Theory of Architecture

No longer does it suffice to judge a building solely by its appearance; it must be measured and certified. When architects talk about 'Excellence',...

The expansion of cities in the late C19th and middle part of the C20th in the developing and the emerging economies of the world has one major urba...

Updated to cover the latest cutting-edge developments in the field and now in full color, Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introd...

Updated to cover the latest cutting-edge developments in the field and now in full color, Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introd...

The essential step-by-step guide for artists and designers undertaking research, now with new sections on visual research and data analysis. Acade...

The essential step-by-step guide for artists and designers undertaking research, now with new sections on visual research and data analysis. Acade...

Architecture and Cultural Continuity explores a dynamic way of viewing architecture arguing that all architecture is best evaluated through active...

In Exploring Gender in Vernacular Architecture, Jessica Ellen Sewell considers the gender of those who create and shape spaces, how gender ideology...

This book, by an architect and a sociologist, addresses the disconnect between the design of the built environment and social life and lays out a p...

This book, by an architect and a sociologist, addresses the disconnect between the design of the built environment and social life and lays out a p...

If youve ever wondered what goes through architects minds when they design buildings, youll be happy to know that theres no shortage of brilliant...

If youve ever wondered what goes through architects minds when they design buildings, youll be happy to know that theres no shortage of brilliant...

If youve ever wondered what goes through architects minds when they design buildings, youll be happy to know that theres no shortage of brilliant...

Classical architecture continues to be widely practised today, and this book describes and demonstrates the fundamental principles from its origins...

Classical architecture continues to be widely practised today, and this book describes and demonstrates the fundamental principles from its origins...

If youve ever wondered what goes through architects minds when they design buildings, youll be happy to know that theres no shortage of brilliant...

This book presents a critical vision of the role of architecture and design in constantly changing cities, territories and societies from a Latin A...

Architectures of Existence proposes that philosophical thinking (ecosophical thinking) can inform the way we engage with our world and its inhabita...

This volume offers spatial theories of the emergent based on a careful close reading of the complete works of nineteenth-century writer and mathema...

Authored by two architects, Polish Architecture in Contemporary Innovation: Thoughts, Dreams and Places tells a story of buildings that were built ...

This volume reframes the development of US-American avant-garde art of the long 1960sfrom minimal and pop art to land art, conceptual art, site-spe...

Architects and fiction writers share the same ambition: to imagine new worlds into being. Every architectural proposition is a kind of fiction befo...

The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design. Drawing inspiration from the concept of exaptation ...

Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond c...

Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for ...

The Architecture of the Facade provides a comprehensive study of the facade as both a physical and cultural artifact, highlighting its significance...

Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond c...

The publication rethinks climate control a key concern of the discipline of architecture through the lens of city climate phenomena over the cour...

This book is the first comprehensive overview of the pioneering works, events, and people that contributed to the paradigm shift defined by computa...

This book is the first comprehensive overview of the pioneering works, events, and people that contributed to the paradigm shift defined by computa...

This anthology radically resituates architecture as a support system in the service of infrastructure. A collection of 12 critical essays and creat...

From casting to sculpture Cast materials become solid, yet they originate as fluid materials that can take on any imaginable form. This simple yet...

This book investigates the spaces where architecture and computer science share a common set of assumptions and goals, using methods and objectives...

This book investigates the spaces where architecture and computer science share a common set of assumptions and goals, using methods and objectives...

Lars Lerup's conceptual explorations as a designer and thinker have been inspired by philosophers and artists from Foucault to Beckett. Lerup's fur...

This book explores and affirms the emergent symbiosis between video games and architecture, including insights from a diverse range of disciplines....

This book explores and affirms the emergent symbiosis between video games and architecture, including insights from a diverse range of disciplines....

Technical Drawing deals with the representation of plans throughout all phases of a project. For students, the primary focus is on the development ...

The theory of Co-Corporeality is based on a conception of the built environment as a biological entity that opens up a space for coexistence and in...

The MIT based SENSEable City Lab under Carlo Ratti is one of the research centers that deal with the flow of people and goods, but also of refuse t...

Free thinking, unconstrained by facts The book is based on the thesis that we live in a world of abundance, full of natural riches, and cultural ...

In wachsenden Städten haben Schulstandorte das Potenzial, polyvalente Anlagen sowie lebendige Quartierszentren zu werden. UMBAU 31 untersucht sowoh...

This book explores extraordinary 20th-century utopian architecture from the prominent architecture groups Archigram and Future Systems. Filled with...

This book shifts the frame of reference for todays network- and structure oriented discussions from the applied computational tools of the 20th cen...