1st Edition
Design for Construction Tectonic Imagination in Contemporary Architecture
By Eric Höweler
Copyright 2026
368 Pages
555 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
368 Pages
555 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
368 Pages
555 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Arguing that a gulf exists between design and construction, between conceptual thinking and the constructed building, this book explores projects and practices that span the gap by thinking through materials and processes with what Höweler calls a tectonic imagination.
Design for Construction is organized into 10 chapters covering topics such as means and methods, part-to-whole relationships,... Read more
Introduction: Agency and Imagination. 1. Stocktaking. 2. Means and Methods. 3. Material Processes. 4. Part to Whole. 5. Monoliths. 6. From Window to Envelope. 7. Force, Form, and Gesture. 8. Climate and Conditioning. 9. Afterlives. 10. Construction Futures
Biography
Eric Höweler is Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and co-founding Principal of Höweler + Yoon.
