Architecture Speaks

Author : Nancy T. McCoy,David G. Woodcock
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781623495534

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Architecture That Speaks by Nancy T. McCoy,David G. Woodcock Pdf

When the A&M College of Texas opened its doors in 1876, its early buildings followed a Victorian architectural style. Classical architecture came to the campus with the Academic Building, after the 1912 fire that destroyed Old Main. Subsequent buildings generally followed this neoclassical path, but the growth of the campus in the Depression era saw the addition of an extraordinary group of buildings, sited in accordance with a master plan developed by college architect F. E. Giesecke and designed by S. C. P. Vosper, each of whom also held faculty positions in the first architecture program at a state college in Texas. The buildings designed by Vosper are arguably the finest buildings on the campus, uniquely expressive of the agricultural and mechanical origins of the university; they delight the senses with color, sculpture, and wit. Nancy T. McCoy and David G. Woodcock, distinguished preservation architects and scholars, review the history of Texas A&M campus architecture and provide in-depth coverage of Vosper and his legacy. Illustrated by the sumptuous photography of Carolyn Brown, Architecture That Speaks concludes with observations on recent approaches toward the reuse and rehabilitation of campus heritage architecture and a view to the future, as plans evolve for further development of the campus that maintains a respect for both strategic vision and historical heritage.

Author : Michael H. Mitias
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9042007869

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Architecture and Civilization by Michael H. Mitias Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9526083415

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Architecture Speaks! by Anonim Pdf

The first 'Architecture Speaks!' Lecture took place in January 2016. The series, initiated by Associate Professor Jenni Reuter, has been hosted jointly by the Museum of Finnish Architecture and Aalto University.0The present publication is a collation of reportages on the first 14 lectures. In their reportages, the student authors write about how the architects inspire them to reflect on their own ambitions, fears and expectations for the future of architecture and the profession. 0The invited speakers have been divided into three groups: Activists, Symbolists and Time Curators.

Author : Penny Lewis,Lorens Holm,Sandra Costa Santos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000457506

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Architecture and Collective Life by Penny Lewis,Lorens Holm,Sandra Costa Santos Pdf

This book addresses the complex relationship between architecture and public life. It’s a study of architecture and urbanism as cultural activity that both reflects and gives shape to our social relations, public institutions and political processes. Written by an international range of contributors, the chapters address the intersection of public life and the built environment around the themes of authority and planning, the welfare state, place and identity and autonomy. The book covers a diverse range of material from Foucault’s evolving thoughts on space to land-scraping leisure centres in inter-war Belgium. It unpacks concepts such as ‘community’ and ‘collectivity’ alongside themes of self-organisation and authorship. Architecture and Collective Life reflects on urban and architectural practice and historical, political and social change. As such this book will be of great interest to students and academics in architecture and urbanism as well as practicing architects.

Author : Robert McCarter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architects
ISBN : 0500343314

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The Work of Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects by Robert McCarter Pdf

An inspiring monograph that captures the practical yet beautiful architecture of one of the leading architectural firms in the world

Author : Fernando Pérez Oyarzún,Rodrigo Pérez de Arce,Horacio Torrent
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781603443333

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Chilean Modern Architecture Since 1950 by Fernando Pérez Oyarzún,Rodrigo Pérez de Arce,Horacio Torrent Pdf

Chilean architecture--along with that of Sao Paolo and Mexico City--sets a benchmark for the intersection of modernism with vernacular influences in Latin America. Culture, landscape, and the geology of this earthquake-prone region have all served as important filters for the practice of post-1950s design in Chile. This volume introduces the modern architecture of Chile to readers in the United States. Looking primarily at domestic architecture as a lens for studying the larger movement, Fernando Perez Oyarzun considers the relationship between theory and practice in Chile. As he shows in his chapter, during the early 1950s the School of Valparaiso offered the possibility of developing experimental projects accompanied by theoretical statements. There, visual artists considered poetry the starting point of modern architecture and contributed their radically modern views to the design process of the project. Next, Rodrigo Perez de Arce examines the material context of architecture in Chile: the availability of materials and technologies, the frequency of violent earthquakes and related seismic activity, and the nation's craft-based, labor-intensive building practices. He applies these considerations to a series of case studies to demonstrate how they interact with cultural, historical, economic, and even political influences. In the book's final chapter, Horacio Torrent reviews the interplay between the architectonic culture and modern shapes that came into sharp focus in the 1950s in Chile. In another series of case studies, he highlights the formation of a system of concepts, thought processes, instruments, and values that have given Chilean architecture a certain singularity during the last fifty years.

Author : Barry Blesser,Linda-Ruth Salter
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262513173

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Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? by Barry Blesser,Linda-Ruth Salter Pdf

How we experience space by listening: the concepts of aural architecture, with examples ranging from Gothic cathedrals to surround sound home theater. We experience spaces not only by seeing but also by listening. We can navigate a room in the dark, and "hear" the emptiness of a house without furniture. Our experience of music in a concert hall depends on whether we sit in the front row or under the balcony. The unique acoustics of religious spaces acquire symbolic meaning. Social relationships are strongly influenced by the way that space changes sound. In Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?, Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter examine auditory spatial awareness: experiencing space by attentive listening. Every environment has an aural architecture.The audible attributes of physical space have always contributed to the fabric of human culture, as demonstrated by prehistoric multimedia cave paintings, classical Greek open-air theaters, Gothic cathedrals, acoustic geography of French villages, modern music reproduction, and virtual spaces in home theaters. Auditory spatial awareness is a prism that reveals a culture's attitudes toward hearing and space. Some listeners can learn to "see" objects with their ears, but even without training, we can all hear spatial geometry such as an open door or low ceiling. Integrating contributions from a wide range of disciplines—including architecture, music, acoustics, evolution, anthropology, cognitive psychology, audio engineering, and many others—Spaces Speak, Are You Listening? establishes the concepts and language of aural architecture. These concepts provide an interdisciplinary guide for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of how space enhances our well-being. Aural architecture is not the exclusive domain of specialists. Accidentally or intentionally, we all function as aural architects.

Author : Elise M. Edwards
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781498573306

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Architecture, Theology, and Ethics by Elise M. Edwards Pdf

This book explores why and how the design of architecture contributes to Christian pursuits of social and environmental justice. Edwards offers a new understanding of architectural design’s relation to Christian ethics and proposes five moral commitments for orienting the design process towards the flourishing of humanity and God’s creation.

Author : Colin Davies
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781780675503

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Thinking about Architecture by Colin Davies Pdf

In order to understand architecture in all its cultural complexity it is necessary to grasp such basic concepts as representation, form and space. The aim of this book is to provide teachers, students, practising architects and general readers with a set of ideas that will enrich their conversation, their writing, and above all their thinking about architecture. The book is divided into eight chapters, each covering a particular aspect of architecture, and introduces difficult concepts gradually. Architectural theorists and philosophers are mentioned in passing and their works are listed in the bibliography, but they are not the subject of the book. Architecture, rather than philosophy, is at the centre of the picture. The aim is to enable the reader to understand architecture in all its aspects, rather than to learn the names of particular theorists. Written in a conversational style, Thinking about Architecture is an invaluable and accessible standard introduction to architectural theory.

Author : S. Hernández,P. Chias
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781784663759

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Eco-Architecture VIII by S. Hernández,P. Chias Pdf

New opportunities for solving the challenges of contemporary architecture occur as a result of advances in the design and new building technologies, as well as the development of new materials. Many of the changes are motivated by a drive towards eco-architecture, trying to harmonise architectural products with nature. Another important issue is the adaptation of the architectural design to the natural environment, learning from nature and traditional construction techniques. Contemporary architecture is at the threshold of a new stage of evolution, deeply influenced by the advances in information and computer systems and the development of new materials and products, as well as construction processes that will drastically change the industry. Never before in history have architects and engineers had such a range of new processes and products open to them. In spite of that, the construction industry lags behind all others in taking advantage of a wide variety of new technologies. This is understandable, due to the inherent complexity and uniqueness of each architectural project. Advances in computer and information systems, including robotics, offers the possibility of developing new architectural forms, construction products and building technologies which are just now starting to emerge. Changes have also taken place in the way modern society works and lives, due to the impact of modern technologies. Patterns of work have been disrupted and changed, affecting transportation and the home environment. The demand is for a new type of habitat that can respond to the changes and the consequent requirements in terms of the urban environment. This volume originates from the 8th International Conference on Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature and deals with topics such as building technologies, design by passive systems, design with nature, cultural sensitivity, life cycle assessment, resources and rehabilitation and many others including case studies from around the world.

Author : Dr David Bertolini,Dr Simone Brott,Professor Donald Kunze
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781472407245

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Architecture Post Mortem by Dr David Bertolini,Dr Simone Brott,Professor Donald Kunze Pdf

Architecture Post Mortem surveys architecture’s encounter with death, decline, and ruination following late capitalism. As the world moves closer to an economic abyss that many perceive to be the death of capital, contraction and crisis are no longer mere phases of normal market fluctuations, but rather the irruption of the unconscious of ideology itself. Post mortem is that historical moment wherein architecture’s symbolic contract with capital is put on stage, naked to all. Architecture is not irrelevant to fiscal and political contagion as is commonly believed; it is the victim and penetrating analytical agent of the current crisis. As the very apparatus for modernity’s guilt and unfulfilled drives-modernity’s debt-architecture is that ideological element that functions as a master signifier of its own destruction, ordering all other signifiers and modes of signification beneath it. It is under these conditions that architecture theory has retreated to an 'Alamo' of history, a final desert outpost where history has been asked to transcend itself. For architecture’s hoped-for utopia always involves an apocalypse. This timely collection of essays reformulates architecture’s relation to modernity via the operational death-drive: architecture is but a passage between life and death. This collection includes essays by Kazi K. Ashraf, David Bertolini, Simone Brott, Peggy Deamer, Didem Ekici, Paul Emmons, Donald Kunze, Todd McGowan, Gevork Hartoonian, Nadir Lahiji, Erika Naginski, and Dennis Maher.

Author : William A. Coles,Henry Hope Reed
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Architecture in America by William A. Coles,Henry Hope Reed Pdf

Author : DJM van der Voordt,HBR van Wegen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136428395

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Architecture In Use by DJM van der Voordt,HBR van Wegen Pdf

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 how the relationship between form and function has been dealt with by different approaches to architecture from a historical perspective, it goes on to discuss how the desired functional quality and utility value of a building can be expressed in a brief and given a physical form by the architect. Finally, it advises on how to carry out post-occupancy evaluation and provides the architect with methods and techniques for testing whether the intended utility value of a building has been achieved.

Author : Dr Gevork Hartoonian
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781472438133

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Global Perspectives on Critical Architecture by Dr Gevork Hartoonian Pdf

Judging from the debates taking place in both education and practice, it appears that architecture is deeply in crisis. New design and production techniques, together with the globalization of capital and even skilled-labour, have reduced architecture to a commodified object, its aesthetic qualities tapping into the current pervasive desire for the spectacular. These developments have changed the architect’s role in the design and production processes of architecture. Bringing together essays and interviews from leading scholars such as Kenneth Frampton, Peggy Deamer, Bernard Tschumi, Donald Kunze and Marco Biraghi, this volume investigates and critically addresses various dimensions of the present crisis of architecture.

Author : Robert Ousterhout
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780190058401

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Eastern Medieval Architecture by Robert Ousterhout Pdf

The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book. Representing the visual residues of a "forgotten" Middle Ages, the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, Russia, and the Middle East parallel the more familiar architecture of Western Europe. The book offers an expansive view of the architectural developments of the Byzantine Empire and areas under its cultural influence, as well as the intellectual currents that lie behind their creation. The book alternates chapters that address chronological or regionally-based developments with thematic studies that focus on the larger cultural concerns, as they are expressed in architectural form.