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The Design of Material, Organism, and Minds
Different Understandings of Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Design is eminent throughout different disciplines of science, engineering, humanities, and art. However, within these disciplines, the way in which the term design is understood and applied differs significantly. There still is a profound lack of interdisciplinary research on this issue. The same...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
This book features 66 papers from the 2nd International Colloquium of Art and Design Education Research, i-CADER 2015. It illustrates the wide range of opinions and interpretations, mediums and technologies, policies and methodologies in this field.
The papers, which have been reviewed by 380...
Principia Designae － Pre-Design, Design, and Post-Design
Social Motive for the Highly Advanced Technological Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
This book presents a broad design purview within the framework of “pre-design, design, and post-design” by focusing on the “motive of design,” which implies an underlying reason for the design of a product. The chapters are comprised of papers based on discussions at the “Design Research...
Architecture
Form, Space, and Order
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
The revered architectural reference, updated with contemporary examples and interactive 3D models
The Interactive Resource Center is an online learning environment where instructors and students can access the tools they need to make efficient use of their time, while reinforcing and assessing...
Architectural Drawing
A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The classic architectural drawing compendium—now in a richly updated edition
Today's most comprehensive compendium of architectural drawing types and methods, both hand drawn and computer generated, Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods remains a one-of-a-kind visual...
by Chris Abel
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2007
This new selection of essays follows Chris Abel's previous best selling collection, Architecture and Identity. Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the...
by Sam Jacoby
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Drawing is an important means to analyse information and develop rigorous arguments both conceptually and visually. Going beyond the how-to drawing manual, this book provides an instrumental approach to drawing, especially computer-generated drawings; it outlines how drawings should be used to convey...
Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand
a revised and expanded edition of Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is an essential companion to Simon Unwin’s Analysing Architecture, and part of the trilogy which also includes his Exercises in Architecture: Learning to Think as an Architect. Together the three books offer an introduction to the workings...
by Multi-authored
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
The stunning architecture unveiled at World Expo 2010 Shanghai brings new atmosphere and style to the appearance of Shanghai. This vital book captures and presents more than 60 examples of architecture and design created and built for World Expo 2010 Shanghai in four chapters with content and design...
The Death of Drawing
Architecture in the Age of Simulation
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
The Death of Drawing explores the causes and effects of the epochal shift from drawing to computation as the chief design and communication medium in architecture. Drawing both framed the thinking of architects and organized the design and construction process to place architects at its center. Its...
by DJM van der Voordt, HBR van Wegen
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a ‘joined up’ approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of a building, the authors show the practical implications of the utility value of buildings.
Starting by looking at...
The Design-Build Studio
Crafting Meaningful Work in Architecture Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
The Design-Build Studio examines sixteen international community driven design-build case studies through process and product, with preceding chapters on community involvement, digital and handcraft methodologies and a graphic Time Map. Together these projects serve as a field guide to the current...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
Designbuild Education adopts the intellectual framework of American Pragmatism, which is a theory of action, to investigate architects’ compelling urge to build and how that manifests in collegiate designbuild programs. Organized into four themes—people, poetics, process, and practice—the book...
Designing with Models
A Studio Guide to Architectural Process Models
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
The newly updated guide to design process modeling techniques
Designing with Models, Third Edition is the revised, step-by-step guide to basic and advanced design process modeling. This comprehensive text explains the process from start to finish, and has been expanded to include up-to-date...