Architectural structure and design Books

Book SynopsisA practical, up-to-date introduction on truss analysis, application and design. Describes the influence of trusses on design development as well as the means for design and detailing of truss construction utilizing contemporary building technologies. Illustrations include both historical and recent uses of trusses.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT. Early Uses of Trusses. The Nineteenth Century. Early Twentieth Century Construction. MODERN CONSTRUCTION WITH TRUSSES. New Design Concerns. New Truss Systems and Details. INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN OF PLANAR TRUSSES. Analysis for Static Forces. General Considerations for Trusses Construction. Design of Steel Trusses. Special Truss Structures. CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN. Details for Construction. General Construction Concerns. GRAPHIC INVESTIGATION FOR TRUSSES. Use of Graphic Analysis in Design. COMPUTER-AIDED INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN. Use of Computers. Exercises in Computer Use. References. Appendix. Glossary. Study Aids. Index.

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Book SynopsisTaking the view of a practicing architect, Structural Design, Second Edition addresses structures both on a conceptual level and on a numerical level. Most importantly, it helps architects work with structural consultants and understand the considerations necessary when designing structural systems.Table of ContentsPreface. In the Beginning: The Premise. Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding Loads. 1.1 Loads. 1.2 Tributary Areas. 1.3 Lateral Loads—Wind and Earthquakes. 1.4 Lateral Loads: Wind 1.5 Lateral Loads: Earthquake. 1.6 Loading Conditions. Chapter 2: Load and Resistance Factor Design. 2.1 Load Combinations. 2.2 Resistance Factors. 2.3 Working Stress versus LFRD Design. 2.4 Elastic Section Modulus and Plastic Section Modulus. 2.5 Shape Factor. PART ONE: STEEL. Chapter 3: Materials and Properties. 3.1 Structural Properties of Steel. 3.2 Allowable Stress. 3.3 Yield Stress. 3.4 Standard Shapes. 3.5 Fire Considerations. 3.6 Surface Finishes. Chapter 4: Structural Elements and Systems. 4.1 Member Types. 4.2 System Selection. 4.3 Low-Rise Frame Systems. 4.4 Medium- and High-Rise Systems. 4.5 Architectural Considerations. SECTION 1: STEEL BENDING SYSTEMS. Chapter 5: Preengineered Systems. 5.1 Open-Web Steel Joist. 5.2 Steel Decks. Chapter 6: Steel Beams. 6.1 Beam Theory. 6.2 Beams in Structural Systems. Chapter 7: Lateral Stability in Beams. 7.1 Conditions of Stability. Chapter 8: Supports. 8.1 Bearing Plates for Beams and Columns. 8.2 Design of Bearing Plates. 8.3 Column Base Plates. 8.4 Design of Column Base Plates. Chapter 9: Web Yielding and Crippling. 9.1 Localized Failure of Components. Chapter 10: Built-Up Beams. 10.1 Built-Up Sections. 10.2 Connection and Length of Cover Plates. 10.3 Holes in the Web and in the Flanges. SECTION 2: STEEL AXIALLY LOADED SYSTEMS. Chapter 11: Columns. 11.1 Column Theory. 11.2 Built-Up Columns. 11.3 Columns with Unequal Unbraced Lengths. Chapter 12: Tension Members. 12.1 Types of Tensions Members. 12.2 Basic Design. 12.3 Connection of Tension Members. 12.4 Suspension Structures. SECTION 3: STEEL COMBINED SYSTEMS. Chapter 13: Combined Axial Loading and Bending. 13.1 Basic Considerations and Procedure. 13.2 Sloped Beams. Chapter 14: Trusses. 14.1 General Comments. 14.2 Design Considerations. 14.3 Truss Analysis. SECTION 4: STEEL CONNECTIONS. Chapter 15: Bolted Connections. 15.1 Engineering Principles. 15.2 Types of Bolted Connections. 15.3 Bolts. 15.4 Design of Connections. Chapter 16: Welded Connections. 16.1 Welding and Types of Welded Joints. 16.2 Stresses in Welds. 16.3 Minimum and Maximum Weld Considerations. 16.4 Framed Beam Connections. PART TWO: WOOD. Chapter 17: Materials and Properties. 17.1 Physical Properties. 17.2 Density and Weight of Wood. 17.3 Protection from Decay and Fire. 17.4 Design Values. 17.5 Size Classifications. 17.6 Adjustment Factors. 17.7 Engineered Wood Products. Chapter 18: Wood Structures in Architecture. 18.1 Construction and Architectural Philosophies. 18.2 The Architect's Responsibility in Structural Wood Design. 18.3 Selection and Configuration of Wood Systems. 18.4 Framing System. 18.5 Long-Span Systems. 18.6 Bracing. SECTION 1: WOOD BENDING SYSTEMS. Chapter 19: Bending Members: Floor and Roof Systems. 19.1 Floor Framing. 19.2 Joist Design. 19.3 Adjustment Factors. 19.4 Engineered Joist. 19.5 Subfloors. 19.6 Fire Protection and Sound Insulation. 19.7 Roof Construction. 19.8 Bearing and Stress Concentration. 19.9 Notched Bending Members. Chapter 20: Sheathing and Diaphragm Design. 20.1 Diaphragm Construction. 20.2 Shear Walls. 20.3 Composite Bending Members. 20.4 Plywood Structural Properties. 20.5 Box Beam Design. Chapter 21: Timber and Laminated Timber Beams. 21.1 Timber Beams.. 21.2 Built-Up Beams. 21.3 Laminated Timber Beams. 21.4 Design of Laminated Timber Beams. 21.5 Types of Structures Using Glulam. SECTION 2: WOOD AXIALLY LOADED MEMBERS. Chapter 22: Compression and Tension Members. 22.1 Types of Compression and Tension Members. 22.2 Design Procedure for Solid Columns. 22.3 Built-Up and Spaced Column Design. 22.4 Tension Members. 22.5 Axial Compression and Bending. 22.6 Axial Tension and Bending. SECTION 3: WOOD COMBINED SYSTEMS. Chapter 23: Timber Truss Design. 23.1 Truss Types. 23.2 Deflection and Camber. 23.3 General Design Procedure. Chapter 24: Arches, Vaults and Domes. 24.1 Two- and Three-Hinged Arches. 24.2 Preliminary Design of Laminated Timber Arches. 24.3 Construction of Timber Arches. 24.4 Domes and Vaulted Roofs. SECTION 4: WOOD CONNECTIONS. Chapter 25: Connections. 25.1 Connecting Wood Members. 25.2 Nails and Spikes. 25.3 Adhesives. 25.4 Glue Line Stresses: Rolling Shear. 25.5 Bolts. 25.6 Lag screws. 25.7 Wood Screws. 25.8 Split Ring and Shear Plate Connectors. 25.9 Design of Shear Plate and Split Ring Connections. SECTION 5: WOOD SPECIAL SYSTEMS. Chapter 26: Permanent Wood Foundations. 26.1 Types of Wood Foundations. 26.2 Permanent Wood Foundation. 26.3 Design of Footing Foundations. 26.4 Basement Walls. PART THREE: REINFORCED CONCRETE (R/C). Chapter 27: Materials and Properties. 27.1 Structural Concrete Materials. 27.2 Structural Concrete Properties. 27.3 Reinforcing Steel. 27.4 Fiber-Rreinforced Concrete. 27.5 Placement of Concrete. Chapter 28: Reinforced Concrete in Architecture. 28.1 Structural Forms. 28.2 Structural Design Issues. 28.3 System Selection. SECTION 1: R/C BENDING MEMBERS. Chapter 29: Beams Strength Theory. 29.1 Stress and Strain in Flexural Members. 29.2 Beam Design Formula. Chapter 30: Beam Design. 30.1 Design for Bending Moment. 30.2 Development of Reinforcement. Chapter 31: Shear in Beams. 31.1 Shear Strength of Concrete. 31.2 Design of Shear Reinforcement. Chapter 32: Slabs. 32.1 Flat Spanning Systems. 32.2 Flat Slab Design. 32.3 Slab on Grade. 32.4 Composite Sections. Chapter 33: Deflection. 33..1 Creep and Deflection. 33.2 Deflection Computations. Chapter 34: Footings. 34.1 Foundation Design Criteria. 34.2 Footings. 34.3 Design Procedure of Footings. 34.4 Peripheral Shear. 34.5 Rectangular Footings. 34.6 Simple Wall Footings. SECTION 2: R/C AXIALLY LOADED MEMBERS. Chapter 35: Columns. 35.1 Construction of R/C Columns. 35.2 Design Method. Chapter 36: Walls. 36.1 Concrete Wall Types. 36.2 Design Requirements for Vertical Loads. 36.3 Walls Designed as Compression Members. 36.4 Horizontal Forces in Basement Walls. 36.5 Retaining Walls. 36.6 Shear Walls. SECTION 3: R/C CONNECTIONS. Chapter 37: Connections. 37.1 Connections of Footings and Vertical Structure. 37.2 Anchors. 37.3 Bearing Pressures. 37.4 Concrete Supports. SECTION 4: R/C SPECIAL SYSTEMS. Chapter 38: Prestressed and Precast Concrete. 38.1 Prestressed Concrete. 38.2 Construction Techniques. 38.3 Precast Concrete Shapes. PART FOUR: MASONRY. Chapter 39: Materials and Properties. 39.1 Masonry Units. 39.2 Mortar and Grout. 39.3 Mortar Strength. 39.4 Construction. 39.5 Design Requirements. 39.6 Expansion/Control Joints and Reinforcing. 39.7 Flashing. Chapter 40: Structural Systems. 40.1 Masonry Construction. 40.2 System Selection. 40.3 Masonry Systems. SECTION 1: MASONRY AXIALLY LOADED MEMBERS. Chapter 41: Empirical Design of Walls. 41.1 Limitations of Empirical Design. 41.2 Working Stress. 41.3 Lateral Stability and Shear Walls. 41.4 Unsupported Height or Length. 41.5 Wall Thickness. Chapter 42: Allowable Stress Method. 42.1 Unreinforced Masonry. 42.2 Bearing and Concentrated Loads. 42.3 Design of Shear Walls. 42.4 Reinforced Walls. 42.5 Column and Pilaster Construction. 42.6 Column Design. Appendix A: Commonly Used Tables and Constants. Appendix B: Conversion Factors from U.S. Customary Units to SI Metric Units. Bibliography. References. Illustration and Table Credits. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides expert guidance on: interpreting code requirements for fire safety, understanding the concepts of fire severity and fire resistance, estimating time-temperature curves for fully developed compartment fires and other topics.Table of ContentsPreface Notation Introduction Fire Safety in Buildings Overview FireSafety Objectives Process of Fire Development Conceptual Framework for Fire Safety Fire Resistance Controlling Fire Spread Building Construction for Fire Safety Fire and Heat Overview Fuels Combustion Fire Initiation Burning Objects t-squared Fires Pre-flashover Design Fires Heat Transfer Room Fires Overview Pre-flashover fires Flashover Post-flashover Fires Design Fires Other Factors Fire Severity Overview Fire Severity and Fire Resistance Fire Severity Standard Fire Equivalent Fire Severity Fire Resistance Overview Fire Resistance Assessing Fire Resistance Fire-resistance Tests Approved Fire-resistance Ratings Fire Resistance by Calculation Fire Resistance of Assemblies Design of Structures Exposed to Fire Overview Structural Design at Normal Temperatures Structural Design in Fire Conditions Material Properties in Fire Design of Individual Members Exposed to Fire Design of Structural Assemblies Exposed to Fire Steel Structures Overview Behaviour of Steel Structures in Fire Fire-resistance Ratings Steel Temperatures Protection Systems Mechanical Properties of Steel at Elevated Temperature Design of Steel Members Exposed to Fire Design of Steel Buildings Exposed to Fire Concrete Structures Overview Behaviour of Concrete Structures in Fire Fire-resistance Ratings Concrete and Reinforcing Temperatures Mechanical Properties of Concrete at Elevated Temperatures Design of Concrete Members Exposed to Fire Composite Steel-Concrete Construction Exposed to Fire Timber Structures Overview Description of Timber Construction Fire-resistance Ratings Wood Temperatures Mechanical Properties of Wood Design Concepts for Heavy Timber Exposed to Fire Design of Heavy Timber Members Exposed to Fire Behaviour of Timber Connections in Fire Light Frame Construction Overview Description Fire Behaviours Fire-resistance Ratings Properties of Gypsum Plaster Board Temperatures Within Light Frame Assemblies Structural Behaviour Design of Light Frame Structures in Fire Construction Details Lightweight Sandwich Panels Design Recommendations Overview Summary of Main Points Summary for Main Materials Thermal Analysis Conclusions Appendix A Units and conversion factors Appendix B Fire load energy densities Appendix C Section property tables for steel beams Appendix D Generic fire-resistance ratings for reinforcedconcrete References Index

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Book SynopsisTwenty-five years after geodesic domes were first introduced, this text presents a method of design and provides a step-by-step method for producing mathematical specifications for orthodox geodesic domes, as well as for a variety of elliptical, super-elliptical and other nonspherical contours.Table of ContentsWhat This Book Is Part One Tensegritty 1. Weight vs. Tension 2. Spherical Tensegrities 3. Complex Spherical Tensegrities 4. Tendon System Minima 5. Geodesic Subdivision 6. Rigid Tensegrities Part Two Geodesics 7. Great Circles 8. Symmetry Systems 9. The Spherical-Coordinate System 10. Breakdown Systems 11. Choosing a Polyhedron 12. Using the Tables 13. Ellipses and Superellipses 14. Truncations 15. An Advanced Problem 16. Space Frames 17. About Angles Part Three Dala 18. Class I Octahedral Coordinates 19. Class II Method 1 Octahedral Coordinates 20. Class I Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates 21. Class II Method 1 Icosahedral Coordinates 22. Tetrahedral Coordinates 23. Class II Method 3 Coordinates and Chord Factors Appendices APPENDIX I Writing Class II Method 3 Coordinates APPENDIX II Calculator Routines APPENDIX III HP-65 Programs

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Book SynopsisBy use of checklists, this book provides a practical tool for the building specifier. This new edition features changes to specification classifications (resulting from revisions to the Common Arrangement and SMM7) and the latest British Standards and Codes of Practice.Table of ContentsPurpose and use of the specification; Subject matter; Form of specification; The National Building Specification; Specification work sections; Example specification

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Book SynopsisBy way of more than 2,000 years of architectural history, this illustrated book defines and shows the major components of the art - from theory, plans, and models to structural elements such as columns, arches, and domes, to materials and decorative elements.Trade Review"There's no shortage of architectural primers, but this one stands out for two reasons. First, the eye-popping clarity of the 325 photographs. Second, its refreshing breadth: There's a section on murals as well as metallic alloys, and the section on staircases includes a 1932 stadium ramp as well as the entrance to a 1528 chateau. More than a cheat sheet, it's a guide to be enjoyed."--John King, San Francisco Chronicle "This title combines the best of two art-book formats: it is filled with excellent color photographs that illustrate architectural forms, yet it is also the size of a field guide and can be held comfortably in the hand... Although this is not a standard reference book, it delights the eye with its juxtapositions, and could be the inspiration for a field trip to see these wonderful buildings."--V.E. Young, Choice "This is not merely a guidebook to the world of architecture... No reader can deny the densely illustrated nature of this book... The author has done her best to compile texts and images that are educational for undergraduate students. The book also presents an informative companion for readers who to visit buildings located in various regions and built in different historical periods."--Gevork Hartoonian, Architectural Science ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction 6 The Tools of the Architect 9 Stability and Form 55 Materials and Techniques 211 Architecture and Decoration 295 Masterpieces Compared 337 Glossary of Terms 374 Photographic Sources 378 Index of Topics 379 Index of Names and Places 380

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This volume can be read as an introduction to Chinese architecture, or it can be used as a detailed reference tool. An important resource for anyone interested in architectural history." * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface xv Editor's Note xvii Chronology of Chinese Dynasties xxi Map of China xxiii Biography of Fu Xinian xxv 1 Representations of Architecture on Vessels of the Warring States Period 1 2 Reconstruction of Northern Dynasties Buildings Based on Relief Sculpture and Murals in Cave-Temples at Maijishan 31 3 Early Buddhist Architecture in China 79 4 The Development of Timber-Frame Architecture during the Two Jins and the Northern and Southern Dynasties 97 5 Architectural Features of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Periods in China as Reflected in Japanese Architecture of the Asuka and Nara Periods 140 6 Hanyuan Hall at Daminggong in Tang Chang'an 167 7 The Module in Tang Architecture 209 8 Imperial Architecture of Tang through Ming and Its Relation to Other Architecture 226 9 The Problem of Pillar Displacement with Respect to the Characteristics of Song Construction 253 10 Song Architecture in South China and Its Relation to Japanese Great Buddha-Style Architecture of the Kamakura Period 273 11 Northern Song Architecture in the Painting A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains by Wang Ximeng 296 12 Typical Design Features of Ming Palaces and Altars in Beijing 315 Glossary 349 Index 375

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the inaugural Architecture Book of the Year Award, Technical Category""A rare opportunity to look closer at modernists’ environmental ethics and not just their aesthetics — and a timely reference for our worsening climate crisis."---Diana Budds, Curbed"The premise of [Modern Architecture and Climate] is this: The battle for the supremacy of air conditioning above all other solutions for climate mitigation was, in fact, a battle . . . [it] spanned continents, political ideologies, and architectural discourses…What makes Barber’s book so interesting is not only the meticulous documentation of…climate-control alternatives and their practitioners, but the tension between their goals and their underlying ideologies. . . . The lesson from Barber’s book is not to replicate the conditions that begat yesterday’s missed opportunities, but to change them for the better."---Kate Wagner, The Architect’s Newspaper"It’s easy to think of Modernism as inseparable from air conditioning, simply because we are surrounded by so much of it that is. A valuable reminder that this wasn’t always the case is provided in Daniel A. Barber’s Modern Architecture and Climate: Design Before Air Conditioning, which outlines the story of the febrile, flexible, and often-forgotten early experiments in climate control."---Anthony Paletta, Metropolis"[Modern Architecture and Climate] offers . . . the most comprehensive and concise corrective to the reigning histories of Modernism that have tended to exclude, or at least consider only superficially, environmental context."---Russell Fortmeyer, Architectural Record"[An] erudite work…Heavily illustrated and deeply researched. . . . Academics, urban planners, and environmental designers will most appreciate this thought-provoking and detailed volume." * Publishers Weekly *"Modern Architecture and Climate is a fresh and original history that chronicles the intense research undertaken by designers to adapt modernist architecture to various climate conditions, as modernism’s political and aesthetic influence reached across the globe. . . . Barber’s work is a welcome addition to the history of architectural modernism, and is particularly pertinent in our current circumstances. It demonstrates the profound impact that our expectations of a uniform interior have had on the planet we share. But its examples also offer an inspiring model for challenging assumptions about the role of building form in mitigating climate extremes."---Javier Zeller, Canadian Architect"Barber's book is not simply a technological history, but ultimately also an impassioned lament for our collective carbon footprint as planetary temperatures increase…Architects, engineers, and students interested in systematic and environmentally friendly approaches to indoor cooling will find inspiration in Modern Architecture and Climate….In a time of an airborne pandemic, Modern Architecture and Climate, with its rigorous examination of open interiors, airflow, and ventilation, will serve well those readers who have the grit to absorb the author's intensive approach and sobering message."---Paul Glassman, ARLIS/NA Reviews"[Daniel] Barber’s thorough account, written in the distanced expert voice of a historian, shines when it dispels established beliefs . . . [Modern Architecture and Climate] does an excellent job of documenting the subjects it cover."---Ross Wienert, Rice Design Alliance"[An] exhaustively researched book . . . [in Modern Architecture and Climate] Barber makes a well-supported argument that through the propagation of this very specific set of cultural and Modern Architecture and Climate comfort ideals, modern architecture became an instrument for globalization, economic development, and postwar colonialism."---Kristin Schuster, Texas Architect Magazine"I’ve waited years for a book like this… What Modern Architecture and Climate suggests is an alternative reckoning with modernism’s legacy—its ideas, strategies, and practitioners. With the urgency of our global climate crisis, many of these concerns are once again central…Barber’s book points us in the right direction." * Arris *"Daniel Barber's historical narrative is fascinating and holds many useful lessons for a contemporary audience."---Brian Ford, The Plan Journal"Richly illustrated. . . . For the academic and the architect, this valuable volume encourages more careful consideration of climatic modernism as both history and limit. It is thought-provoking, giving us pause to consider the passionate attempts that architects have made to mediate their environment. The tales gathered here trace a lineage that situates design within the planetary. . . . Barber’s constant and learned skepticism warns us to maintain an informed but critical distance from the pursuit of immediate comfort."---Hannah Le Roux, Journal for the Society of Architectural Historians"A thoroughly researched and superbly illustrated discussion of some of the most important connections between architecture and technology in the twentieth century, essential reading for anyone interested in the discourse around modern architecture in the light of current challenges."---Florian Urban, Architectural History"[A] deeply researched and richly illustrated volume. . . . [Modern Architecture and Climate] takes the material mediation of local climate through architecture as its path and sheds light on some of the (built and written) genealogies of questions pertaining to thermal comfort, solar heating, and passive cooling."---Anna-Maria Meister, Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society"This is a vitally important work of historical scholarship. . . . a landmark study."---Marcus Colla, German History"Modern Architecture and Climate is theoretically and visually rich, with many wonderful full-page illustrations that allow the reader to pick apart the layouts and diagrams of many mid-century publications and buildings. It is also an optimistic book, one that shows that the homogenous airconditioned interior wasn’t an inevitability, and still need not be."---Daniel J. Ryan, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review

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Book SynopsisFounded on a series of lectures architect Donald H. Ruggles has given over the past ten years, Beauty, Neuroscience and Architecture: Timeless Patterns and Their Impact on Our Well-Being postulates that beauty can and does make a vital difference in our lives, including improving many aspects of our health.

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Book Synopsispractical reference will guide the reader every step answers toughest questions about equine shelters all-inclusive: from preferred building materials to lighting to flooring both in the horse's primary shelter to design and management of a riding arena.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Horse Behavior Influence on Design. 2 Horse Stable Layout and Planning. 3 Construction Style and materials. 4 Horse Farm Site Planning. 5 Stall Design. 6 Ventilation. 7 Flooring and Drainage. 8 Manure Management. 9 Fire Safety. 10 Utilities. 11 Lighting. 12 Heating. 13 Auxiliary Facilities. 14 Fence Planning. 15 Fence Materials. 16 Indoor Riding Arena Design and Construction. 17 Riding Arena Surface Materials. 18 Outdoor Riding Arena Design and Construction. Appendix. Additional Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe process of planning and building or renovating a veterinary healthcare facility is often long, complex, and fraught with problems. Conceived and developed as a pre-construction self-training and orientation text, Design the Dream demonstrates how members of the practice staff and technical experts work together to create a long-range plan that will assure financial viability and regulatory complianceTable of ContentsIntroduction—Insights and Perspectives. 1. Planning Needs. 2. The Design Team. 3. Design Scope & Fees. 4. Design Elements. 5. Production Documents. 6. Public Relations. 7. The Building of the Practice Team and Other Mega Ideas. 8. Expanded Facility Planning Process. Appendices A-F

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Impossible Heights is an original account of the American fascination with the skyscraper and the airplane and the enthusiasm for the new perspective on high from which people surveyed the city and landscape. Adnan Morshed examines the intersections between intellectual biography, visuality, and cultural history and brings together the ‘art of architecture’ with mass culture and spectatorship. In doing so, he illuminates ‘the aesthetics of ascension’ as a widely shared cultural phenomenon that characterized the interwar period.” —Gail Fenske, author of The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York"A valuable contribution to the tradition of scholarship on aerial perspective and the history of visuality by focusing upon the interwar period and the American fascination with aviation and skyscrapers."—CHOICE"Impossible Heights. . . offers a site of rich cultural exploration regarding the architectural history of flight."—Science Fiction Studies"Impossible Heights is driven by extensive archival research presented in clear, accessible prose capable of engaging architectural historians as well as readers intrigued by the twentieth century’s unquenchable reach for the skies. In a fascinating read that is enhanced with over a hundred images, Morshed’s Impossible Heights brings to life this period of spectacular vision for the American metropolis."—Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Aesthetics of Ascension1. Hugh Ferriss and the “Harmonious Development of Man”2. Ascension as Autobiography: Buckminster Fuller and His “Land to Sky, Outward Progression”3. The Master Builder as Superman: Norman Bel Geddes’s FuturamaEpilogue: The God’s-Eye VisionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and 30s America offered the population an entirely new way to look at the world: from above. The captivating image of an airplane flying over the rising metropolis led many Americans to believe a new civilization had dawned. In Impossible Heights, Adnan Morshed examines the aesthetics that emerged from this valorization of heights and their impact on the built environment. The lofty vantage point from the sky ushered in a modernist impulse to cleanse crowded twentieth-century cities in anticipation of an ideal world of tomorrow. Inspired by great new heights, American architects became central to this endeavor and were regarded as heroic aviators. Combining close readings of a broad range of archival sources, Morshed offers new interpretations of works such as Hugh Ferriss's Metropolis drawings, Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion houses, and Norman Bel Geddes's Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Transformed by the populisTrade Review“Impossible Heights is an original account of the American fascination with the skyscraper and the airplane and the enthusiasm for the new perspective on high from which people surveyed the city and landscape. Adnan Morshed examines the intersections between intellectual biography, visuality, and cultural history and brings together the ‘art of architecture’ with mass culture and spectatorship. In doing so, he illuminates ‘the aesthetics of ascension’ as a widely shared cultural phenomenon that characterized the interwar period.” —Gail Fenske, author of The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New York"A valuable contribution to the tradition of scholarship on aerial perspective and the history of visuality by focusing upon the interwar period and the American fascination with aviation and skyscrapers."—CHOICE"Impossible Heights. . . offers a site of rich cultural exploration regarding the architectural history of flight."—Science Fiction Studies"Impossible Heights is driven by extensive archival research presented in clear, accessible prose capable of engaging architectural historians as well as readers intrigued by the twentieth century’s unquenchable reach for the skies. In a fascinating read that is enhanced with over a hundred images, Morshed’s Impossible Heights brings to life this period of spectacular vision for the American metropolis."—Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Aesthetics of Ascension1. Hugh Ferriss and the “Harmonious Development of Man”2. Ascension as Autobiography: Buckminster Fuller and His “Land to Sky, Outward Progression”3. The Master Builder as Superman: Norman Bel Geddes’s FuturamaEpilogue: The God’s-Eye VisionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Getty Seismic Adobe Project set out to identify and evaluate methods for the seismic protection of historical and culturally significant Adobe structures. This is a description of the design, experimental procedures and results of the project.

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Book SynopsisThis is a companion volume to "Seismic Stabilization of Historic Adode Structures: Final Report of the Getty Seismic Adode Project", and it offers guidance for planners, architects and engineers in the retrofitting of historic and culturally significant adode structures.

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Book SynopsisBuilding services refers to the equipment and systems that contribute to controlling the internal environment to make it safe and comfortable to occupy.Table of ContentsPreface x About the Author xiii Introduction 1 Evolvement of building services engineering 2 Range of building services engineering systems in a building 3 Unique features of building services 4 Professionalisation of building services engineers 6 Part One The operating context 9 1 The operating environment 11 1.1 Organisational arrangement 13 Ownership arrangement 13 Scope of services 14 Integration with other entities 15 Types of projects by building sector 15 Geographical operating span 16 1.2 The internal environment 16 Human capital 17 Structural capital 19 Relationship capital 21 Summary 22 2 The external environment 23 2.1 Competitor analysis 24 2.2 PESTLE analysis 25 Political drivers 25 Economic drivers 26 Social drivers 26 Technical drivers 27 Legal drivers 28 Environmental drivers 29 Summary 30 3 Engaging building services engineers 31 3.1 Types of commissions 32 Design commissions 32 Survey commissions 33 Advisory commissions 34 Witnessing commissions 36 Construction administration 36 3.2 Contracts 36 Allocation of design responsibility 37 Provision of third party information 38 Warranties 39 Bonds 40 Insurances 40 Partnering 41 3.3 Fees 41 3.4 Getting work 43 Responding to enquiries 44 Summary 45 4 Stakeholder interfaces 46 4.1 The client team 48 4.2 Enforcing authorities 50 Building control 50 Local planning departments 51 Non-departmental public bodies 52 4.3 The design team 52 Architects 52 Engineers 55 Quantity surveyors 56 Specialists 57 4.4 The construction team 60 Main contractors 60 Subcontractors 61 Suppliers 61 4.5 Utility service providers 61 4.6 Non-contractual interfaces 63 Summary 65 Reference 65 5 Professional ethics 66 Summary 68 Part Two Technical issues associated with building services design 69 6 Design criteria 71 6.1 External design criteria 72 Meteorological design criteria 75 Microclimates 81 Pollution and contaminants 83 6.2 Interior design criteria 88 Thermal comfort 90 Visual conditions 95 Acoustic conditions 100 Electromagnetic and electrostatic environment 101 Life safety criteria 101 Vertical transportation 102 Specialist services 103 Connectivity 103 Controlled outdoor environment 103 6.3 Voluntary codes and practices 105 Incentive schemes 106 Eco-labelling 106 Summary 107 Reference 107 7 System descriptions 108 7.1 Public utility services connections 110 Electricity 111 Gas 112 Water 112 Information and broadcast communications 113 7.2 Ventilation 114 7.3 Heating 118 7.4 Cooling 120 7.5 Air-conditioning 121 7.6 Water systems 123 Hot and cold domestic water services 123 Irrigation systems 126 Fire water systems 126 Wastewater removal systems 127 7.7 Gas systems 129 7.8 Electrical distribution 130 Source of supply 130 Transmission system 130 Earthing and bonding system 133 Electrical supplies for mechanical, public health and other equipment 134 7.9 Artificial lighting 134 External lighting 136 7.10 Controls 136 7.11 Lightning protection system 138 7.12 Fire detection and alarm system 139 7.13 Smoke and fire control systems 140 7.14 Security systems 143 Security lighting 143 Access control system 143 Closed circuit television 144 Alarms 144 Patrol stations 145 7.15 Structured wiring system 145 7.16 Broadcast communications technology systems 146 7.17 Mobile telephony systems 146 7.18 Audio, visual, audiovisual and information systems 147 7.19 Facilities for the disabled 149 7.20 Vertical transportation 150 Summary 150 8 Off-site manufacturing 151 Summary 152 Part Three The design management process 153 9 Design execution 155 9.1 Project stages 157 Preparation 157 Design 158 Pre-construction 168 Construction stage 171 Handover and close-out 180 In use 181 9.2 Design management issues 184 Design responsibility matrix 184 Hierarchy of legislation and standards 185 Stakeholder analysis 185 Site visits 186 Health and safety responsibilities 187 Life cycle considerations 188 Managing ff&e requirements 190 Areas of potential overlapping responsibilities 190 Use of software 196 Summary 196 10 Risk management 198 Risk identification 199 Risk evaluation and quantification 201 Risk sharing, managing and monitoring 201 Summary 202 References 202 11 Information management 203 Project related information 204 Reference information 204 Knowledge management 204 Summary 206 12 Value management 207 Summary 210 13 Planning management 211 Summary 214 Reference 214 14 Commercial management 215 Procuremant routes 215 Cost management 216 Bills of quantities 218 Contract variations, claims and disputes 219 Summary 219 15 Quality management 220 Summary 221 16 Performance management 222 Issues with performance measurement systems 224 Summary 225 Part Four Special buildings 227 17 Special buildings 229 17.1 Commercial kitchens 229 17.2 Hospitals and healthcare facilities 234 17.3 Data centres 241 17.4 Shopping centres 244 17.5 Sports facilities 245 17.6 Hotels 246 17.7 Educational buildings 248 Index 251

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Book SynopsisBridges traditional and contemporary methods of creating architectural design drawings and 3D models through digital tools and computational processes. Drawing from the Model: Fundamentals of Digital Drawing, 3D Modeling, and Visual Programming in Architectural Design presents architectural design students, educators, and professionals with a broad overview of traditional and contemporary architectural representation methods. The book offers insights into developments in computing in relation to architectural drawing and modeling, by addressing historical analog methods of architectural drawing based on descriptive geometry and projection, and transitioning to contemporary digital methods based on computational processes and emerging technologies. Drawing from the Model offers digital tools, techniques, and workflows for producing architectural design drawings (plans, sections, elevations, axonometrics, and perspectives), using contTable of ContentsForeword viii Acknowledgments ix Introduction x Part 1: Architectural Representation and Digital Technologies Chapter 1: Architectural Drawing 3 1.1 Drawing and Perception 3 1.2 Drawing from Observation and Imagination 6 1.3 Drawing and Projection 11 1.4 Drawing Methods 15 Endnotes 29 Chapter 2: Architectural Models 30 2.1 Physical Models 30 2.2 3D Models 37 2.3 Digital Fabrication 47 Endnotes 58 Chapter 3: Architecture and Computing 60 3.1 Digital Concepts 60 3.2 Computing in Architecture 63 3.3 Developments in 3D Modeling 66 Endnotes 69 Part 2: 3D Modeling and Geometry Chapter 4: The 3D Modeling Environment 72 4.1 Surface Types 72 4.2 The Rhinoceros Interface 74 4.3 Units and Scale 79 4.4 Navigation 80 4.5 Visualization Methods 80 Endnote 80 Chapter 5: 2D Drawing 81 5.1 Drafting 81 5.2 Points and Lines 82 5.3 Curve Control Points 88 5.4 Working with Lines and Planar Curves 92 Endnotes 98 Chapter 6: 3D Modeling 99 6.1 Solid Models 99 6.2 Planar and Space Curves 104 6.3 Surfaces 105 6.4 Modeling NURBS Surfaces 109 6.5 Working with NURBS Surfaces 112 Endnotes 118 Chapter 7: Generating Linework 119 7.1 Wireframe Linework 119 7.2 Contour Linework 121 7.3 Paneling Linework 124 Endnote 125 Part 3: Architectural Design Drawings and Graphics Chapter 8: Generating 2D Projections 128 8.1 Architectural Projections 128 8.2 Setting Up a View 138 8.3 Clipping Planes 139 8.4 Orthographic Projections 140 8.5 Axonometric Projections 145 8.6 Perspective Projections 147 Endnotes 149 Chapter 9: Architectural Design Drawings 150 9.1 Linework Overview 150 9.2 Exporting Linework 153 9.3 The Adobe Illustrator Interface 165 9.4 Setting Up the Page 168 9.5 Line Weightsand Line Types 170 9.6 Lines, Curves, and Shapes 175 9.7 Color 179 9.8 Text 185 9.9 Raster Graphics 188 Endnotes 192 Part 4: Computational Design Chapter 10: Parameters and Algorithms 195 10.1 Parameters and Constraints 195 10.2 Algorithms 197 Endnotes 198 Chapter 11: Visual Programming 199 11.1 The Grass hopper Interface 199 11.2 Visualization Methods 202 11.3 Components 203 11.4 Component Types 205 Endnotes 216 Chapter 12: Geometric Patterns 217 12.1 Tessellations 217 12.2 Spirals 222 12.3 Pattern Effects 227 Endnotes 235 Chapter 13: Parametric Modeling 236 13.1 Parametric Surfaces 236 13.2 Paneling Surfaces 238 13.3 Modular Assemblies 241 Endnotes 252 Chapter 14: Simulations and Data Visualizations 253 14.1 Simulations 253 14.2 Environmental Simulations 255 14.3 Physics Simulations 262 Endnotes 268 Chapter 15: Robotics and Physical Computing 269 15.1 Robotics 269 15.2 Physical Computing 277 15.3 Arduino Hardware and Software 283 Endnotes 297 Appendix: Design Drawing and Modeling Exercises Drawing Exercises 298 3D Modeling Exercises 305 Computational Design Exercises 313 Selected Bibliography 321 Index 325

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Book SynopsisThe contents of the book will highlight the differences between the design and engineering disciplines strengths and flaws. It will also illustrate examples of interdisciplinary interactions. Any false dichotomies will be revealed and the many non-linear processes borne out of challenging conventions between traditional and new modes of practice will be revealed. Projects based on a body of experience spanning many years will be selected to support experimentation that goes beyond an undisciplined search for originality, innovation and creativity. In addition to writings from Hanif Kara and Daniel Bosia contributions will be sought from specialists in the field who have played a role in the operations of P.art at AKT II past and present qualifying them to disseminate and distribute a particular form of knowledge'. Features work of architectural practices: Adjaye Associates, Foster + Partners, Heatherwick Studio, HOK, Serie Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Zaha Hadid ArchTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 FUTURE FOCUS 8-9Mohsen Mostafavi ENGINEERING AS EXPLORATION 10-11John Ochsendorf PART 1 INTRODUCTION AND TERRAIN 12-13Hanif Kara 1 THE ‘PINK NOISE’ OF DESIGN ENGINEERING 14-33Hanif Kara 2 DIGITAL TO POST-DIGITAL 34-51Daniel Bosia 3 SO DIGITAL, IT’S ANALOGUE 52-61Jordan Brandt 4 ARCHITECTURE–ENGINEERING INTERFACE 62-75Sawako Kaijima and Panagiotis Michalatos 5 ABACUS AND SKETCH 76-87Andrew Ruck 6 DIGITAL DEXTERITY 88-95Djordje Stojanovic 7 DIGITAL VERNACULAR 96-109Jeroen Janssen and Adiam Sertzu PART 2 HEFT, ONTOLOGY AND HORIZON 110-111Daniel Bosia 8 GEOMETRY AND ORGANISATION 112-125Daniel Bosia 9 MATERIAL MATTER 126-139Ed Moseley and Martijn Veltkamp 10 STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS 140-151Philip Isaac 11 FORCES OF NATURE 152-165Jeroen Janssen and Marc Zanchetta 12 STRUCTURAL SKINS 166-181Marco Cerini 13 HYBRID SHELLS 182-193Jeroen Janssen and Richard Parker 14 TENSILE STRUCTURES 194-213Diego Cervera de la Rosa and Alessandro Margnelli; James Kingman 15 INTERWEAVING PRACTICE 214-233Edoardo Tibuzzi EDITOR BIOGRAPHIES 234 CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES 235 SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 236 INDEX 237-240

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Book SynopsisA guide for leveraging SketchUp for any project size, type, or style. New construction or renovation. The revised and updated second edition of The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture offers guidelines for taking SketchUp to the next level in order to incorporate it into every phase of the architectural design process. The text walks through each step of the SketchUp process from the early stages of schematic design and model organization for both renovation and new construction projects to final documentation and shows how to maximize the LayOut toolset for drafting and presentations. Written by a noted expert in the field, the text is filled with tips and techniques to access the power of SketchUp and its related suite of tools. The book presents a flexible workflow method that helps to make common design tasks easier and gives users the information needed to incorporate varying degrees of SketchUp into their design process. Filled with best practices foTable of ContentsPart I: Starting the Flow Chapter 1 Introduction The Updated Workflow Who Should Read This Book? What’s in This Book? What Are the Prerequisites? SketchUp Make or SketchUp Pro? Online Content Mental Preparation Portfolio Chapter Points Chapter 2: Building Information Modeling What Is BIM? SketchUp and LayOut as BIM Filling in the BIM Blanks BIM Burnout The SketchUp Outlook Chapter Points Chapter 3: Hardware Mac vs. PC Specs Comparison Shopping Systems Chapter Points Chapter 4: File and Folder Management Folders and Files Cloud Storage Archiving Chapter Points Part II: SketchUp Chapter 5: SketchUp Basics Five Core Concepts Leveraging SketchUp Precise Modeling Modeling Strategy Creating Geometry Organizing Geometry with Containers Section Planes Layers, Styles, and Scenes Chapter Points Chapter 6: The Professional’s SketchUp Template Base Template Model Info Standard Layers Styles Utility Scenes Chapter Points Chapter 7: The Professional’s SketchUp Environment Toolbars Trays and Dialogs System Preferences Chapter Points Chapter 8: SketchUp Collections Material Collection Component Collections Styles Collection Chapter Points Chapter 9: Extensions Find Extensions Installing Extensions Using Extensions Recommended Extensions Chapter Points Part III: LayOut Chapter 10: Introduction to LayOut What Is LayOut? Why LayOut? Chapter Points Chapter 11: The LayOut Interface Getting Started Main Toolbar Document Setup Preferences Window Inspectors Chapter Points Chapter 12: The Professional’s LayOut Environment New Presentation System Preferences Custom Toolbars Trays Basic LayOut Template Chapter Points Chapter 13: LayOut Tools Navigating LayOut Drawing Tools Annotation Tools Tables Modification Tools Chapter Points Chapter 14: Inserting Content Working with SketchUp Models Working with Images Working with Text Working with Tables Managing References Chapter Points Part IV: Model Organization Chapter 15: Model Organization Overview Core Concepts of Model Organization Nesting Groups and Layers Simplify the System Expand the System Chapter Points Chapter 16: New Construction New Construction Process The BLVD Coffee Shop Project Chapter Points Chapter 17: Renovation Renovation Process The Milwaukee Street Renovation Project Chapter Points Part V: Visualization Chapter 18: Introduction to Visualization/Preparation Presentations Level of Detail Real Objects Populating a Scene Preparing a Model Chapter Points Chapter 19: Rendering SketchUp Stills SketchUp Animations Photorealistic Rendering Chapter Points Chapter 20: Altered Reality Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Chapter Points Part VI: Construction Documents Chapter 21: Crucial Concepts for Construction Documents Visual Merge Representing Objects Section Planes Rendering Settings Theory Line Weight Theory Stacking Viewports Hatching Chapter Points Chapter 22: Title Blocks Templates Chapter Points Chapter 23: Drawings Drawings Chapter Points Chapter 24: Annotations Annotations Scrapbooks Using Collections Chapter Points Chapter 25: Exporting Exporting to PDF Exporting to CAD Conclusion Chapter Points Index

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Book SynopsisVoices of Design Leadership Provides inspiration to architecture and design students and professionals through the insights, stories, and projects of successful design leaders Voices of Design Leadership seeks to educate, inform, and inspire a new generation of diverse design leaders. The work includes sixteen profiles of design leaders in architecture, interior design, planning, and research, many of whom are leaders at firms that have earned the AIA's national Architecture Firm Award. The stories and projects from their own professional journeys illustrate multiple paths to design leadership success. Individually, each person stands on their own as an inspiring and inf luential design leader. Collectively, they express what design leadership can and should look like. Representing a broad diversity of expertise and demographicsincluding nine women, seven people of color, and five first-generation immigrantsthey bring a variety of life experiences and culTable of ContentsPart One: Introductions 1 1 Why This Book? 3 The Voices 4 The Work 5 2 Patterns of Design Ecosystems 9 The Power of Diversity 9 Design + Business Synergy 13 Client Experience Mindset 17 T-shaped Professionals 18 The Four R's 21 Lifelong Learning 22 Part Two: Conversations 25 3 Sharron van der Meulen 27 Portland International Airport Main Terminal 32 Randall Children's Hospital 34 Stoel Rives Headquarters 36 4 Phil Harrison FAIA, LEED AP 39 Gardner Neurosciences Institute 46 Canada's Earth Tower 48 Billerica Memorial High School 49 5 Barbara Bouza FAIA 51 Avengers Campus at California Adventure 55 Hong Kong Disneyland Castle 57 Baby Groot™ 59 6 Mustafa Chehabbedine ARB 61 KIPCO Tower 65 Abu Dhabi International Airport Midfield Terminal 67 7 Michelle Kaufmann AIA, LEED AP 73 Moffett Park Office Building 77 Google Caribbean 79 Charleston East 82 8 Alan Ricks AIA, Int FRIBA 85 Butaro District Hospital 89 The National Memorial for Peace and Justice 93 9 Ana Pinto-Alexander EDAC, FIIDA, RID 97 Indiana University Health North Hospital 100 Moody Center for Breast Health 105 10 Billie Faircloth FAIA, LEED AP BD+C 107 841 North American Street 110 Tally(r) 114 11 Rafael Viñoly FAIA, JIA, SCA, Int FRIBA 117 Tokyo International Forum 121 20 Fenchurch Street Sky Garden 125 432 Park Avenue 128 12 Wendy Rogers FAIA, LEED AP 131 Edwards Lifesciences Headquarters Campus Expansion 137 California State University Office of the Chancellor 139 Tarbut V'Torah Day School 141 13 Andre Brumfield Assoc. AIA 143 Cabrini Green Redevelopment 147 Woodlawn Station 150 14 Margaret Montgomery FAIA, LFA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP 153 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters 157 Microsoft Headquarters Campus Redevelopment 159 15 Nader Tehrani 163 Casa La Roca 168 Inter-Faith Spiritual Center 170 16 Mariko Masuoka FAIA, LEED AP 173 Daniel L. Malone Engineering Center 177 Yale-NUS College 179 17 Colin Koop AIA 183 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall 186 4 Hudson Square 189 Moon Village 193 18 Marsha Maytum FAIA, LEED AP 195 Sweetwater Spectrum Community 199 Ed Roberts Campus 201 Berkeley Way 203 Part Three: Observations 207 19 Design Leadership Values 209 Integrity and Trust 209 Equity and Inclusion 214 Communication Biomimicry 215 Servant Leadership 217 Informed Optimism 218 The Wild Card 222 Acknowledgments 225 About the Author 227 Cover Photo Credits 229 Index 231

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Book SynopsisThe digital turn in architecture has gone through several stages and phases, and Architectural Design ( AD) has captured them all.Table of Contents8 Introduction Twenty Years of Digital Design 15 Architecture After the Age of Printing (1992) Visions Unfolding: Architecture in the Age of Electronic Media AD September–October 1992Peter Eisenman The Affects of Singularity AD November–December 1992Peter Eisenman 28 Folding in Architecture (1993) Architectural Curvilinearity: The Folded, the Pliant and the Supple AD March–April 1993Greg Lynn Shoei Yoh, Prefectura Gymnasium AD March–April 1993Greg Lynn 48 The Architectural Relevance of Cyberspace (1995) The Architectural Relevance of Cyberspace AD November–December 1995John Frazer Architectural Experiments AD November–December 1995John Frazer 57 The Digital and the Global (1996) Yokohama International Port Terminal AD July–August 1996 Foreign Office Architects 62 Field Conditions (1997) From Object to Field AD May–June 1997Stan Allen 80 Nonlinear Architecture (1997) Nonlinear Architecture: New Science = New Architecture? AD September–October 1997Charles Jencks Landform Architecture: Emergent in the Nineties AD September–October 1997Charles Jencks 108 Hypersurfaces (1998) Motor Geometry AD May–June 1998Lars Spuybroek Salt Water Live: Behaviour of the Salt Water Pavilion AD May–June 1998Kas Oosterhuis 124 Embryologic Houses© (2000) Embryologic Houses© AD May–June 2000Greg Lynn 131 Versioning (2002) Introduction to Versioning: Evolutionary Techniques in Architecture AD September–October 2002SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli Eroding the Barriers AD September–October 2002SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli 146 Topological Architecture (1998–2003) Bernard Cache/Objectile: Topological Architecture and the Ambiguous Sign AD May–June 1998Stephen Perrella Philibert De L’Orme Pavilion: Towards an Associative Architecture AD March–April 2003Bernard Cache 158 Morphogenesis and Emergence (2004–2006) Introduction to Emergence: Morphogenetic Design Strategies AD May–June 2004Michael Hensel, Achim Menges and Michael Weinstock Polymorphism AD March–April 2006Achim Menges 182 Scripting (2006) 20 Years of Scripted Space AD July–August 2006Malcolm McCullough 188 Collective Intelligence (2006) Introduction to Collective Intelligence in Design AD September–October 2006Christopher Hight and Chris Perry Computational Intelligence: The Grid as a Post-Human Network AD September–October 2006Philippe Morel 208 Elegance (2007) The Economies of Elegance, Migrating Coastlines: Residential Tower, Dubai AD January–February 2007Ali Rahim and Hina Jamelle Deus ex Machina: From Semiology to the Elegance of Aesthetics AD January–February 2007Mark Foster Gage 226 Building Information Modelling (2009) Optimisation Stories: The Impact of Building Information Modelling on Contemporary Design Practice AD March–April 2009Richard Garber 240 A New Global Style (2009) Parametricism: A New Global Style for Architecture and Urban Design AD July–August 2009Patrik Schumacher 258 Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction A Eulogy to Penumbra Chapter 2 At the Edges of Transparent Language Chapter 3 Eden to Eden: At the Dawn of the Name Chapter 4 ‘In the Womb Yet Out-of-Doors’: Penumbra and the Spaces In-Between Chapter 5 The Warmth of Death: Alexander Brodsky and the Necropolis in the Womb of the Metropolis Chapter 6 A Path to the Light: Variations and Multiple Dimensions Chapter 7 Charged Space: The Anatomy of the In-between Chapter 8 Efficiency Versus Game: Twilight Spaces for Homo Ludens Chapter 9 Seeking the Almost: Designing Shade Chapter 10 Rhythmic Alternation: Metaphors of Light, Dark and Shadow Chapter 11 The Intimacy of Neglect: Thresholds, Interconnectedness and Unexpected Glimpses Chapter 12 As If Without Time: The Nuclear Twilight Zone Chapter 13 Things In Themselves: The X-Ray and Its Embodied Space Chapter 14 Projecting the Indeterminate and Enigmatic: The Painting of Marco Tirelli Chapter 15 Subliminal Blueprints for Other Dimensions: The Time-warped Sanatorium of the Quay Brothers Chapter 16 From Another Perspective – The Shadowy World of Domesticity Contributors About Architectural Design

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Book SynopsisThe construction industry is not a homogeneous one; it is characterised by its fragmented, complex and temporary project arrangements. Communicating the design intent -- from initial briefing through to the actual building on site -- is vital to the success of any construction project, yet a constant challenge for all concerned.Trade Review'A well-written, logically structured and well referenced text ….[it] represents the first serious attempt to explore communication within the industry’s specific context, and I would commend it as a robust introductory text for students, academics and practitioners with an interest in communication dynamics’. Andrew RJ Dainty, CM& E Volume 22, issue 2.Table of ContentsConstruction:a social perspective; Communication in construction; Communicating abstract ideas;. Dynamics of Communication; Interpersonal communication; Group communication; Communication networks; Organisational communication;. Building an effective communication culture; Selecting appropriate communication media; Managing boundary conditions; Managing meetings; Conflict management; Practical methodologies for identifying, monitoring and improving communication in practice

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Book SynopsisWith accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy of design solutions not embedded within regional culture has been prone to failure - technically, socially and economically. Environmental problems and questions surrounding how to achieve a sustainable built environment are now posing urgent challenges to built environment practitioners and researcher. However, international cooperation in setting targets and standards as well as an increasing exchange of environmental information and practices present designers, clients and occupants with new problems that comprise local needs and the built environment. This book addresses the role regional culture play in the successful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adapting environmental practices and standards in the built environment. Using the specific case of the design of environmentally sound buildings, the book identifies a number of issues from different perspectives: The conflict between regionalTrade Review'It represents a critical step on the long road towards a sustainable society by opening a dialogue on the disconnections that prevent international green building research from connecting meaningfully with local conditions.' BRI August 2004. 'The contributions to the book act as inspiration and stimulus by reminding us of the critical importance of of the cultural embodiment of architecture. and by setting an agenda for future research, education and practice.' BRI August 2004. 'This book suggests a positive path foward to form a framework and critically engage with local culture and social expectations into solutions for the built environment. It should be read by everyone interested in the built environment, technology and information transfer.' Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 16 issue 1, 2004. 'The readings are dense and informative, and should be useful in broadening discourse on sustainability to include culture as indispensable component of project success' Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review Spring 2005 Table of ContentsPreface. Contributors. 1. Introduction: Knowledge, Values and Building Design (Raymond J. Cole and Richard Lorch). SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT. 2. Section Introduction: Understanding Context (Ian Cooper). 3. Globalisation - Entangled Places, Interface Buildings, Generic Design (Rob Shields). 4. Trading Places - Sharing Knowledge About Environmental Building Techniques (David M. Gann). 5. Green Buildings - Reconciling Technological Change and Occupant Expectations (Raymond J. Cole). 6. Cultural Issues for a Sustainable Built Environment (Niklaus Kohler). 7. Section Commentary: What is the Problem (Ian Cooper). SECTION II: UNDERSTANDING EXPECTATIONS. 8. Section Introduction: Understanding Expectations (Nick V. Baker). 9. The Role of the Client in Shaping the Satisfactory Outcome of the Construction Process (George Seaden). 10. User Needs and Expectations (Adrian Leaman). 11. Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations (Gail S. Brager and Richard J. de Dear). 12. BEQUEST - An International Cross-Cultural Cooperation and Information Exchange (Steve Curwell). 13. Section Commentary: Reconciling Expectations (Nick V. Baker). SECTION III: UNDERSTANDING PROCESS. 14. Section Introduction: Understanding Process (Jeffrey Cook). 15. Technology Transfer - A Vernacular View (Paul Oliver). 16. Social and Organisational Understanding of Stakeholder Interests (Pascale Michaud). 17. Contemporary Chinese Architectural and Planning Practice - Aspirations and Challenges (Joe Carter). 18. A Bio-Regional Approach to Environmental Building - A Case Study of the KST House (David H. Cohen, Akira Yamaguchi and John D. Spengler). 19. Cultural Aspects of Environmental Housing in Japan (Kazuo Iwamura). 20. Section Commentary: Understanding Delivery Processes (Jeffrey Cook). SECTION IV. AFTERWORD. 21. Afterword: Towards a New Social Contract (Steve Curwell). Index.

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Book Synopsisaeo Why are buildings detailed the way they are? aeo Why do architects and engineers seem to come to the same kind of solutions to their detailing problems? aeo Are we satisfied with such a situation? With environmental concerns so high on designersa agendas, the answer to this third question has to be a noa .Table of ContentsSection A - Fundamental Issues. Detailing - the creative link;. The philosophy of detailing;. Developing details;. The basic model of architectural detailing;. Section B - Guidelines. Material and energy;. Building components and structure;. Morphological factors;. The process of production;. Goals and performance;. Indoor climate;. Ecological factors;. Human factors;. The knot;. Section C - Developing Architectural Details. Developing details and joints;. The language of details;. The nine-plus-one step procedure;. Managing the detailing phase;. Collaborative working

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Book SynopsisThe book draws together the economic literature relating to the supply of land for development. The standard view appears to be that the owners of land have no interest other than to allow their land to be used for the activity which would yield the highest income. But in reality this is not so and the book''s aim is to demonstrate this, to set out the reasons and to show the economic effects of the fact that landowners have other motives. The book covers the supply of land for urban development and shows how land has characteristics which differentiate it from other factors of production which will also affect its supply for some uses, e.g. land is fixed in location and its price and value are inseparable from where it is. New light is cast on the market for land (by concentrating on the supply side), and on land use planning (by taking an economic viewpoint).Trade ReviewExcellent in the way it brings together in a coherent whole, various approaches to the analysis of the supply of land for development. The issues covered are pertinent for both practitioners and academics in providing a useful theoretical framework based on sound economics. The book is well written and enjoyable to read. Journal of Property Investment and Finance, September 2005. 'This is an ambitious and important contribution to the literature on the economic theory of land markets. I see this book as an outstanding contribution to urban economics.' Land EconomicsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The Market for Land and Property. The supply of land. The demand for land. The development of a theory of the supply of land. Chapter 2: Land Values, Rents and Demand. Introduction. Ricardian rent theory. Neoclassical rent theory. Ricardian theory remembered. Planning controls and rent theory. Hierarchical planning systems. Urban rent theory. Rents, economic and commercial. Summary and conclusion. Chapter 3: Coping with Changes in Demand. Introduction. The extensive margins. The intensive margin. Capital longevity and the asymmetry of change. The process of change in the housing market. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 4: How Efficient is the Property Market?. Introduction. The economic concept of efficiency. Efficient markets. The evidence. Tests of market efficiency. Conclusions. Chapter 5: Market Inefficiency: Causes and Consequences. Introduction. Why the property market is imperfect and inefficient. Price determination and the theory of the core. The consequences. Conclusions. Chapter 6: The Supply of Land for a Particular Use: Speculation and Uncertainty. Introduction. Speculation. Uncertainty. Summary and conclusion. Chapter 7: The Supply of Land for a Particular Use: Occupier Performances and Residential Attachment. Introduction. Owner occupier attachment. Some empirical evidence. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 8: The Ownership of Land. Introduction. Tenants, owner occupiers, and the supply of land. Ownership and change. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 9: Land Ownership, Politics and Society. Introduction. Society and the ownership of land. Alternative forms of ownership and tenancy. A libertarian view. Summary. Chapter 10: Ownership and Control: Monopoly. Introduction. Monopoly rents and wine production. Monopoly rents and shopping centres. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 11: Ownership and Control: Minimum Rents. Introduction. Minimum rents. Minimum rents in an urban environment. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 12: Information, Uncertainty and the Property Market. Introduction. Modelling the search for information. Searching for housing in practice. The housing market. The developer and land supply restriction. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 13: Land Availability and Land Banking. Introduction. Land availability. Land banking by private firms. Public land banking. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 14: Contiguity: Site Assembly. Introduction. A game theory approach. A question of time. Conclusion. Chapter 15: Contiguity: Compulsory Purchase and the Scale of Development. Introduction. Compulsory purchase and the speed of acquisition. Scale economies, acquisition costs, and history. Summary and conclusion. Chapter 16: Contiguity: Land Reallocation and the Price of Land. Introduction. Land reallocation or adjustment. Size of site and the price of land. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 17: The Taxation of Land and Development Gains. Introduction. The undeserving landowner. Betterment. Economic theory and taxes on development. Land taxation in recent British history. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 18: Annual Taxation and the Nationalisation of Land. Introduction. Property taxes and the rates. Site value taxation. Land nationalisation. Summary and conclusions. Chapter 19: Themes and Changes in Perception. Recapitulation. Coda

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Book SynopsisEveryone involved in a building project wants to achieve a better building but design quality means different things to clients, users, architects, cost consultants and contractors. Negotiating design priorities is an important part of the development process. The Design Quality Manual helps give an objective evaluation of the qualitative aspects of design. Matrices with five defined levels of quality have been developed that cover the key areas of architecture, environmental engineering, user comfort conditions, whole-life costs, detail design and user satisfaction. These can be scored by a visual survey and professional judgement and then augmented by scientific measurement where possible (e.g. temperature, lighting and sound levels). The resultant scores allow comparisons in terms of overall and specific aspects of building performance and design quality. The Manual covers schools, hospitals and housing and offers a set of criteria by which to judge a broad raTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Building procurement. 3. Schools. 4. Hospitals. 5. Housing

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Book SynopsisThis valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through landscape planning, design and management by conserving resources and minimising pollution, and by enhancing ecological diversity. This may be achieved without significant additional capital outlay. The residential landscape sustainability checklist gives housing developers, landscape architects, architects and planners a tool with which to assess the environmental implication of their schemes throughout the design process from site planning to detailed design. The checklist focuses on residential housing developments buTrade Review"It is an ideal tool for anyone who needs quick access to information on a topic which becoming increasingly important in both political and practical terms." Building Engineer "Residential Landscape Sustainability provides a rationale and a possible method for promoting evaluation of sustainable landscapes and contains both integrative thinking and hard details on this topic... [It] is a serious attempt to reflect on and improve sustainable practice." Landscape Architecture Magazine “Compiles diverse material into a single accessible volume, providing an amazing resource for Arkansas homeowners and design professionals alike." At Home in ArkansasTable of ContentsChapter One: Introduction and Putting Residential Development in a Sustainable Context. IntrodutionDefinitions of sustainable development and sustainable landscape Sustainable development. Sustainable landscape. Sustainable development in English planning and development The key role of housing in sustainable development Current concepts and initiatives for delivering sustainable homes in England. Urban Villages and Millennium Communities BREEAM certified housing. What impact have these initiatives had on delivering sustainable residential Communities? Chapter Two: Opportunities for improving the Sustainable profile of new residential developments. Conservation of resources and minimisation of pollution and waste Energy consumption and microclimate control. The greenhouse effect and energy consumption in the home. Providing wind shelterProviding solar access and shade. Encouraging walking and cycling. Impacts of car use Design of transport routes. Specification and detailed design of hard landscape materials. Embodied energy and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of hard materials Timber sourcing Timber treatment and detailing Relatively sustainable plastic and metal Relatively sustainable non-metal mineral products Lean construction and recovered materials. (Specification and detailed design of soft landscape materials - Vegetation. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of Vegetation Plant production and nursery practices Planting design, implementation and maintenance. Plant Palette and Planting Style. Size of Plant Material. Site conditions and preparation. Integration of existing, established planting. Prohibition of synthetic chemical use for on-site landscape works. Water management. Reduced domestic water consumption Management of surface water runoff. Pollution and Flooding. Amenity and habitat. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDs). Enhancement of site ecological function and human well-being. Site ecological function Preserving and encouraging biodiversity Key aspects of ecological landscape design and management. Protecting existing ecological capital. Opportunities for improving diversity and ecological networks Plant origins; natives, non-natives and provenance. Providing for the health and well-being of residents. Private and communal space. Loss of existing Gardens. Communal SpacesPotential social benefits of trees. Ways of improving the acceptance of sustainable vegetation in the residential landscape. Chapter Three: Creating a Residential Landscape Sustainability Checklist. A review of sustainable checklist tools for residential development A detailed description of the template BRE EcoHomes method Adapting the EcoHomes method for landscape assessments. The Energy Category. The Transport Category. The Pollution Category. The Materials Category. The Water Category. The Ecology and Land Use Category. The Health and Well-Being CategoryAdjusting the EcoHomes weighting factors. Setting compliance standardsJudging visual qualities. General limitations of the checklist assessment approach. . Chapter Four: Case Studies: Applying the Residential Landscape Checklist. Introduction. Greenwich Millennium Village, London. Childwall, Liverpool. Evaluation of the Case studies against the Sustainable Landscape Checklist. The Energy Category. Microclimatic Landscape design. The Transport Category. Layout and design of pedestrian and cycle routes. Traffic calming. The Pollution Category. Reduced use of timber treatments. Reducing Site Run off through green space provision. Use of reclaimed metal, concrete and bricks and recycled plastic. On-site control of chemical applications. Nursery practices. Reduced Site run-off through Sustainable Urban Drainage (SuDs).The Materials Category. Timber sources and treatments. Reduced impact metal elements. Use of reclaimed or recycled stone and aggregate. Transport energy. Hardworks Detailing. Softworks Planting Design and Establishment. Softworks preparation and implementation. Environmental profile of materialsThe Water Category The Ecology and Land Use Category. Conservation of existing landscape features. Vegetative diversity and connectivity. Conflicting land use. Artificial habitat features. The Health and Well-Being Category. Provision of private and communal space. Garden privacy. Facilitating children’s play in communal spaces. Opportunities for planting and food production. Design cues, labels of care and improving acceptance of ecological plantings. Embedded tree cover. What factors encouraged and discouraged residential landscape sustainability. Those factors which contribute to delivering Residential Landscape Sustainability. Sustainable Landscape Design Brief and the early appointment of a Landscape Architect. Those factors which may undermine landscape sustainability. The cost and difficulty in sourcing and specifying reclaimed materials. The Influence of Social Context and Tenure. Creating space for plants and trees. Issues related to adoption and maintenance discouraged landscape sustainability. Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendices: Detailed Residential Landscape Checklist.

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Book SynopsisSince the publication of the first edition of Architectural Technology, in 2002, there have been significant developments in the number of courses, the profile of the discipline as well as significant changes in the Construction sector. The Second edition of Architectural Technology addresses these challenges directly. Much greater emphasis is given to the three core themes of the book - Environmental Sustainability; Innovation; and Design. An increase in the visual material included reinforces the critical role of Design, aiding students to better translate conceptual designs into built artefacts. Building upon solid teaching practice from the previous edition, Architectural Technology is now more concisely structured to take the reader through the whole life cycle of a building, emphasising sustainability and building performance. Material on digital information, building information modelling (BIM) and information communication technologies has been uTable of ContentsForeword – Colin Orr, President of CIAT ix Introduction xi 1 Fundamentals 1 Sensory engagement 3 Building innovation 6 Building characteristics 10 Enclosure and functional requirements 14 Philosophies and approaches 19 Further reading 23 2 Physical Design Generators 25 The physical context: a sense of place 26 Micro climates and weathering 32 Structure and fabric 35 Materials 39 Services 43 Further reading 45 3 Social Design Generators 47 The social context 48 Communication and language 49 Design decisions 53 Risk 57 Quality 58 Added value 61 Further reading 63 4 Regulatory Design Generators 65 Town planning and development control 67 The building regulations 72 Standards and codes of practice 75 Trade associations 76 Testing and research reports 77 Further reading 79 5 Humane Design Generators 81 Perception of our buildings 82 Physiology and usability 85 Healthy environments 87 Safe environments 89 Secure environments 91 Fire safety 95 Further reading 98 6 Physical Interfaces 99 Typologies 101 Transitions 105 Joints and connections 111 Tolerances 114 Further reading 117 7 The Art of Detailing 119 Detailing principles 121 Environmental issues 127 Performance of the joint 131 Designing the details 134 Further reading 136 8 The Art of Specifying 137 Specification methods 138 Selection criteria – fitness for purpose 139 Writing the specification 146 Contents of a written specification 150 Further reading 152 9 The Art of Informing 153 Media 154 Coordinated project information 159 Drawings 162 Physical models 166 Bills of quantities 168 Digital information and virtual details 168 Information flow and design changes 170 Further reading 171 10 Assembling the Parts 173 The designer-contractor interface 174 Flows 176 Quality of work 180 Design changes 183 Practical completion and hand-over 186 Learning from building projects 187 Further reading 191 11 Living with Buildings 193 Durability and decay 194 Preservation, restoration, and conservation 200 Principles of conservation, repair and maintenance 204 Upgrading existing buildings 208 Learning from buildings 211 Further reading 212 12 Disassembly and Reuse 213 Reusing redundant buildings 214 Demolition and disassembly 218 Reclamation, reuse, and recycling 220 Stretching the tradition 222 Further reading 227 References 229 Index 235

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Book SynopsisWhat constitutes an archive in architecture? What forms does it take? What epistemology does it perform? What kind of craft is archiving? Crafting History provides answers and offers insights on the ontological granularity of the archive and its relationship with architecture as a complex enterprise that starts and ends much beyond the act of building or the life of a creator. In this book we learn how objects are processed and catalogued, how a classification scheme is produced, how models and drawings are preserved, and how born-digital material battles time and technology obsolescence. We follow the work of conservators, librarians, cataloguers, digital archivists, museum technicians, curators, and architects, and we capture archiving in its mundane and practical course. Based on ethnographic observation at the Canadian Centre for Architecture and interviews with a range of practitioners, including Álvaro Siza and Peter Eisenman, Albena Yaneva traces archivinTrade ReviewIt is a book you want to hold in your hands and keep in your collection after reading. * Arkitekturkultur *Overall, this is a rich and detailed study which is clearly of value to students of architecture, architectural history, anthropology and archival science. There is also something here for the museum scholar: the book points to the epistemic nature of collecting and, through its granular study of the processes that act upon and form these collections, reveals the interventions and mediations of individuals in the shaping of knowledge. For those working in and researching all types of collecting and memory institutions there is much here that can inform and provide new insights into how such work forms the basis of learning, scholarship and research. * Museum and Society *Crafting History is a meticulous and captivating study that makes a substantial methodological contribution and will resonate with students and scholars of architectural history and theory, institutions, the anthropology of knowledge, museum studies and related fields. Few scholars have studied with such proximity the tacit, practical systems of "minor" actors in architectural institutions. * Architectural Theory Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Secret Life of Architectural Objects 1. Archive Fevers 2. Architecture and the "Fever" of Archiving 3. A Morning in the Vaults 4. Opening the Crates 5. Politics of Care 6. The Plot of Archiving 7. The Life of an Old Floppy Disk Conclusion: Collections as Sites of Epistemological Reshuffle

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Book SynopsisShows how the intersection of biotech, art, and architecture are transforming the world we live in As living matter becomes more and more the domain of art and architecture, the life sciences are enabling a major cultural and aesthetic transformation. Vital Forms explores how the intersection of biology, art, and architecture has transformed these disciplines, offering heretofore unimagined possibilities.Using numerous case studies, Jennifer Johung explores how art and architecture are reimagining life on cellular and subcellular levels. In the process, she maps the constantly evolving dependencies that exist between objects, bodies, and environments. From Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr’s Tissue Culture and Art Project, which developed “semi-living worry dolls,” to Patricia Piccinini’s imagined Still Life with Stem Cells, each chapter pairs a branch of contemporary biological inquiry with the artists who are revolutionizing it.Examining cutting-edge developments in biotechnological research—including tissue-engineering, stem cell science, regenerative medicine, and more—Vital Forms brings biological art and architecture into critical dialogue. Distinguished by its broad range and Johung’s synthesizing talents, Vital Forms makes powerful observations about how the unfolding dependencies between all kinds of matter are becoming vital to life in our age of biotechnological manipulations.

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Book SynopsisLeading scholars historicize and theorize technology’s role in architectural design Although the question of technics pervades the contemporary discipline of architecture, there are few critical analyses on the topic. Design Technics fills this gap, arguing that the technical dimension of design has often been flattened into the broader celebratory rhetoric of innovation. Bringing together leading scholars in architectural and design history, the volume’s contributors situate these tools on a broader epistemological and chronological canvas. The essays here construct histories—some panoramic and others unfolding around a specific episode—of seven techniques regularly used by the designer in the architectural studio today: rendering, modeling, scanning, equipping, specifying, positioning, and repeating.Starting with observations about the epistemological changes that have unfolded in the discipline in recent decades but seeking to offer a more expansive meaning for technics, the volume casts new light on concepts such as form, experience, and image that have played central roles in historical architectural discourses. Among the questions addressed: How was the concept of form immanent in practices of scanning since the late nineteenth century? What was the historical relationship between rendering and experience in Enlightenment discourses? How did practices of specifying reconfigure the distinction between intellectual and manual labor? What kind of rationality is inherent in the designer’s constant clicking of the mouse in front of her screen? In addressing these and other questions, this engaging and timely collection thereby proposes technics as a site for historical and philosophical reflection not only for those engaged in architectural design but also for any scholar working in the humanities today.Contributors: Lucia Allais, Edward Eigen, Orit Halpern, John Harwood, Matthew C. Hunter, and Michael Osman.Trade Review"Weaving together material instruments and mental habits, professional organization and artistic imagination, Design Technics brilliantly demonstrates that design techniques such as modeling, scanning, and specifying enable us to write a different history of architecture. Instead of focusing on authors and buildings, Zeynep Çelik Alexander and John May focus on the concrete operations of the discipline—operations that are nevertheless inseparable from larger perspectives, for techniques contribute to the construction of the human."—Antoine Picon, author of Smart Cities: A Spatialised Intelligence"The historical range of the essays is broad, allowing the reader to see the development of these different practices starting in the 19th century and continuing though the 20th century."—CHOICE"The essays gathered in Design Technics: Archaeologies of Architectural Practice propose a welcome departure from historiographical entrapments."—Critical Inquiry "Questioning and engaging with the mantra of the digital, this collection unearths the old relationship of architecture with techne, the ancient Greek word that best uncovers the root of this ongoing problem."—Technology and Culture"This deeply researched kaleidoscopic investigation of architecture’s technics operates on several levels: as histories of tools, as media archaeologies of their matter and handling, as genealogies of architectural processes, and, not least, as stories told of the historization of the discipline of architecture."—Isis: A Journal of the History of Science Society"The editors redefine architectural practice as a plural field of activities entangled with technics—a key term they use to signify both artifacts and processes."—Journal of Architectural Education

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Book SynopsisA new paradigm combining architectural tradition with emerging technologies Digital tools have launched architecture into a dizzying new era, one in which wood, stone, metal, glass, and other traditional materials are augmented by pixels and code. In this ambitious exploration, an eminent thinker examines what, exactly, the building blocks of architecture have meant over the centuries and how technology may—or may not—be changing how we think about them. Antoine Picon argues that materiality is not only about matter and that the silence and inscrutability—the otherness—of raw materials work against humanity’s need to live in a meaningful world. He describes how people define who they are, in part, through their specific physical experience of architectural materials and spaces. Indeed, Picon asserts, the entire paradox of the architectural discipline consists in its desire to render matter expressive to human beings. Through a retrospective review of canonical moments in Western European architecture, Picon offers an original perspective on the ways materiality has varied throughout centuries, demonstrating how experiences of the physical world have changed in relation to the evolution of human subjectivity. Ultimately, Picon concludes that computer-based design methods are not an abrupt departure from previous architectural traditions but rather a new way for architects to control material resources. The result reinforces the fundamentally humanistic nature of architectural endeavor with an increasing sense of design freedom and a release from material constraint in the digital era.Trade Review"Thanks to his immense knowledge of building technologies, along with the acute observations of contemporary practice made over the years, Antoine Picon has carved a masterful synthesis on the very substance of architecture. From ancient vestiges to current designs, the meaning of materials in designs and buildings is dissected in this dense, inspired volume. A must-read for students, scholars, and professionals alike."—Jean-Louis Cohen, author of The Future of Architecture Since 1889: A Worldwide History"This rich and synthetic book rethinks four centuries of Western architectural discourse, arguing that materiality is not a raw essence, nor a state of being, but a branch of technological thinking. In six brisk chapters, Antoine Picon wonderfully combines lucid explanations of architects’ technical processes with insights on their cultural motives. The main takeaway—and it is a brilliant one—is that materials in architecture have ultimately served as a kind of linguistic referent. A needed corrective to recent claims of dematerialization, and a highly rewarding read."—Lucia Allais, author of Designs of Destruction: The Making of Monuments in the Twentieth Century

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Book SynopsisHow making models allows us to recall what was and to discover what still might be Whether looking inward to the intricacies of human anatomy or outward to the furthest recesses of the universe, expanding the boundaries of human inquiry depends to a surprisingly large degree on the making of models. In this wide-ranging volume, scholars from diverse fields examine the interrelationships between a model’s material foundations and the otherwise invisible things it gestures toward, underscoring the pivotal role of models in understanding and shaping the world around us. Whether in the form of reproductions, interpretive processes, or constitutive tools, models may bridge the gap between the tangible and the abstract.By focusing on the material aspects of models, including the digital ones that would seem to displace their analogue forebears, these insightful essays ground modeling as a tactile and emphatically humanistic endeavor. With contributions from scholars in the history of science and technology, visual studies, musicology, literary studies, and material culture, this book demonstrates that models serve as invaluable tools across every field of cultural development, both historically and in the present day.Modelwork is unique in calling attention to modeling’s duality, a dynamic exchange between imagination and matter. This singular publication shows us how models shape our ability to ascertain the surrounding world and to find new ways to transform it. Contributors: Hilary Bryon, Virginia Tech; Johanna Drucker, UCLA; Seher Erdoğan Ford, Temple U; Peter Galison, Harvard U; Lisa Gitelman, New York U; Reed Gochberg, Harvard U; Catherine Newman Howe, Williams College; Christopher J. Lukasik, Purdue U; Martin Scherzinger, New York U; Juliet S. Sperling, U of Washington; Annabel Jane Wharton, Duke U.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: ModelworkMartin Brückner and Sandy IsenstadtPart I. Knowing1. Defining ModelsAnnabel Jane Wharton2. Material Models of Immaterial ThingsPeter GalisonPart II. Sensing3. William Farish’s Devices and Drawings: Models for Envisioning Immaterial and Material RealmsHilary Bryon4. “The Instructed Eye”: What Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Drawing Books Tell Us about Vision and How We SeeChristopher J. Lukasik5. Algorithmic Audition: Modeling Musical PerceptionMartin ScherzingerPart III. Making6. The Useful Arts of Nineteenth-Century Patent ModelsReed Gochberg7. Bodies Made of Numbers, Numbers Made of BodiesCatherine Newman Howe8. Hypermodels: Architectural Production in Virtual SpacesSeher Erdoğan FordPart IV. Doing9. Modeling Maneuvers: Anatomical Illustration and the Practice of TouchJuliet S. Sperling10. Models and Manufactures: The Shoe as CommodityLisa Gitelman11. Modeling InterpretationJohanna DruckerAfterword: On the Humility of ModelsSarah WassermanAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisA beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated biography of one of Chicago’s greatest lost buildings For six months in 1961, Richard Nickel, John Vinci, and David Norris salvaged the interior and exterior ornamentation of the Garrick Theater, Adler & Sullivan’s magnificent architectural masterpiece in Chicago’s theater district. The building was replaced by a parking garage, and its demolition ignited the historic preservation movement in Chicago. The Garrick (originally the Schiller Building) was built in 1892 and featured elaborate embellishments, especially in its theater and exterior, including the ornamentation and colorful decorative stenciling that would become hallmarks of Louis Sullivan’s career. Reconstructing the Garrick documents the enormous salvaging job undertaken to preserve elements of the building’s design, but also presents the full life story of the Garrick, featuring historic and architectural photographs, essays by prominent architectural and art historians, interviews, drawings, ephemera from throughout its lively history and details of its remarkable ornamentation—a significant resource and compelling tribute to one of Chicago’s finest lost buildings. A seventy-two-page facsimile of Richard Nickel’s salvage workbook is tipped into the binding.

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Book SynopsisMetaphysical conceptions have always influenced how human societies create the built environment. Mexico - with its rich culture, full of symbol and myth, its beautiful cities, and its evocative ruins - is an excellent place to study the interplay of influences on space and place. In this volume, the authors consider the ideas and views that give the constructed spaces and buildings of Mexico - especially, of Queretaro - their particular ambience. They explore the ways the built world helps people find meaning and establish order for their earthly existence by mirroring their metaphysical assumptions, and they guide readers through time to see how the transformation of worldviews affects the urban evolution of a Mexican city. The authors, then, construct a ""metaphysical archeology"" of space and place in the built landscape of Mexico. In the process, they identify the intangible, spiritual aspects of this land. Not only scholars of architecture, but also archeologists and anthropologists - particularly those interested in Mexican backgrounds and culture - will appreciate the authors' approach and conclusions.

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Book SynopsisA Zero Energy Home (ZEH) is a home that produces as much energy as it consumes. This title explores the design and construction of self-sufficient houses from start to finish. It cites climate and geographic challenges, describes how to go about building an energy-efficient home, and features ten houses that were built for zero energy living.

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Book SynopsisThis title explores the issues surrounding the study and conservation of earthen architecture. Earthen architecture constitutes one of the most diverse forms of cultural heritage and one of the most challenging to preserve. It dates from all periods and is found on all continents but is particularly prevalent in Africa, where it has been a building custom for centuries. Sites range from ancestral cities in Mali to the palaces of Abomey in Benin, and from monuments and mosques in Iran to Buddhist temples on the Silk Road and Spanish missions in California. This volume's 64 papers address such themes as earthen architecture in Mali, conservation of living sites, local knowledge systems and intangible aspects, seismic and other natural forces, and the management of archaeological sites. The contributors represent a wide range of international institutions. The book will be of interest to conservators & site managers as well as those studying earthen architectural heritage worldwide.

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Book SynopsisThe United States has about $10.5 trillion tied up in aging school facilities. School districts throughout the country spend about $30 billion every year keeping this infrastructure going. Yet almost all of the new money we pour into school facilities reinforces an existing - and obsolete - model of schooling.In Blueprint for Tomorrow, Prakash Nair - one of the world’s leading school designers - explores the hidden messages that our school facilities and classrooms convey and advocates for the “alignment” of the design of places in which we teach and learn with twenty-first-century learning goals.Blueprint for Tomorrow provides simple, affordable, and versatile ideas for adapting or redesigning school spaces to support student-centered learning. In particular, the author focuses on ways to use current spending to modify existing spaces, and explains which kinds of adaptations offer the biggest return in terms of student learning. The book is organized by area - from classrooms to cafeterias - and is richly illustrated throughout, including “before and after” features, “smart idea” sidebars, and “do now” suggestions for practical first steps. It outlines key principles for designing spaces that support today’s learning needs and includes tools to help educators evaluate the educational effectiveness of their own spaces.Blueprint for Tomorrow will open educators’ eyes to the ways that architecture and learning are entwined and will challenge them to rethink the ways they teach and work together.Table of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTIONThe $2 Trillion Mistake 1How Traditional School Design Fails Our Kids CHAPTER 1“Reading” School Buildings 25A Visual Literacy Primer CHAPTER 2A Welcoming Message 45Entries and Common Areas CHAPTER 3Capturing More Space for Learning 61Reconfiguring Classrooms and Hallways CHAPTER 4Integrated Learning Areas 83Labs, Studios, and Do-It-Yourself Spaces CHAPTER 5Making Room for Collaboration 105Professional Space for Teachers CHAPTER 6Putting People and Ideas Together 115The Changing Role of the School Library CHAPTER 7Beyond the Classroom Window 129Bringing Learning Outdoors CHAPTER 8From Cafeterias to Cafe´s 145Celebrating Community CONCLUSIONPutting Theory into Practice 159Where Should Schools Begin? APPENDIX AEducational Effectiveness Survey 175Elementary School Facilities APPENDIX BEducational Effectiveness Survey 179Middle and High School FacilitiesNotes 185Acknowledgments 197About the Author 199Index 201

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Book SynopsisThe United States has about $10.5 trillion tied up in aging school facilities. School districts throughout the country spend about $30 billion every year keeping this infrastructure going. Yet almost all of the new money we pour into school facilities reinforces an existing - and obsolete - model of schooling.In Blueprint for Tomorrow, Prakash Nair - one of the world’s leading school designers - explores the hidden messages that our school facilities and classrooms convey and advocates for the “alignment” of the design of places in which we teach and learn with twenty-first-century learning goals.Blueprint for Tomorrow provides simple, affordable, and versatile ideas for adapting or redesigning school spaces to support student-centered learning. In particular, the author focuses on ways to use current spending to modify existing spaces, and explains which kinds of adaptations offer the biggest return in terms of student learning. The book is organized by area - from classrooms to cafeterias - and is richly illustrated throughout, including “before and after” features, “smart idea” sidebars, and “do now” suggestions for practical first steps. It outlines key principles for designing spaces that support today’s learning needs and includes tools to help educators evaluate the educational effectiveness of their own spaces.Blueprint for Tomorrow will open educators’ eyes to the ways that architecture and learning are entwined and will challenge them to rethink the ways they teach and work together.Table of ContentsCONTENTS INTRODUCTIONThe $2 Trillion Mistake 1How Traditional School Design Fails Our Kids CHAPTER 1“Reading” School Buildings 25A Visual Literacy Primer CHAPTER 2A Welcoming Message 45Entries and Common Areas CHAPTER 3Capturing More Space for Learning 61Reconfiguring Classrooms and Hallways CHAPTER 4Integrated Learning Areas 83Labs, Studios, and Do-It-Yourself Spaces CHAPTER 5Making Room for Collaboration 105Professional Space for Teachers CHAPTER 6Putting People and Ideas Together 115The Changing Role of the School Library CHAPTER 7Beyond the Classroom Window 129Bringing Learning Outdoors CHAPTER 8From Cafeterias to Cafe´s 145Celebrating Community CONCLUSIONPutting Theory into Practice 159Where Should Schools Begin? APPENDIX AEducational Effectiveness Survey 175Elementary School Facilities APPENDIX BEducational Effectiveness Survey 179Middle and High School FacilitiesNotes 185Acknowledgments 197About the Author 199Index 201

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Book SynopsisMany of the historic houses in and around the town of Victoria, Texas, were built between 1875 and 1910 by immigrant owners. From 1973 to 1975, with the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Rick Gardner traveled throughout the region, taking photographs of these historic homes. Gardner relied on his own instincts and guidance from knowledgeable locals as to where he should aim his lens. This book is an appreciative glimpse at what these vernacular houses looked like a century after their construction. Gardner has teamed up with Victoria historian and preservationist Gary Dunnam to present these rich images along with brief historical sketches of the houses and, where possible, the persons who occupied them when they were newly constructed. The result is an understated and elegant suggestion of what life may have been like for the merchants, bankers, agriculturalists, and others who built and lived in these homes during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Designed to appeal to those with a love for old houses and especially for the preservation of historic structures, All the Houses Were Painted White offers its readers a stately appreciation of these homes and their place in the South Texas landscape. It is also a tribute to the architects, owners, and anonymous craftspeople who built the houses-to their vision, skill, ingenuity, imagination, creativity, and endurance.

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Book SynopsisPrecision is necessary in the field of architecture, and new technologies have increased demands for accuracy, particularly when the smallest errors can have outsized consequences. However, the importance of precision, or exactitude, has not received the consideration it merits. While themes of sustainability, performance, and formal innovation have been at the forefront of architectural scholarship for the past twenty years, this book moves beyond these concerns to explore the theoretical and practical demands exactitude makes on architecture as a field.The eleven essays collected here investigate the possibilities and shortcomings of exactitude and delve into current debates about the state of contemporary architecture as both a technological craft and artistic creation. Featuring new work by leading theorists, historians, editors, architects, and scholars, this volume brings theory and practice into insightful and productive conversations. In addition to the editors, contributors include Mark Wigley, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Eric Höweler, Christopher Benfey, Sunil Bald, Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano with Thomas de Monchaux, Alicia Imperiale, Francesca Hughes, Teresa Stoppani, and Cynthia Davidson.

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