Manufacturing the Bespoke | Bob Sheil

September 16, 2012 by bg-martin

Manufacturing the Bespoke brings clarity to this subject by featuring new essays from pioneering architects, engineers, academics and designers from around the world on new and unbuilt structures. Manufacturing the Bespoke: Making and Prototyping Architecture byBob Sheil | AD Reader, John Wiley & Sons, 2012 Never have roles, methods and capabilities within disciplines of building production been in such unprecedented flux. Manufacturing the Bespoke brings clarity to this subject by featuring new essays from pioneering architects, engineers, academics and designers […]

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Society of the Spectacle | Guy Debord

September 15, 2012 by bg-martin

‘One should bear in mind when reading this book that it was written with the deliberate intention of doing harm to spectacular society’. — Guy Debord. Society of the Spectacle Guy Debord | 1967 Originally published in France in 1967, Society of the Spectacle offered a set of radically new propositions about the nature of contemporary capitalism and modern culture. At the same time it was one of the most influential theoretical works for a wide range of political and revolutionary practice in […]

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The Autopoiesis of Architecture | Patrick Schumacher

September 14, 2012 by bg-martin

Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture’s conception of itself is addressed as well as its development within wider contemporary society. The Autopoiesis of Architecture: v. 1: A New Framework for Architecture by Patrick Schumacher  | 2010 “Take a theoretical approach to architecture with The Autopoiesis of Architecture, which presents the topic as a discipline with its own unique logic. Architecture′s conception of […]

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The Social Logic of Space | Bill Hillier and Julienne Hanson

September 14, 2012 by bg-martin

Based on a new way of describing and analyzing the kinds of spatial patterns produced by buildings and towns, this study presents a new theory of space: how and why it is a vital component of how societies work. The Social Logic of Space by Bill Hillier and Julienne Hanson | Cambridge University Press, 1989 The book presents a new theory of space: how and why it is a vital component of how societies work. The methods are explained so that […]

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Thirdspace | Edward W Soja

September 12, 2012 by bg-martin

Thirdspace is both an enquiry into the origins and impact of the spatial turn and an attempt to expand the scope and practical relevance of how we think about space and such related concepts as place, location, landscape, architecture, environment, home, city, region, territory, and geography. Thirdspace: Expanding the Geographical Imagination by Edward W. Soja | Blackwell Publishing, 1996 Contemporary critical studies have recently experienced a significant spatial turn. In what may eventually be seen as one of the most important […]

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Bartlett Designs: Speculating with Architecture | Ian Borden

September 12, 2012 by bg-martin

“Bartlett Designs: Speculating with Architecture communicates a new message about the importance of inventive and well–designed architecture and its relevance to the wider public. Bartlett Designs: Speculating with Architecture by Ian Borden | 2009 Highly visual, this unique resource features full–color images showcasing the newest generation of designers. Visually stunning, the text is richly illustrated with drawings and both computer–aided and hand–crafted models. It demonstrates to both professionals and the interested public the Bartlett School of Architecture′s continued interest in cutting–edge aesthetics, […]

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FLATLAND – A Romance of Many Dimensions | Edwin Abbott

September 10, 2012 by bg-martin

“What if there existed a world consisting of only two spatial dimensions?

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Invisible Cities | Italo Calvino

September 9, 2012 by bg-martin

Invisible Cities changed the way we read and what is possible in the balance between poetry and prose… The book I would choose as pillow and plate, alone on a desert island — Jeanette Winterson Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino | Vintage Classics, New Ed. 1997 In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Gore […]

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Atlas of Novel Tectonics | Reiser and Umemoto

September 9, 2012 by bg-martin

With “Atlas of Novel Tectonics”, Reiser and Umemoto hone in on the many facets of architecture and illuminate their theories with great thought and simplicity. Atlas of Novel Tectonics by Nanako Umemoto & Jesse Reiser | Princeton Architectural Press, 2006 “Architects Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto have been generating some of the most provocative thinking in the field for nearly twenty years. With “Atlas of Novel Tectonics”, Reiser and Umemoto hone in on the many facets of architecture and illuminate their theories […]

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