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Book SynopsisThe traditional veneration of architecture for its monumental and enduring qualities seems to be changing. Architects and other designers are moving away from seeking permanence towards a more open, creative use of what time has to offer. This is revealed in new approaches to historic preservation, the proliferation of temporary structures, concerns regarding sustainability, and the employment of time-efficient processes. Architecture Timed explores the role of ideas about time in the design inclinations and choices of contemporary designers of the environment. Contributors consider how the new can be incorporated into the old; how designing for the very short term has significant advantages; how what is temporary can be re-used; and how the design of materials, buildings and landscapes can improve sustainability and enhance experiences of time passing. Many designers have replaced the ideal of timelessness' and the view of time as a series of singular, static moments with an enrich
Table of Contents
Editorial 05
Helen Castle
About the Guest-Editor 06
Karen A. Franck
Introduction: Designing with Time in Mind 08
Karen A Franck
The Nine Lives of Building 18
Jill Stoner
Built Conservation and the Unfinished Fabrics of Time 24
Federica Goffi
Juxtaposing the New and the Old 34
Eric Parry
Time Matters: Transition and Transformation in Architecture 42
Mark Taylor
Inhabiting Time 50
Juhani Pallasmaa
Time as a Medium: Early Work of Enric Miralles 60
Philip Speranza
The Presence of the Weather 66
Kevin Nute
Knowingly Unfinished: Exploiting the Temporality of Landscapes 74
SueAnne Ware
Matter Timed 82
Martina Decker
Drawing Time 88
Brian McGrath
Drawing in Time: Processes of Design and Fabrication 98
Babak Bryan and Henry Grosman
Architecture Takes Time 108
Tobias Armborst, Daniel D’Oca and Georgeen Theodore
Ever Faster But Still Very Good 114
Jonathan Mallie
No More Stopping 120
Richard Garber
Visiting Karsten Harries and Revisiting his ‘Building and the Terror of Time’ 128
Karen A. Franck
Counterpoint: Finding Time 136
Tim Makower
Contributors 142
