Architecture - Criticism

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,...

In this second volume in the Chora series, contributing authors take an interdisciplinary approach to architecture and other cultural concerns, challenging readers to consider alternatives to conventional aesthetic and technological reductions. Karsten Harries provides a new and long-overdue reading of Martin Heidegger's well-known essay...

Author: Joan Busquets,Dingliang Yang,Michael KellerISBN-10: 1940743958ISBN-13: 9781940743950Publisher: Oro EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/15/2019Pages: 680Format: HardcoverWeight: 6.95lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.60w x 1.80dAward: Benjamin Franklin Award - Gold Medal Winner

Authors, activists and scholars examine the power of writing as a spatial practice The inaugural volume of the Writingplace book series, Poetics of Place brings together literary and spatial perspectives in articles, reflections and creative works that consider how language itself shapes spatial perception.Author:...

In the follow-up to You Can't Change China, China Changes You, John van de Water and Jiang Xiaofei look back on their architectural projects in the countryFor 20 years, Dutch architect John van de Water and his partner Jiang Xiaofei have realized iconic projects...

Party Wall Common confronts the concept of ownership, as well as the challenges pertaining to our disconnection from one another and our environment, by exploring the legal and spatial conversion of party walls typical of row house typology into a common ground. In such...

Architect Sekou Cooke uses personal narratives and interviews to examine the challenges that Black architects face in the United States and their vision for the future. Black Architect is a provocative and deeply personal investigation into the intersection of race, identity, and the built...

Author: Alessio RocchiISBN-13: 9798302506030Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/04/2024Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

This volume proposes an interdependent relationship between progress and obstacles in architecture and the built environment. It challenges the positive notion of progress, and the conception of progress and obstacle as a dichotomy.For shapers of the world, finding 'the solution' is often a mark...

An early 20th-century study of concrete silos, likely intended as a promotional or instructional guide. While architectural tastes and building practices have evolved dramatically, this document offers a fascinating glimpse into the materials and methods of a bygone era. For architects, engineers, and historians,...

Theory and Calculation of Cantilever Bridges (1898) offers a detailed exploration of the principles and practices involved in the design and construction of cantilever bridges. Authored by Ralph McIntosh Wilcox, this work provides a comprehensive examination of the theoretical underpinnings and practical calculations essential...

"Skyrings's Builders' Prices" offers a comprehensive guide to construction costs, essential for architects, builders, and real estate professionals. This detailed reference provides pricing information and estimating guidelines, enabling accurate budgeting and project planning. Covering a wide range of building materials and labor costs, it...

Delve into the historical record of architectural and engineering advancements with "The Building News And Engineering Journal, Volume 38." This volume offers a detailed snapshot of late 19th-century construction, architectural design, and engineering practices. Explore articles, illustrations, and reports that provide insights into the...

Explore the rich history and evolving landscape of British architecture with Volume 5 of the "Journal Of The Royal Institute Of British Architects." This meticulously curated collection offers invaluable insights into the architectural discourse of its time, presenting detailed analyses, critical reviews, and comprehensive...

"Specifications, Rates, And Notes On Work" offers a detailed look into the world of construction and building practices. This book likely contains specifications, pricing, and additional notes relevant to construction projects. A valuable resource for understanding the complexities and nuances of building projects, it...

This study details the special bridge type analysis undertaken for the replacement of Bridge No. B-16-164, carrying Northern Avenue over Fort Point Channel in Boston, Massachusetts. Prepared by Ammann & Whitney for the Massachusetts Department of Public Works in 1983, the report presents a...

This book is about perception, emotion, and affect in architecture: how and why we feel the way that we do and the ways in which our surroundings ​and bodies contribute to this. Our experience of architecture is an embodied one, with all our senses...

In this seminal work of architectural theory, German architect Stephan Prager explores the nature of aesthetics and systematics in the field of architecture. Drawing on examples from across architectural history, from ancient Greece to modern-day Europe, Prager explores the intersections of form, function, and...

""The Tower Bridge: A Lecture"" is a historical account of the construction and design of the Tower Bridge in London, England. Written by John Wolfe Barry, the architect and engineer responsible for the bridge's construction, this book provides a detailed analysis of the engineering...

Diasporic Agencies addresses the neglected subject of how architecture and urban design can respond to the consequences of increasing migration. Arguing that diasporic inhabitations can only be understood as the co-production of space, subjectivity and politics, the book explores questions of difference, belonging and...

How is social media reshaping architecture? What can platforms like Instagram, Twitch, Pinterest, and TikTok tell us about the spaces we inhabit? The Interiors of Social Media is the first book to explore the relationship between architecture, interiors, and social media, guiding us through...

Phenomenologies of the City: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Architecture brings architecture and urbanism into dialogue with phenomenology. Phenomenology has informed debate about the city from social sciences to cultural studies. Within architecture, however, phenomenological inquiry has been neglecting the question of...

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...