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Deleuze and design
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Drawing on a range of contributors, case studies and examples, this book examines ways in which we can think about design through Deleuze, and how Deleuze's thought can be experimented upon and re-designed to produce new concepts. This book taps into the emerging networks between philosophy as an act of inventing concepts and design as the process of inventing the world.
Deleuze and design
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Drawing on a range of contributors, case studies and examples, this book examines ways in which we can think about design through Deleuze, and how Deleuze's thought can be experimented upon and re-designed to produce new concepts. This book taps into the emerging networks between philosophy as an act of inventing concepts and design as the process of inventing the world.
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Critical Theory
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xxviii, 619 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Re-reading Leonardo : the Treatise on painting across Europe, 1550-1900 / edited and introduced by Claire Farago.
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xxviii, 619 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
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224 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Chichester ; New York : Wiley-Academy, 2002.
Civic builders / Curtis W. Fentress ; Robert Campbell [and others].
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Chichester ; New York : Wiley-Academy, 2002.
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''Protest architecture'' is an international survey of the architecture of protest and presents it in all its manifold forms and, in some cases, ambivalence. It is conceived as an encyclopedia with 176 entries, supplemented by 16 expansive case studies. A preceding chronology portrays 68 protest movements and their architectural manifestations through concise texts and(...)
Contemporary Architecture
January 2024
Protest architecture: Barricades, camps, spatial tactics 1830-2023
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''Protest architecture'' is an international survey of the architecture of protest and presents it in all its manifold forms and, in some cases, ambivalence. It is conceived as an encyclopedia with 176 entries, supplemented by 16 expansive case studies. A preceding chronology portrays 68 protest movements and their architectural manifestations through concise texts and one image each, including examples from all over the world.
Contemporary Architecture
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From leaves to liquids, caves to crystal formations, nature has always been a major source of inspiration for architects. This book examines how nature can act as a precedent for design solutions through twelve case studies. Packed with computer drawings, sketches, models, and photographs, this will be an ideal resource of ideas for students in their studio work, as well(...)
Biomorphic structures: architecture inspired by nature
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From leaves to liquids, caves to crystal formations, nature has always been a major source of inspiration for architects. This book examines how nature can act as a precedent for design solutions through twelve case studies. Packed with computer drawings, sketches, models, and photographs, this will be an ideal resource of ideas for students in their studio work, as well as for practicing architects.
Natural Forms in Architecture
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The integration of nature in architecture is a key concern of sustainability. 'Dense + Green' explores new architectural typologies that emerge from the integration of green components such as sky terraces, vertical parks and green facades, in high-density buildings. In-depth case studies on the most relevant building types are complemented by expert essays that(...)
Dense + Green: innovative building types for sustainable urban architecture
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The integration of nature in architecture is a key concern of sustainability. 'Dense + Green' explores new architectural typologies that emerge from the integration of green components such as sky terraces, vertical parks and green facades, in high-density buildings. In-depth case studies on the most relevant building types are complemented by expert essays that demonstrate the current paradigm shift in the sustainable urban environment.
Urban Landscapes
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At the center of Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture are case studies of four very different houses: a Finnish log farmhouse from the nineteenth century; Charles Moore's house in Arinda, California; Tadao Anmdo's Wall house in Japan; and Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye near Paris. LaVine highlights how the architects involved have used fundamental architectural(...)
Mechanics and meaning in architecture
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At the center of Mechanics and Meaning in Architecture are case studies of four very different houses: a Finnish log farmhouse from the nineteenth century; Charles Moore's house in Arinda, California; Tadao Anmdo's Wall house in Japan; and Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye near Paris. LaVine highlights how the architects involved have used fundamental architectural technologies-- walls, floors, ceilings, columns, beams, and windows-- in creative ways.
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March 2001, Minneapolis
Architectural Theory
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This publication focuses on the curatorial practice of exhibiting conceptual art. The fact that conceptual works are not object-based, creates challenges in exhibiting or re-exhibiting them. This book offers various perspectives on how to handle conceptual art in the context of the museum, based on three detailed case studies and an extensive introduction in which the(...)
Conceptual art in a curatorial perspective: between dematerialization and documentation
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This publication focuses on the curatorial practice of exhibiting conceptual art. The fact that conceptual works are not object-based, creates challenges in exhibiting or re-exhibiting them. This book offers various perspectives on how to handle conceptual art in the context of the museum, based on three detailed case studies and an extensive introduction in which the paradox of conceptual art is analyzed.
Museology
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With more than 90 offices in over 30 countries, Arup is known as a pioneer in environmental engineering as well as in structural engineering. The firm's approach addresses energy and resource conservation as well as the social value and environmental consequences of urban development. This issue introduces about 30 works as case studies categorized by building type. Most(...)
A+U 487: Arup and sustainable buildings
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With more than 90 offices in over 30 countries, Arup is known as a pioneer in environmental engineering as well as in structural engineering. The firm's approach addresses energy and resource conservation as well as the social value and environmental consequences of urban development. This issue introduces about 30 works as case studies categorized by building type. Most have been completed over the last 10 years.
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This is the first all-encompassing book about the visual language of man-made products, explaining how mass-produced objects evolve over time and what made them change. Form evolution behaves in a similar way to language evolution and, to some extent, even to natural evolution. In the book the author materializes the governing rules of form evolution by means of fourteen(...)
The form of design: deciphering the language of mass-produced objects
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This is the first all-encompassing book about the visual language of man-made products, explaining how mass-produced objects evolve over time and what made them change. Form evolution behaves in a similar way to language evolution and, to some extent, even to natural evolution. In the book the author materializes the governing rules of form evolution by means of fourteen case studies.
Design Theory