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Eleven Exercises in the Art of Architectural Drawing: Slow-Food for the Architect's Imagination
By Marco Frascari
This book deals with the critical nature and crucial role of architectural drawings. A manual which is essentially not a manual; it is an elucidation of an elegant manner for practising architecture. The text identifies the inauguration of architectural theory within the craftsmanship of...
January 2011 | 978-0-415-77926-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Elements of Parametric Design
By Robert Woodbury
Driven by new computer and digital fabrication tools, the architectural designs that are being built are pushing boundaries of form, customization and construction. Pushed by practices wanting and needing to produce novelty, computer-aided design systems are increasingly parametric - that is,...
June 2010 | 978-0-415-77987-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Procuring Innovative Architecture
By Leon van Schaik, Geoffrey London
The case studies in this book describe how clients’ promotion of innovative communities of practice has led to important collections of architectural works. The book provides an assessment of the effectiveness of their approaches. Architects and clients will understand what to look for as they...
May 2010 | 978-0-415-42942-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Emergent Technologies and Design: Towards a Biological Paradigm for Architecture
By Michael Hensel, Achim Menges, Michael Weinstock
Emergence - the process by which new and coherent structures, patterns and properties ‘emerge’ from within complex systems Traditional architecture starts from the premise that architectural structures are singular and fixed, and however well integrated are separate from their environment and...
January 2010 | 978-0-415-49344-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Programming.Architecture
By Paul Coates
programming.architecture is a simple and concise introduction to the history of computing and computational design, explaining the basics of algorithmic thinking and the use of the computer as a tool for design and architecture. Paul Coates, a pioneer of CAAD, demonstrates algorithmic thinking...
January 2010 | 978-0-415-45188-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Precedents in Zero-Energy Design: Architecture and Passive Design in the 2007 Solar Decathlon
By Michael Zaretsky
‘Michael Zaretsky’s Precedents in Zero-Energy Design is such an important book … it will help readers recognize that design comes before technology – and renewable energy systems alone can’t solve the problems we face’ John D. Quale, Assistant Professor of Architecture and ecoMOD Project...
October 2009 | 978-0-415-77875-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Analysing Architecture, 3rd Edition
By Simon Unwin
Clear and accessible, Analysing Architecture opens a fresh way to understanding architecture. It offers a unique ‘notebook’ of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author’s original...
January 2009 | 978-0-415-48928-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Manufacturing Material Effects: Rethinking Design and Making in Architecture
Edited by Branko Kolarevic, Kevin Klinger
Designers are becoming more directly involved in the fabrication process from the earliest stages of design. This book showcases the design and research work by some of the leading designers, makers and thinkers today. This highly illustrated text brings together a wealth of information and...
2008 | 978-0-415-77575-5 | Paperback (Routledge)