Study & Teaching

Pratt Sessions presents a series of conversations between notable practitioners and thinkers. It is a distributed symposium that is curated and yet open-ended. Based on an ongoing lecture series at Pratt Institute's Graduate Architecture and Urban...

Architecture is the quintessential generalist pursuit, requiring practical knowledge of geometry, technology, politics, history, culture, and economics, as well as an understanding how these disparate pieces fit together within the context of...

It has been argued that the history of landscape and of gardens has been marginalized from the mainstream of art history and visual studies because of a lack of engagement with the theories, methods and concepts of these disciplines. This book explores...

***WINNER OF A NAUTILUS 2018 SILVER MEDAL BOOK AWARD***Innovations in Behavioural Health Architecture is the most comprehensive book written on this topic in more than 40 years. It examines the ways in which healthcare architecture can contribute, as a...

Monograph.arch is a new series which collects architects and architectures on contemporary languages, from Italy and other lands.Book InformationISBN 9788898774098Author Pino ScaglioneFormat PaperbackImprint List - Laboratorio Internazionale Editoriale...

Aimed at current bachelor's degree students, recent graduates and professionals looking for a specialisation, Masterclass: Fashion & Textiles provides an in-depth overview of 28 leading graduate schools from all over the world that offer a master's...

The theory of Co-Corporeality is based on a conception of the built environment as a biological entity that opens up a space for coexistence and interaction between humans and microbial life. Based on design-led research, this book explores how we can...

Only a small proportion of the population fully relies on barrier freedom, but many people consider it an essential aid in everyday situations. It is therefore important to create a built environment without obstacles in which all people can move and...

Critical and Clinical Cartographies rethinks medical and design pedagogies in the context of both the Affective and Digital Turns that are occurring under the umbrella of New Materialism. This collection is framed through Deleuze's symptomalogical...

This book introduces recent advances in building simulation and outlines its historic development. Two important topics are described: uncertainty in simulation and coupled simulations, which are both closely linked to attempts to improve control and...

Design interventions for the reuse of existing structures must face the question of the past and the extent to which it should be included in the design for the future. This is the point of departure of Int AR, a yearly publication on current issues in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782889153299Author Christophe Van GerreweyFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Epfl PressPublisher Epfl PressWeight(grams) 6g

This collection introduces, illustrates, and advances fresh ideas about creative practice inquiry in architecture. It concerns architectural knowledge: how architects can use their distinctive skills, habits, and values to advance professional insight,...

Front cover image Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA Grace Farms; Source Books in Architecture Benjamin Wilke, Ryue Nishizawa Not yet printed due - 07/19 9781943532254 Paperback with flaps ORO Editions/Applied Research & Design Territory: World excluding...

Colin Rowe is acknowledged to be the most influential figure in architectural theory in the last half of the 20th century. Although his contribution to the discipline and practice of urban design is equally important, there is no single text which...