11906 Results
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$78.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Founded by Eyal Weizman at Goldsmiths College in London in 2010, the research agency Forensic Architecture has investigated dozens of incidents of state violence—military intervention, environmental destruction, border violence and police murder. Working at the intersection of architecture, law, journalism, human rights and ecology, Forensic Architecture researches(...)
$78.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Founded by Eyal Weizman at Goldsmiths College in London in 2010, the research agency Forensic Architecture has investigated dozens of incidents of state violence—military intervention, environmental destruction, border violence and police murder. Working at the intersection of architecture, law, journalism, human rights and ecology, Forensic Architecture researches(...)
Subject:
Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
Publication:
December 2022
December 2022
Title:
Forensic architecture: Witnesses
Actions:
Price:
$78.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Founded by Eyal Weizman at Goldsmiths College in London in 2010, the research agency Forensic Architecture has investigated dozens of incidents of state violence—military intervention, environmental destruction, border violence and police murder. Working at the intersection of architecture, law, journalism, human rights and ecology, Forensic Architecture researches conflicts and crimes around the world, using architectural tools and methods to conduct spatial and architectural analyses of particular incidents. They do not design new buildings, but like other architects, they examine and model spaces, with the aim of shedding light on events. This catalog focuses on the witnesses at the core of Forensic Architecture’s work. Featuring texts by Weizman, Christina Varvia and a roundtable discussion between members of the current team, this richly illustrated book opens a window into Forensic Architecture’s working methods and projects.
Forensic architecture: Witnesses
Actions:
Price:
$78.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Founded by Eyal Weizman at Goldsmiths College in London in 2010, the research agency Forensic Architecture has investigated dozens of incidents of state violence—military intervention, environmental destruction, border violence and police murder. Working at the intersection of architecture, law, journalism, human rights and ecology, Forensic Architecture researches conflicts and crimes around the world, using architectural tools and methods to conduct spatial and architectural analyses of particular incidents. They do not design new buildings, but like other architects, they examine and model spaces, with the aim of shedding light on events. This catalog focuses on the witnesses at the core of Forensic Architecture’s work. Featuring texts by Weizman, Christina Varvia and a roundtable discussion between members of the current team, this richly illustrated book opens a window into Forensic Architecture’s working methods and projects.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
December 2022
December 2022
Subject:
Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$35.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Il aura fallu attendre près de cent cinquante ans pour que paraissent en français les premières traductions de textes de celui qui est considéré comme le plus grand théoricien allemand de l'architecture du XIXe siècle et dont l'influence est encore clairement perceptible dans les références de jeunes architectes européens. Le présent ouvrage offre un large éventail de(...)
$35.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Il aura fallu attendre près de cent cinquante ans pour que paraissent en français les premières traductions de textes de celui qui est considéré comme le plus grand théoricien allemand de l'architecture du XIXe siècle et dont l'influence est encore clairement perceptible dans les références de jeunes architectes européens. Le présent ouvrage offre un large éventail de(...)
Title:
Du style et de l'architecture: écrits, 1834-1869
Actions:
Price:
$35.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Il aura fallu attendre près de cent cinquante ans pour que paraissent en français les premières traductions de textes de celui qui est considéré comme le plus grand théoricien allemand de l'architecture du XIXe siècle et dont l'influence est encore clairement perceptible dans les références de jeunes architectes européens. Le présent ouvrage offre un large éventail de textes de Gottfried Semper qui vont des Remarques préliminaires sur l'architecture peinte et la sculpture des Anciens écrit en 1834, où est débattue la question de la polychromie de l'architecture antique, jusqu'à la conférence de 1869 intitulée "Des styles architecturaux" où est exposée de manière très synthétique sa théorie de l'architecture comparée et de la notion de style confrontée à l'émergence de la nouvelle théorie de l'évolution dont il veut bien admettre les conclusions quant aux organismes mais pas quant à l'évolution des formes artistiques. D'importants extraits de Der Stil sont traduits ici et les principaux éléments de la théorie du style de Semper, les concepts clés de «revêtement», de «beauté formelle», de «type» et d'«élément», font l'objet de traitements plus spécifiques dans des textes aussi différents que Les Quatre éléments de l'architecture, De la détermination formelle de l'ornement, L'Art textile ou Des styles architecturaux, tous traduits intégralement. L'ensemble devrait permettre d'appréhender la richesse et la complexité d'une pensée singulière pour qui la forme artistique - du simple récipient au temple de dimension colossale - est conçue bien au-delà du seul «besoin», et se cristallise en ce point où se croisent des lois et forces physiques, des contraintes matérielles inhérentes à l'utilisation de tel matériau, enfin des idées et volontés qui caractérisent l'homme en tant qu'animal politique et religieux. C'est à l'appréhension de ce foyer cosmique au sein duquel interagissent le physique, le matériel, l'histoire et le politique, que s'intéresse Semper mobilisant en permanence un vaste ensemble de références scientifiques, esthétiques, littéraires ou historiques.
Du style et de l'architecture: écrits, 1834-1869
Actions:
Price:
$35.95
(available to order)
Summary:
Il aura fallu attendre près de cent cinquante ans pour que paraissent en français les premières traductions de textes de celui qui est considéré comme le plus grand théoricien allemand de l'architecture du XIXe siècle et dont l'influence est encore clairement perceptible dans les références de jeunes architectes européens. Le présent ouvrage offre un large éventail de textes de Gottfried Semper qui vont des Remarques préliminaires sur l'architecture peinte et la sculpture des Anciens écrit en 1834, où est débattue la question de la polychromie de l'architecture antique, jusqu'à la conférence de 1869 intitulée "Des styles architecturaux" où est exposée de manière très synthétique sa théorie de l'architecture comparée et de la notion de style confrontée à l'émergence de la nouvelle théorie de l'évolution dont il veut bien admettre les conclusions quant aux organismes mais pas quant à l'évolution des formes artistiques. D'importants extraits de Der Stil sont traduits ici et les principaux éléments de la théorie du style de Semper, les concepts clés de «revêtement», de «beauté formelle», de «type» et d'«élément», font l'objet de traitements plus spécifiques dans des textes aussi différents que Les Quatre éléments de l'architecture, De la détermination formelle de l'ornement, L'Art textile ou Des styles architecturaux, tous traduits intégralement. L'ensemble devrait permettre d'appréhender la richesse et la complexité d'une pensée singulière pour qui la forme artistique - du simple récipient au temple de dimension colossale - est conçue bien au-delà du seul «besoin», et se cristallise en ce point où se croisent des lois et forces physiques, des contraintes matérielles inhérentes à l'utilisation de tel matériau, enfin des idées et volontés qui caractérisent l'homme en tant qu'animal politique et religieux. C'est à l'appréhension de ce foyer cosmique au sein duquel interagissent le physique, le matériel, l'histoire et le politique, que s'intéresse Semper mobilisant en permanence un vaste ensemble de références scientifiques, esthétiques, littéraires ou historiques.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
January 2008, Marseille
January 2008, Marseille
Subject:
Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
Form:
books
books
Price:
$47.75
(available in store)
Summary:
Comment comprendre l'architecture? Comment rendre compte de ce qui est à la fois expérience perceptive, projet artistique, décision d'urbanisme et choix politique? " Le plan et le détail " expose la philosophie d'un nouvel esprit architectural, déconstruit et remodèle les convictions et les notions sur lesquelles se fonde le travail de l'architecte : la valeur du plan,(...)
$47.75
(available in store)
Summary:
Comment comprendre l'architecture? Comment rendre compte de ce qui est à la fois expérience perceptive, projet artistique, décision d'urbanisme et choix politique? " Le plan et le détail " expose la philosophie d'un nouvel esprit architectural, déconstruit et remodèle les convictions et les notions sur lesquelles se fonde le travail de l'architecte : la valeur du plan,(...)
Title:
Le plan et le détail : une philosophie de l'architecture et de la ville
Actions:
Price:
$47.75
(available in store)
Summary:
Comment comprendre l'architecture? Comment rendre compte de ce qui est à la fois expérience perceptive, projet artistique, décision d'urbanisme et choix politique? " Le plan et le détail " expose la philosophie d'un nouvel esprit architectural, déconstruit et remodèle les convictions et les notions sur lesquelles se fonde le travail de l'architecte : la valeur du plan, la construction du cadre de l'habitat, l'insertion du bâti dans le tissu urbain, la relation de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme, le rationalisme technique, l'invention du détail. L'auteur permet de repenser les problèmes généraux de l'espace urbain aujourd'hui - dans un dialogue serré et fécond avec de grands créateurs du XX°siècle, et avec leurs oeuvres : Loos et Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman, et Rem Koolhaas. Fortement documenté, et illustré (52 illustrations et photographies noir et blanc; 8 planches couleurs).
Le plan et le détail : une philosophie de l'architecture et de la ville
Actions:
Price:
$47.75
(available in store)
Summary:
Comment comprendre l'architecture? Comment rendre compte de ce qui est à la fois expérience perceptive, projet artistique, décision d'urbanisme et choix politique? " Le plan et le détail " expose la philosophie d'un nouvel esprit architectural, déconstruit et remodèle les convictions et les notions sur lesquelles se fonde le travail de l'architecte : la valeur du plan, la construction du cadre de l'habitat, l'insertion du bâti dans le tissu urbain, la relation de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme, le rationalisme technique, l'invention du détail. L'auteur permet de repenser les problèmes généraux de l'espace urbain aujourd'hui - dans un dialogue serré et fécond avec de grands créateurs du XX°siècle, et avec leurs oeuvres : Loos et Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Louis Kahn, Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman, et Rem Koolhaas. Fortement documenté, et illustré (52 illustrations et photographies noir et blanc; 8 planches couleurs).
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2001, Nîmes
November 2001, Nîmes
Subject:
Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
Form:
books
books
Price:
$45.00
(available to order)
Summary:
L'architecture et le design partagent un même souci des formes, tous deux les considérant moins pour ce qu'elles sont que pour ce qu'elles peuvent, pour ce qu'elles engagent et ouvrent comme possibilités. N'aspirant pas à avoir empire sur elles, ils assumeraient, l'un et l'autre à leur manière, de gouverner les formes, au sens d'un ménagement (das Schonen), pour que(...)
$45.00
(available to order)
Summary:
L'architecture et le design partagent un même souci des formes, tous deux les considérant moins pour ce qu'elles sont que pour ce qu'elles peuvent, pour ce qu'elles engagent et ouvrent comme possibilités. N'aspirant pas à avoir empire sur elles, ils assumeraient, l'un et l'autre à leur manière, de gouverner les formes, au sens d'un ménagement (das Schonen), pour que(...)
Title:
Du gouvernement des formes : Essai sur l'architecture et le design
Actions:
Price:
$45.00
(available to order)
Summary:
L'architecture et le design partagent un même souci des formes, tous deux les considérant moins pour ce qu'elles sont que pour ce qu'elles peuvent, pour ce qu'elles engagent et ouvrent comme possibilités. N'aspirant pas à avoir empire sur elles, ils assumeraient, l'un et l'autre à leur manière, de gouverner les formes, au sens d'un ménagement (das Schonen), pour que dérivent d'elles tant l'apparence que l'utilité de bâtiments, d'objets nouveaux entre autres choses. Au sein de cet essai, David Bihanic s'attelle à clarifier la contribution commune de l'architecture et du design au dessein des formes, précisant en quoi celle-ci s'avèrerait tout entière retenue à un accomplissement.
Du gouvernement des formes : Essai sur l'architecture et le design
Actions:
Price:
$45.00
(available to order)
Summary:
L'architecture et le design partagent un même souci des formes, tous deux les considérant moins pour ce qu'elles sont que pour ce qu'elles peuvent, pour ce qu'elles engagent et ouvrent comme possibilités. N'aspirant pas à avoir empire sur elles, ils assumeraient, l'un et l'autre à leur manière, de gouverner les formes, au sens d'un ménagement (das Schonen), pour que dérivent d'elles tant l'apparence que l'utilité de bâtiments, d'objets nouveaux entre autres choses. Au sein de cet essai, David Bihanic s'attelle à clarifier la contribution commune de l'architecture et du design au dessein des formes, précisant en quoi celle-ci s'avèrerait tout entière retenue à un accomplissement.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
April 2025
April 2025
Subject:
Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$42.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This project began with an essay on the "McMansion" phenomenon, and it grew to become a meditation on the assorted different building types that are found in every American city and suburb. While it’s true that good buildings do exist for each of those categories, they are very much the exception, these buildings more typically ranging from dull to assertively ugly. The(...)
$42.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This project began with an essay on the "McMansion" phenomenon, and it grew to become a meditation on the assorted different building types that are found in every American city and suburb. While it’s true that good buildings do exist for each of those categories, they are very much the exception, these buildings more typically ranging from dull to assertively ugly. The(...)
Title:
Everyday architecture: A vast wasteland
Actions:
Price:
$42.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This project began with an essay on the "McMansion" phenomenon, and it grew to become a meditation on the assorted different building types that are found in every American city and suburb. While it’s true that good buildings do exist for each of those categories, they are very much the exception, these buildings more typically ranging from dull to assertively ugly. The book is meant to be a fairly pitiless and revealing look at this "vast wasteland," with an architect’s hat on but without resort to the profession’s fads and verbiages. Several natural categories inform the organization of the contents, including commercial, residential, and institutional, even including cars and other manifestations of "architecture on the move" that have also lost their way in stylistic terms. The writing includes capsule histories of many of the building types included, plus some lesser-known facts and some sidebars on sociocultural aspects which make up much of one’s experience of these places. Stylistically, a bit of an acerbic tone makes for diverting as well as informative reading.
Everyday architecture: A vast wasteland
Actions:
Price:
$42.00
(available in store)
Summary:
This project began with an essay on the "McMansion" phenomenon, and it grew to become a meditation on the assorted different building types that are found in every American city and suburb. While it’s true that good buildings do exist for each of those categories, they are very much the exception, these buildings more typically ranging from dull to assertively ugly. The book is meant to be a fairly pitiless and revealing look at this "vast wasteland," with an architect’s hat on but without resort to the profession’s fads and verbiages. Several natural categories inform the organization of the contents, including commercial, residential, and institutional, even including cars and other manifestations of "architecture on the move" that have also lost their way in stylistic terms. The writing includes capsule histories of many of the building types included, plus some lesser-known facts and some sidebars on sociocultural aspects which make up much of one’s experience of these places. Stylistically, a bit of an acerbic tone makes for diverting as well as informative reading.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
July 2025
July 2025
Subject:
Contemporary Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$125.00
(available in store)
Summary:
A Kassen is known for projects that destabilise our assumptions about the built environment, adding sensory and conceptual qualities that go beyond what either architecture or art could achieve alone. Here the artist group explores blending art and architecture in an expanded domain, highlighting the creative exchanges between the two fields. By redefining how we perceive(...)
$125.00
(available in store)
Summary:
A Kassen is known for projects that destabilise our assumptions about the built environment, adding sensory and conceptual qualities that go beyond what either architecture or art could achieve alone. Here the artist group explores blending art and architecture in an expanded domain, highlighting the creative exchanges between the two fields. By redefining how we perceive(...)
Title:
A Kassen: Works in Architecture
Actions:
Price:
$125.00
(available in store)
Summary:
A Kassen is known for projects that destabilise our assumptions about the built environment, adding sensory and conceptual qualities that go beyond what either architecture or art could achieve alone. Here the artist group explores blending art and architecture in an expanded domain, highlighting the creative exchanges between the two fields. By redefining how we perceive architecture, A Kassen shifts from everyday expectations into a more playful, imaginative realm. A series of projects introduces elements that disturb and distort reality, encouraging seeing and experiencing space in new ways. The book is shipped sealed in plastic with its pages folded back from its middle.
A Kassen: Works in Architecture
Actions:
Price:
$125.00
(available in store)
Summary:
A Kassen is known for projects that destabilise our assumptions about the built environment, adding sensory and conceptual qualities that go beyond what either architecture or art could achieve alone. Here the artist group explores blending art and architecture in an expanded domain, highlighting the creative exchanges between the two fields. By redefining how we perceive architecture, A Kassen shifts from everyday expectations into a more playful, imaginative realm. A series of projects introduces elements that disturb and distort reality, encouraging seeing and experiencing space in new ways. The book is shipped sealed in plastic with its pages folded back from its middle.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2025
November 2025
Subject:
Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$55.00
(available in store)
Summary:
« Nous sommes aujourd’hui confrontés à un paradoxe majeur: il faudrait construire un monde nouveau mais nous n’avons plus les moyens de le faire. Le changement climatique impose à lui seul une conception entièrement renouvelée du bâti; l’élévation du niveau de la mer et l’augmentation des catastrophes naturelles exigent de repenser la position et l’organisation des(...)
$55.00
(available in store)
Summary:
« Nous sommes aujourd’hui confrontés à un paradoxe majeur: il faudrait construire un monde nouveau mais nous n’avons plus les moyens de le faire. Le changement climatique impose à lui seul une conception entièrement renouvelée du bâti; l’élévation du niveau de la mer et l’augmentation des catastrophes naturelles exigent de repenser la position et l’organisation des(...)
Title:
Post-démolition, l'architecture face aux ruines
Actions:
Price:
$55.00
(available in store)
Summary:
« Nous sommes aujourd’hui confrontés à un paradoxe majeur: il faudrait construire un monde nouveau mais nous n’avons plus les moyens de le faire. Le changement climatique impose à lui seul une conception entièrement renouvelée du bâti; l’élévation du niveau de la mer et l’augmentation des catastrophes naturelles exigent de repenser la position et l’organisation des établissements humains; les limites planétaires appellent une réorganisation profonde du territoire et du construit. Seulement voilà: le monde, accablé par deux siècles d’intense production, a besoin de répit; il ne peut accepter la démolition des existants et l’édification de nouvelles installations, lesquelles alourdiraient son bilan carbone et épuiseraient davantage ses ressources. Nous devons donc utiliser les situations déjà construites et non plus les étendre ou les remplacer... »
Post-démolition, l'architecture face aux ruines
Actions:
Price:
$55.00
(available in store)
Summary:
« Nous sommes aujourd’hui confrontés à un paradoxe majeur: il faudrait construire un monde nouveau mais nous n’avons plus les moyens de le faire. Le changement climatique impose à lui seul une conception entièrement renouvelée du bâti; l’élévation du niveau de la mer et l’augmentation des catastrophes naturelles exigent de repenser la position et l’organisation des établissements humains; les limites planétaires appellent une réorganisation profonde du territoire et du construit. Seulement voilà: le monde, accablé par deux siècles d’intense production, a besoin de répit; il ne peut accepter la démolition des existants et l’édification de nouvelles installations, lesquelles alourdiraient son bilan carbone et épuiseraient davantage ses ressources. Nous devons donc utiliser les situations déjà construites et non plus les étendre ou les remplacer... »
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2025
November 2025
Subject:
Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$85.00
(available in store)
Summary:
For centuries, women have influenced architecture worldwide by exerting power over space through their writing. By exploring a wide variety of sources, from diaries and travelogues to inventories and political pamphlets, this book expands architectural histories to include these women. Female spatial agencies are revealed using rare written sources, new methodologies, and(...)
$85.00
(available in store)
Summary:
For centuries, women have influenced architecture worldwide by exerting power over space through their writing. By exploring a wide variety of sources, from diaries and travelogues to inventories and political pamphlets, this book expands architectural histories to include these women. Female spatial agencies are revealed using rare written sources, new methodologies, and(...)
Title:
Women writing architecture 1700-1900
Actions:
Price:
$85.00
(available in store)
Summary:
For centuries, women have influenced architecture worldwide by exerting power over space through their writing. By exploring a wide variety of sources, from diaries and travelogues to inventories and political pamphlets, this book expands architectural histories to include these women. Female spatial agencies are revealed using rare written sources, new methodologies, and in-depth re-readings of canonical histories. Women from all walks of life, writing as clients, users, or critics, are relevant voices for understanding the built environment’s past. Examining specific spaces such as churches, homes, gardens, or boulevards, it proposes a novel take on feminist historiographies.
Women writing architecture 1700-1900
Actions:
Price:
$85.00
(available in store)
Summary:
For centuries, women have influenced architecture worldwide by exerting power over space through their writing. By exploring a wide variety of sources, from diaries and travelogues to inventories and political pamphlets, this book expands architectural histories to include these women. Female spatial agencies are revealed using rare written sources, new methodologies, and in-depth re-readings of canonical histories. Women from all walks of life, writing as clients, users, or critics, are relevant voices for understanding the built environment’s past. Examining specific spaces such as churches, homes, gardens, or boulevards, it proposes a novel take on feminist historiographies.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
December 2025
December 2025
Subject:
Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$85.95
(available to order)
Summary:
"Architectures of ageing in place" provides curated critical perspectives, from a practice-based research point of view, of buildings that are purpose built and/or refurbished to accommodate housing and care needs of older people ageing in place in high rise/medium rise integrated communities. This book identifies design innovations, in line with policy innovations, that(...)
$85.95
(available to order)
Summary:
"Architectures of ageing in place" provides curated critical perspectives, from a practice-based research point of view, of buildings that are purpose built and/or refurbished to accommodate housing and care needs of older people ageing in place in high rise/medium rise integrated communities. This book identifies design innovations, in line with policy innovations, that(...)
Title:
Architectures of ageing in place
Actions:
Price:
$85.95
(available to order)
Summary:
"Architectures of ageing in place" provides curated critical perspectives, from a practice-based research point of view, of buildings that are purpose built and/or refurbished to accommodate housing and care needs of older people ageing in place in high rise/medium rise integrated communities. This book identifies design innovations, in line with policy innovations, that have been made across private and public sectors to accommodate wellbeing and quality of life of older people living in integrated communities, which continue to foster intergenerational dialogue and exchange, and advance social citizenship. Case studies from a diverse range of geographies are examined including Portugal, Singapore, India, New Zealand, UK, Sweden, Belgium and the US. Chapters are grounded in evidence-based research including substantial primary data and post-occupancy evaluation, specifically the evaluation of architecture’s ‘social performance’. Projects highlight high-rise / medium-rise as an emerging and successful typology in accommodating residential and care needs of older people.
Architectures of ageing in place
Actions:
Price:
$85.95
(available to order)
Summary:
"Architectures of ageing in place" provides curated critical perspectives, from a practice-based research point of view, of buildings that are purpose built and/or refurbished to accommodate housing and care needs of older people ageing in place in high rise/medium rise integrated communities. This book identifies design innovations, in line with policy innovations, that have been made across private and public sectors to accommodate wellbeing and quality of life of older people living in integrated communities, which continue to foster intergenerational dialogue and exchange, and advance social citizenship. Case studies from a diverse range of geographies are examined including Portugal, Singapore, India, New Zealand, UK, Sweden, Belgium and the US. Chapters are grounded in evidence-based research including substantial primary data and post-occupancy evaluation, specifically the evaluation of architecture’s ‘social performance’. Projects highlight high-rise / medium-rise as an emerging and successful typology in accommodating residential and care needs of older people.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
November 2025
November 2025
Subject:
Architectural Theory
Architectural Theory
Form:
books
books
Actions:
Price:
$83.00
(available to order)
Summary:
The ecological approach to building is the great untold story in the architectural history of the past century. This book is essential reading for architects and students. As an urgent wake-up call on the state of our built environment, it will be of interest to everyone who cares about the future of our planet. In the past, many of the key tenets of the ecological(...)
$83.00
(available to order)
Summary:
The ecological approach to building is the great untold story in the architectural history of the past century. This book is essential reading for architects and students. As an urgent wake-up call on the state of our built environment, it will be of interest to everyone who cares about the future of our planet. In the past, many of the key tenets of the ecological(...)
Title:
Ecological architecture : a critical history
Actions:
Price:
$83.00
(available to order)
Summary:
The ecological approach to building is the great untold story in the architectural history of the past century. This book is essential reading for architects and students. As an urgent wake-up call on the state of our built environment, it will be of interest to everyone who cares about the future of our planet. In the past, many of the key tenets of the ecological philosophy - sustainability, energy efficiency, harmonious relationship with the environment - appeared to stand contrast to the sweep of science-led ‘progress’ that characterized the modern movement. Today, however, past visionaries are vindicated and yesterday’s eccentricities are today’s legal requirements: every architect has an obligation to the environment as well as to his or her client. After an introduction to the terminology of ecological architecture - including terms such as ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’, ’Part one’ identifies recurring themes in ecological architecture. ‘Part two’ features twenty-five case studies each focusing on a specific architect, movement or topic. Some of the names are familiar in this context - Rasem Badran, Hassan Fathy - but there are also plenty of surprises - Le Corbusier, Buckminster Fuller, Rudolf Schindler. ‘Part three’ looks to the future as ecological architecture struggles to deal with global urbanization.
Ecological architecture : a critical history
Actions:
Price:
$83.00
(available to order)
Summary:
The ecological approach to building is the great untold story in the architectural history of the past century. This book is essential reading for architects and students. As an urgent wake-up call on the state of our built environment, it will be of interest to everyone who cares about the future of our planet. In the past, many of the key tenets of the ecological philosophy - sustainability, energy efficiency, harmonious relationship with the environment - appeared to stand contrast to the sweep of science-led ‘progress’ that characterized the modern movement. Today, however, past visionaries are vindicated and yesterday’s eccentricities are today’s legal requirements: every architect has an obligation to the environment as well as to his or her client. After an introduction to the terminology of ecological architecture - including terms such as ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’, ’Part one’ identifies recurring themes in ecological architecture. ‘Part two’ features twenty-five case studies each focusing on a specific architect, movement or topic. Some of the names are familiar in this context - Rasem Badran, Hassan Fathy - but there are also plenty of surprises - Le Corbusier, Buckminster Fuller, Rudolf Schindler. ‘Part three’ looks to the future as ecological architecture struggles to deal with global urbanization.
Form:
books
books
Publication:
October 2005, London
October 2005, London
Subject:
Green Architecture
Green Architecture
