Architectural structure and design Books

Book SynopsisThe Model as Performance investigates the history and development of the scale model from the Renaissance to the present from a scenographic perspective and a performative paradigm that explores what the model can do and how it is used in theatre and architecture. It provides a comprehensive historical context and theoretical framework for theatre scholars, scenographers, artists and architects interested in the model's reality-producing capacity and its recent emergence in contemporary art practice and exhibition. For the undergraduate student, it provides a historical survey of the model, and to the postgraduate student, it opens up a new methodological approach. Introducing a typology of the scale model beyond the iterative and the representative model, the authors identify the autonomous model as a provocative construction between past and present, idea and reality that challenges and redefines the relationship between object, viewer and environment. Case studies include BTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Chapter I. The Model as Idea and Object in Theatre and Architecture Chapter II. Staging Politics and Knowledge: From the Ideal Stage to the Model Room and the Mechanical Theatre Chapter III. Staging the Future: The Model as a Performance of Inhabitation Chapter IV. Staging Site: The Full Scale Model Chapter V. Staging the White Cube: The Model as a Performance of Space Chapter VI. Summary and Outlook References Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisForm and Structure in Interior Architecture examines the basic ideas that underpin the design of interior space: From the establishment of a relationship between the existing building and the new components that inhabit it, to the design and positioning of significant elements within the space itself.Through a series of groundbreaking case studies from around the world, this book proposes a method of analysis, understanding and exploitation of the existing building. Studies of contemporary work engage and stimulate, while clear diagrams and explanations allow students to understand and relate to the works in the context of architecture and interiors as a wider field.The second edition includes a new chapter on sustainable interior architecture. This brings the book up to date by covering current thinking about the importance of sustainability in architectural design.Table of Contents1 The Design Process Introduction Definitions and Descriptions Reuse and Redesign: Case Study 2 The Existing Building Introduction Reading the Interior Basic Structural Systems Context and Environment: Case Study History: Case Study Form and Structure: Case Study 3 Sustainable Interior Architecture Introduction Sustainable Design: Case Study Sustainable Use: Case Study 4 Methods of Organising Space Introduction Closed Room: Case Study Free Plan: Case Study 5 Responsive Interiors Introduction Intervened: Case Study Inserted: Case Study Installed: Case Study 6 Autonomous Interiors Introduction Disguised: Case Study Assembled: Case Study Combined: Case Study 7 Elements for Organising Space Introduction Object: Case Study Plane: Case Study Sequence: Case Study Light: Case Study Threshold: Case Study Texture: Case Study Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisIn today's globalized world, every aspect of our lives is affected by global interconnectedness from what we buy to what we eat to what we study and the study of design history is no exception. Programs in art, architecture, and interior design are all facing the challenges of providing students with information from around the world. History of Interior Architecture: Furniture, Design, and Global Culture, Second Edition, (formerly titled History of Furniture: A Global View) covers the major historical movements in architecture, interior design, furniture, and the decorative arts from prehistoric periods through contemporary times, and it includes parts of the world that traditional history books ignore or underserve such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It presents, moreover, the achievements of Western designers, not in isolation from the rest of the globe, but in vibrant contact with it. For example, students will learn about the influence of Islamic design on R

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