Theory of Architecture

For the past 50 years, the advancements of technology have equipped architects with unique tools that have enabled the development of new computer-...

This book is a rigorous account of architectures theoretical and technological concerns over the last decade. The anthology presents projects and e...

LA+ Botanic explores our evolving relationship with plants with contributions that reflect on the many natures and relations that are being materia...

Megastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with the concept of utopia. Beyond this partial understanding, Agn...

This book brings together Kenneth Framptons essays from the 1960s to today which epitomize his reflections on the historicaltheoretical entanglemen...

This book brings together Kenneth Framptons essays from the 1960s to today which epitomize his reflections on the historicaltheoretical entanglemen...

Written over four decades, Critiquing the Modern in Architecture is a collection of essays exploring the ideological and metaphysical core of moder...

The Place of Silence examines the poetics and politics of silence in architecture. Silence and quietness are terms often used by designers and cri...

***Shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024***The word time occurs more than seven times as often as space in written English, yet in the...

This volume is an empirical study examining the extent to which historic and iconic architecture and spaces in Zimbabwe - particularly in urban are...

We are taught to believe in originals. In art and architecture in particular, original objects vouch for authenticity, value, and truth, and requir...

In his 1979 essay The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge philosopher Jean-François Lyotard noted that the advent of the computer opened up...

Researching urban space and the built environment is an accessible guide for historians keen to explore the spatial dimensions of the past. Written...

How can architecture develop better aesthetic directions for the twenty-first-century built environment? Our world, increasingly defined by efficie...

Mid-20th century sacred architecture in America sought to bridge modernism with religion by abstracting cultural and faith traditions and pushing t...

COVID-19 exposed the pre-existing conditions of the current global crisis. Many Western states failed to protect their populations, while others we...

How architecture became a medium In the modern world, architecture interacts with and within networks. Long before they began to communicate wit...

The underlying theme of Twenty-Five+ Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is the relationship of architecture to the human being, how it fra...

The Deutsches Institut für Stadtbaukunst argues that small, dense cities offer the best conditions for long-term functioning as eco-friendly green ...