The essays are complemented by a selection of built examples which demonstrate innovative solutions and the importance of an integrated planning process in realized projects, complete with full plans and large scale details.
This new collection of writings in a variety of genres argues for a genericarchitecture defined by iconography and electronics, an architecture whose elemental qualitiesbecome shelter and symbol.
' These books will appeal to a wide range of readers both from architecture and art communities and beyond, to include anyone who is interested in the role that creative practice can play in collectively answering the complex challenges ...
In this Urban Corporis volume, ?The city and the skin?, we asked the authors to read, define and interpret the role of the skin as a facade, as a protection, as a compositional image of urban revelation.
What was once generically called graphics and has more recently been catalogued under the umbrella of visual communications is today considered an expression of contemporary culture closely interwoven with a number of different fields and ...
It overviews methodologies, tools and strategies for Sustainable PSS design applied to Distributed Economies (DE) and provides strategies and design guidelines. All of these are highlighted and expanded upon with international case studies.
"For forty years, British architect Cedric Price has been one of the most challenging and witty provocateurs in the field, forcing us to cast a fresh eye on what architecture is." (Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal)