Format:
1 online resource (199 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203402429
Content:
In this highly original book, through a series of essays, key architects and engineers in Europe, Australia, and the USA describe the ideas and development behind the innovative technology in their chosen projects, with the emphasis being on the means of production and the links between design and the manufacturing process
Note:
Front Cover -- Innovation in Architecture -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Picture Credits -- 1. Introduction: Alan J.Brookes Dominique Poole -- 2. Exploring, rehearsing, delivering: Mike Davies -- 3. Concept before calculation: Tony Hunt -- 4. A process-oriented architecture: David Kirkland -- 5. Material innovation and the development of form: Mark Lovell -- 6. More than architecture: David Marks and Julia Barfield: Dominique Poole -- 7. An engineer's perspective: Mike Cook -- 8. Touch the earth lightly: Dominique Poole -- 9. Production processes, sources and the uses of materials: Eva Jiricna Alan J.Brookes -- 10. Constructing the ephemeral- innovation in the use of glass: Luke Lowings and James Carpenter -- 11. The tradition of the primitive with modern materials- an Australian perspective: Chris Clarke -- 12. A passion for building: Volkwin Marg: Alan J.Brookes -- 13. The incredible lightness of being : Chris Wilkinson -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Brookes, Alan J. Innovation in Architecture London : CRC Press LLC,c2003 ISBN 9780415241335
Language:
English
Keywords:
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