers and planners and asks them to reflect and report on the (built) place and the city to come, in the wake of Deleuze and Guattari.Author: Constantin V. BoundasISBN-10: 1786612682ISBN-13: 9781786612687Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2019Pages: 314Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Modern Architecture: The Basics examines technological, stylistic, socio-political, and cultural changes that have transformed the history of architecture since the late 18th century. Broad definitions of modernity and postmodernity introduce the book, which comprises 24 short thematic chapters looking at the concepts behind the...

The contemporary debate on sustainability issues is recently drawing its attention towards the climatic analysis of urbanization models and the relationship between urban form and the city's energy performance and livability. Often neglected, urban form bears intrinsic qualities that can determine the success or...

A collection of essays by British architect Tom Emerson. Dirty Old River brings together twelve essays penned by Tom Emerson over the past two decades. Written on very different occasions as contributions to books or articles in magazines, they explore a wide range of...

"This book illustrates syntactically derived and grammatically interpolated approaches for architectural configuration, analysis, and design generation"Author: Ju Hyun Lee, Michael J. OstwaldISBN-10: 1799816990ISBN-13: 9781799816997Publisher: Engineering Science ReferenceLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2019Pages: 376Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.78d

Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we've entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space, an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What does it mean to be in a place? How does one...

Since the publication of Edward Said's groundbreaking work Orientalism 35 years ago, numerous studies have explored the West's fraught and enduring fascination with the so-called Orient. Focusing their critical attention on the literary and pictorial arts, these studies have, to date, largely neglected the...

"Stained Glass Work: A text-book for students and workers in glass" by C. W. Whall is a timeless exploration of glass painting and staining techniques. A meticulously prepared republication, this book offers a comprehensive guide to the design and execution of stained glass art....

This book, like all of my texts, offers critique and commentary of those institutions and cornerstone organizations that play pivotal roles in impacting upon the black community. Most books about these institutions are descriptive and consist of fluff pieces outlining the well-meaning "programs," and...

How has erasure formed the space around us? How do we come to know it, so that we can design differently? Erasure by Design tracks the methods, terms, and racial protocols that continue to do the work of displacement, demolition, and extraction into the...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of craft theory in relation to contemporary architecture. Within the ongoing story of craft are new and surprising ways to understand, design, and construct the built environment. Written for students and scholars, this book challenges and extends the...

Filled with fascinating factoids, this distinctive reference uncovers the hidden stories, curious histories, and comic coincidences behinds dozens of locations around the city of London. The sites addressed include the extensive networks of tunnels running beneath high street pavements; secret transport and signalling networks...

Rethinking Aesthetics is the first book to bring together prominent voices in the fields of architecture, philosophy, aesthetics, and cognitive sciences to ask you to radically rethink the relationship between body and design. Author: Ritu BhattISBN-10: 0415534755ISBN-13: 9780415534758Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2013Pages: 256Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize:...

As suggested in the title, Slicing Spaces: Performance of Architecture in Cinema, this project slices through the multifaceted layers of film space. The text investigates how architecture performs as an altruist, proving that environed space is not merely a backdrop in film scenes, but...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: A. Trystan EdwardsISBN-10: 1447445384ISBN-13: 9781447445388Publisher:...

Built space supports our daily habits and our membership of communities, organizations, institutions, or social formations. Architecture and Spatial Culture argues that architecture matters because it makes the settings of our life intelligible, so that we can sustain or creatively transform them.As technological and...

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature...

What is design philosophy and why is it needed? This important book explains the discipline's recent emergence, the key questions which dominate it, and its potential to fundamentally change the way we practice and think about design. The reader comprises eight thematic sections, each...

A compelling treatise on the relationship between power and enclosureFortress Power presents a genealogy of fortification as a material and political technology intent on obstruction, tracing its implementation across battlefields, borders, and urban environments. Drawing on the influential work of philosophers Michel Foucault and...

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,...

Reflects on the modern impulse for rushed production, expansion, and consumption. Hurry up, we're late: The early decades of the twenty-first century have demonstrated that we are already behind. Concepts like Moore's Law, accelerationism, hyperloop, and rapid news cycles push the notion that speed...

Explores architecture's capacity to express cultural criticism. Can architects express explicit criticism through their buildings? Is modernist housing, for example, a collective criticism of unsustainable living conditions? Can a state's embassy convey critical messages to the home and host country? The essays collected in...

The edition offers a new approach to what Weizman names "documentary architecture," meaning that to write about the history of a building is also to map the world in which it is located. After the First World War and under the British Mandate, Haifa...

Explores the relationship between architecture and queerness in modernity. Where is sexuality, especially queer sexuality, in architecture? The House Is (Not) a Prison approaches this question from a radically new position, looking not for a theory of queer architecture, but rather for a queer...

Discover the visionary ideas that redefined architecture and urbanism--Bill Hillier's most influential writings on space syntax, all in one critical volume. Few scholars have reshaped our understanding of architecture and urban design as profoundly as Bill Hillier. Space Syntax compiles the most influential works...

Discover the visionary ideas that redefined architecture and urbanism--Bill Hillier's most influential writings on space syntax, all in one critical volume. Few scholars have reshaped our understanding of architecture and urban design as profoundly as Bill Hillier. Space Syntax compiles the most influential works...

Theories and Practices of Architectural Representation focuses on the study of architectural knowledge approached through the lens of representation: the making of things-about-buildings. Architectural knowledge systems continue to shift away from traditional means, such as books and photographs, into modes dominated by digital technologies....

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature...

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature...

Embark on a captivating journey through the mists of time and legend with Arthurian Legends' Literary Legacies: Tracing King Arthur's Enduring Presence Through Narrative, Art and Architecture. This comprehensive volume invites you to delve into the rich tapestry of the Arthurian mythos, exploring its...

Step onto the architectural playing field with "Stadium's Story: Architecting Sport's Arenas and Infrastructure," a captivating exploration of the evolution, design, and future of the iconic structures that host the world's most thrilling sporting events. From the humble beginnings of ancient arenas to the...

Shopping Towns Europe is the first book to explore the introduction and dissemination of the shopping centre in Europe. European shopping centres are often assumed to be no more than carbon copies of their American precursors - however the wide-ranging case studies featured in...

Here is THE way to see Los Angeles's rich architectural heritage! L.A. is a "driving" city, best seen from the car. Tour guide, author, and architectural historian Laura Massino Smith directs you on an unforgettable ride to uncover the city's exciting cultural past. You...

Explores how design and architecture museums have adapted to face contemporary concerns. The New Design Museum brings together theories and voices from leading international institutions and independent initiatives addressing the transformed--and continually transforming--nature of design in the twenty-first century and its planetary scope in...

If you've ever wondered what goes through architects' minds when they design buildings, you'll be happy to know that there's no shortage of brilliant reading material to satisfy your curiosity. Wading through the archives at your local library may prove fruitful to your endeavor,...

In Structural Inequality Victoria Kaplan relates the stories of twenty black architects from around the United States to examine the sociological context of architectural practice. Through these experiences, research, and observation, she explores the role systemic racism plays in an occupation commonly referred to...

"Tent poles in the ground" is a collection of 21 texts by the famous architect Stephen Bates. They testifies to the importance of writing as part of a form of practice that includes building and teaching. Tent Poles in the ground is a collection...

What does it mean to be governed and what does it mean to resist? Examining how communities form amidst social and political turbulence, this open access book presents four case studies that demonstrate the power of organic social formations over imposed order. Understanding this...

This revised edition includes a new introduction and six additional chapters covering a broad range of subjects up to the most recent and topical concerns.Author: Chris AbelISBN-10: 1138206555ISBN-13: 9781138206557Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2017Pages: 414Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.94d

In 1910 John Merven Carr?re, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, "Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities." The five essays in Paris on the Potomac explore aspects of this influence on the artistic and architectural environment of Washington, D.C., which continued long...

Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature...