{"product_id":"meditations-in-entropy-kashef-chowdhury-9783038603290","title":"Meditations in Entropy: The Work of Kashef Chowdhury \/ Urbana in Bangladesh","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book documents the innovative work of the Dhaka-based practice Kashef Chowdhury\/URBANA as it adapts to the reality of climate change.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over three decades, Dhaka-based architecture firm Kashef Chowdhury\/URBANA has produced an astonishing collection of works located in one of the most meteorologically challenging regions in the world. A hospital introduced into an economy decimated by rising oceans, a shelter against cyclones in Bangladesh's southern coastal region, and architectural interventions in one of the world's densest metropolitan areas; Kashef Chowdhury\/URBANA's designs are incisive, critical responses to dissimilar issues and urgencies rooted in the belief that architecture must be a reflection of, and sympathetic to, our increasingly fragile ecological condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeditations in Entropy\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive book on the work of Kashef Chowdhury\/URBANA. It features sixteen of the firm's designs in detail through photographs by acclaimed architectural photographer Hélène Binet and numerous plans, drawings, sketches, and other images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kashef Chowdhury, William J. R. Curtis, Kenneth Frampton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3038603295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783038603290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Park Publishing (WI)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kashef Chowdhury","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372783587583,"sku":"9783038603290","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caec18a8-aad4-49be-9ecf-2ba61be121f9.jpg?v=1732726951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meditations-in-entropy-kashef-chowdhury-9783038603290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}