Goodman For Architects

Author : Remei Capdevila-Werning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134660612

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Goodman for Architects by Remei Capdevila-Werning Pdf

American philosopher Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) was one of the foremost analytical thinkers of the twentieth century, with groundbreaking contributions in the fields of logic, philosophy of science, epistemology, and aesthetics. This book is an introduction to the aspects of Goodman’s philosophy which have been the most influential among architects and architectural theorists. Goodman specifically discussed architecture in his major work on aesthetics, The Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols (1968), and in two essays "How Buildings Mean" (1985), and "On Capturing Cities" (1991). His main philosophical notions in Ways of Worldmaking (1978) also apply well to architecture. Goodman’s thought is particularly attractive because of its constructive aspect: there is not a given and immutable world, but both knowledge and reality are constantly built and rebuilt. Whereas other theories, such as deconstruction, implicitly entail an undoing of modern precepts, Goodman’s conception of world-making offers a positive, constructive way to understand how a plural reality is made and remade. Goodman’s approach to architecture is not only relevant thinking in providing new insights to understanding the built environment, but serves also as an illustration of analytical thinking in architecture. This book shows that the methods, concepts, and ways of arguing characteristic of analytical philosophy are helpful tools to examine buildings in a novel and fruitful way and they will certainly enhance the architect’s critical skills when designing and thinking about architecture.

Author : Robert Goodman
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003227373

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After the Planners by Robert Goodman Pdf

Author : Le Corbusier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0892368993

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Toward an Architecture by Le Corbusier Pdf

Published in 1923, Toward an Architecture had an immediate impact on architects throughout Europe and remains a foundational text for students and professionals. Le Corbusier urges readers to cease thinking of architecture as a matter of historical styles and instead open their eyes to the modern world. Simultaneously a historian, critic, and prophet, he provocatively juxtaposes views of classical Greece and Renaissance Rome with images of airplanes, cars, and ocean liners. Le Corbusier's slogans--such as "the house is a machine for living in"--and philosophy changed how his contemporaries saw the relationship between architecture, technology, and history. This edition includes a new translation of the original text, a scholarly introduction, and background notes that illuminate the text and illustrations.

Author : Percival Goodman,Kimberly Elman Zarecor
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 188491909X

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Percival Goodman by Percival Goodman,Kimberly Elman Zarecor Pdf

Renowned as one of the most prolific synagogue architects in the United States.

Author : Harry Francis Mallgrave,David J. Goodman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781444395983

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An Introduction to Architectural Theory by Harry Francis Mallgrave,David J. Goodman Pdf

A sharp and lively text that covers issues in depth but not to the point that they become inaccessible to beginning students, An Introduction to Architectural Theory is the first narrative history of this period, charting the veritable revolution in architectural thinking that has taken place, as well as the implications of this intellectual upheaval. The first comprehensive and critical history of architectural theory over the last fifty years surveys the intellectual history of architecture since 1968, including criticisms of high modernism, the rise of postmodern and poststructural theory, critical regionalism and tectonics Offers a comprehensive overview of the significant changes that architectural thinking has undergone in the past fifteen years Includes an analysis of where architecture stands and where it will likely move in the coming years

Author : Harry Francis Mallgrave
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118078679

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The Architect's Brain by Harry Francis Mallgrave Pdf

The Architect's Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture is the first book to consider the relationship between the neurosciences and architecture, offering a compelling and provocative study in the field of architectural theory. Explores various moments of architectural thought over the last 500 years as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory Looks at architectural thought through the lens of the remarkable insights of contemporary neuroscience, particularly as they have advanced within the last decade Demonstrates the neurological justification for some very timeless architectural ideas, from the multisensory nature of the architectural experience to the essential relationship of ambiguity and metaphor to creative thinking

Author : Gerhard Ernst,Jakob Steinbrenner,Oliver R. Scholz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110327199

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From Logic to Art by Gerhard Ernst,Jakob Steinbrenner,Oliver R. Scholz Pdf

Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) was one of the outstanding thinkers of the 20th century. In a memorial note, Hilary Putnam considers him to be "one of the two or three greatest analytic philosophers of the post-World War II period". Goodman has left his mark in many fields of philosophical investigation: Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Logic, Metaphysics, the General Theory of Symbols, Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Art, all have been challenged and enriched by the problems he has shown up, the projects he developed from them and the solutions he has suggested. In August 2006 a couple of Goodman aficionados met in Munich to celebrate the Centennial. The proceedings of the ensuing international conference are documented in this volume. The contributions attest the fact that Goodman's thinking still holds many treasures.

Author : KASPER. LGRING
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1032347422

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Nelson Goodman and Modern Architecture by KASPER. LGRING Pdf

This book orchestrates a convergence of two discourses from the 1960s--Nelson Goodman's aesthetic theory on one side, and critiques of modern architecture articulated by figures like Peter Blake, Charles Jencks, and Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown on the other. Grounded in Goodman's aesthetic theory, the book explores his conceptual framework within the context of modern architecture. At the heart of the investigation lies Goodman's concept of exemplification. While his notion of denotation pertains to representational elements, often ornaments, in architecture, exemplification accentuates specific formal properties at the expense of others, including color, spatial orientation, transparency, seriality, etc. Supplemented by findings from phenomenology, the book traces these effects in buildings, notably those by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright--all key figures in the critiques of modern architecture. Employing Goodman's framework, the book aims to address accusations of emptiness and alienation directed at modern architecture in the post-war era. It illustrates that modern architecture symbolizes aesthetically in a fundamentally different way than architecture from earlier periods. This book will be of interest to architects, artists, researchers, and students in architecture, architectural history, theory, cultural theory, philosophy, and aesthetics.

Author : Sue Goodman,Tom Porter
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture
ISBN : WISC:89099266926

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Designer primer by Sue Goodman,Tom Porter Pdf

A concise, practical, fully illustrated manual of objective drawing and design drafting skills for beginners, by the authors of the successful four-volume Manual of Graphic Techniques.

Author : James Goodman,Karen Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0195131096

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A Programmer's View of Computer Architecture by James Goodman,Karen Miller Pdf

This introductory text offers a contemporary treatment of computer architecture using assembly and machine language with a focus on software. Students learn how computers work through a clear, generic presentation of a computer architecture, a departure from the traditional focus on a specific architecture. A computer's capabilities are introduced within the context of software, reinforcing the software focus of the text. Designed for computer science majors in an assembly language course, this text uses a top-down approach to the material that enables students to begin programming immediately and to understand the assembly language, the interface between hardware and software. The text includes examples from the MIPS RISC (reduced instruction set computer) architecture, and an accompanying software simulator package simulates a MIPS RISC processor (the software does not require a MIPS processor to run).

Author : Clare Lise Kelly
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780971560710

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Montgomery Modern: Modern Architecture in Montgomery County, Maryland, 1930–1979 by Clare Lise Kelly Pdf

An illustrated reference guide to the history of modern architecture in Montgomery County, Maryland, from 1930 to 1979, with an inventory of key buildings and communities, and biographical sketches of practitioners including architects, landscape architects, planners and developers.

Author : J. Michael Welton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317932147

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Drawing from Practice by J. Michael Welton Pdf

Drawing from Practice explores and illuminates the ways that 26 diverse and reputable architects use freehand drawing to shape our built environment. Author J. Michael Welton traces the tactile sketch, from initial parti to finished product, through words, images, and photographs that reveal the creative process in action. The book features drawings and architecture from every generation practicing today, including Aidlin Darling Design, Alberto Alfonso, Deborah Berke, Marlon Blackwell, Peter Bohlin, Warren Byrd, Ellen Cassilly, Jim Cutler, Chad Everhart, Formwork, Phil Freelon, Michael Graves, Frank Harmon, Eric Howeler and Meejin Yoon, Leon Krier, Tom Kundig, Daniel Libeskind, Brian McKay Lyons, Richard Meier, Bill Pedersen, Suchi Reddy, Witold Rybczynski, in situ studio, Laurinda Spear, Stanley Tigerman, and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. Included is a foreword by Robert McCarter, architect, author and professor of architecture.

Author : Architectural Research Centers Consortium. Spring Conference
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781257321896

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Considering Research by Architectural Research Centers Consortium. Spring Conference Pdf

"The premise of the conference was to assess the impact and relevance of contemporary paradigms in architectural research including substantial developments in technology, public consciousness and economic pressures."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.

Author : Sue Goodman,Tom Porter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135141523

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Design Drawing Techniques by Sue Goodman,Tom Porter Pdf

An invaluable tool for the architect, artist and graphic designer, `Design Drawing Techniques' shows how each element of an orthographic or perspective drawing can be produced in a variety of ways. Enriched with details culled from the work of successful and well known architects, this book provides a much needed alternative to existing texts.

Author : Susan G. Solomon
Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781611688689

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Louis I. Kahn's Jewish Architecture by Susan G. Solomon Pdf

In 1961, famed architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974) received a commission to design a new synagogue. His client was one of the oldest Sephardic Orthodox congregations in the United States: Philadelphia's Mikveh Israel. Due to the loss of financial backing, Kahn's plans were never realized. Nevertheless, the haunting and imaginative schemes for Mikveh Israel remain among Kahn's most revered designs. Susan G. Solomon uses Kahn's designs for Mikveh Israel as a lens through which to examine the transformation of the American synagogue from 1955 to 1970. She shows how Kahn wrestled with issues that challenged postwar Jewish institutions and evaluates his creative attempts to bridge modernism and Judaism. She argues that Kahn provided a fresh paradigm for synagogues, one that offered innovations in planning, decoration, and the incorporation of light and nature into building design.