Theory of Architecture

Science parks are becoming established in increasing numbers in almost all parts of the world. Promoted as places on the frontiers of science where...

This collection unravels the stereotypical images of gender and space and presents a series of new explorations into both 'lived' and 'imagined' sp...

Emulation is a challenging middle ground between imitation and invention. The idea of rivaling by means of imitation, as old as the Aenead and as m...

Architecture, Computing and the Second World War explores the history of digital architecture from the 1930s to the 1970s, depicting the interdisci...

If architectural judgment were a city, a city of ideas and forms, then it is a very imperfect city. When architects judge the success or failure of...

The architect Alvar Aalto once argued that what mattered in architecture was not what a building 'looks like' on the day it opens, but what it 'is ...

This unique anthology draws from Louis Kahn's speeches, essays, and interviews, some never previously published, to capture the evolution and centr...

As the first inclusive study of how women have shaped the modern Indian built environment from the independence struggle until today, this book rev...

Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Top...

Paves the path for the adoption and effective implementation of BIM by design firms, emphasizing the design opportunities that this workflow afford...

Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Top...

While the first half of the 20th century in architecture was, to a large extent, characterized by innovations in aesthetics (accompanied by succinc...

If architectural judgment were a city, a city of ideas and forms, then it is a very imperfect city. When architects judge the success or failure of...

Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch) Movement is both elementary and fleeting; it is a basic precondition ...

Evaluates for the first time one of the foundational works in architecture criticism. Immediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Veg...

By way of more than 2,000 years of architectural history, this richly illustrated book defines and shows all the major components of the art--from ...

Evaluates for the first time one of the foundational works in architecture criticismImmediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas...

When it comes to determining the relative quality of architecture, who is best equipped to make the distinctions? Is it the public who lives in and...

This comprehensive guide to the buildings of South-West Lancashire treats each city, town, and village in a detailed gazetteer. The great port city...

Illustrated evidence-based building and open space case studies demonstrate E-B’s continuing design impact. Fundamental theory and practical resear...

The making of shadows is an act as old as architecture itself. From the gloom of the medieval hearth through to the masterworks of modernism, shado...

A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture traces the origins of tropical architecture to nineteenth century British colonial architectural knowledge and...

This book introduces architects to a philosopher, Immanuel Kant, whose work was constantly informed by a concern for the world as an evolving whole...

Exploring the ambiguities of how we define the word ‘culture’ in our global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural ideas. It ex...

A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture traces the origins of tropical architecture to nineteenth century British colonial architectural knowledge and...

The philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961) has influenced the design work of architects as diverse as Steven Holl and Peter Zumthor, as we...

Buildings shape our identity and sense of self in profound ways that are not always evident to architects and town planners, or even to those who t...

Architectures of Transversality investigates the relationship between modernity, space, power, and culture in Iran. Focusing on Paul Klee’s Persian...

Architecture and designed landscapes serve as grand mnemonic devices that record and transmit vital aspects of culture and history. Spatial Recall ...

In the form of a critical anthology, this book interlaces an ensemble of seminal articles by leading figures in the theory and practice of digital ...

Times of Creative Destruction is about the years that followed the end of WWII, one of the most seminal and dramatic epochs in human history, durin...

This well-argued, analytic text provides a greater understanding of spatial issues in the field of architecture. Re-interpreting the fifteenth cent...

Louis I. Kahn was one of the most influential architects, thinkers and teachers of his time. This book examines the important relationship between ...

The introduction of iron – and later steel – construction and decoration transformed architecture in the nineteenth century. While the structural e...

Husserl and Spatiality is an exploration of the phenomenology of space and embodiment, based on the work of Edmund Husserl. Little known in archite...