The New Architectural Pragmatism
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The New Architectural Pragmatism
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Author : William S. Saunders
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2007
The New Architectural Pragmatism written by William S. Saunders and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Architecture categories.
In response to the contentious process surrounding the selection of a design for the World Trade Center site, the use of spectacular buildings to brand cities and institutions, and the dizzying transformations of the skylines of Shanghai and Dubai, public awareness of architecture and design has perhaps never been higher. At the same time, architecture itself is undergoing an identity crisis as it confronts fundamental issues: the effect of digital technology on design, the pervasive impact of global capitalism, and whether to embrace or resist popular media and taste. The New Architectural Pragmatism collects the most provocative, penetrating, and influential attempts by leading theorists and practitioners in the field to define what architectural practice should be at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Written in the aftermath of modernism’s utopian impulse and postmodernism’s detached playfulness, the essays gathered here express and critique a new spirit of cultural and political engagement with contemporary society. Interrogating the architect’s social responsibility, the contributors deliberate about how much we should ask of architecture and suggest that in the coming century, architecture must be at once flexible and robust, responsive and self-directed. Contributors: Stan Allen; George Baird; Lucy Bullivant; James Corner; Hal Foster; Kenneth Frampton; K. Michael Hays; Dave Hickey; Robert Levit; Evonne Levy; Reinhold Martin; Jorge Silvetti; Robert Somol; Philippe Starck; Roemer van Toorn; Sarah Whiting; Alejandro Zaera-Polo. William S. Saunders is editor of Harvard Design Magazine and assistant dean for external relations at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He is the editor of four previous Harvard Design Magazine Readers, published by Minnesota.
Pragmatism And Modern Architecture
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Author : William G. Ramroth
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2006-03-29
Pragmatism And Modern Architecture written by William G. Ramroth and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-29 with Architecture categories.
Architecture is not origami. A drawing cannot be folded in a clever way to make a real building. A picture of a building is no more architecture than a drawing of a sculpture is the sculpture. To exist, the building must be built. A building is the outcome of an idea. Pragmatism is the philosophy that connects an idea with its result. It measures the success of the idea by its its function, its appearance and its contribution to the environment in which it exists. This work examines the relationship between the methods of modern architecture and the philosophy of pragmatism. It discusses how modern architecture and pragmatism developed during the nineteenth century and offers examples of pragmatism within the work and writings of predominant practitioners and theorists of modern architecture.
James Gamble Rogers And The Architecture Of Pragmatism
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Author : Aaron Betsky
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Release Date : 1994
James Gamble Rogers And The Architecture Of Pragmatism written by Aaron Betsky and has been published by MIT Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Architecture categories.
The work of James Gamble Rogers represents a significant chapter in American architectural history. This text covers the entire span of Rogers's career, paying particular attention to his more important buildings such the Harkness mansion and various buildings at Northwestern University.
Contemporary Architecture In China
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Author : Xiangning Li
language : en
Publisher: Images Shenyang
Release Date : 2018
Contemporary Architecture In China written by Xiangning Li and has been published by Images Shenyang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Architecture categories.
- Critical analysis of 60 projects from 60 architects in China - Highly illustrated throughout with rich technical details Architectural exhibition is an important aspect in the study and transmission of architectural culture. The academic thoughts and design styles that influence the trends of global architecture are all established through one or a series of important architectural exhibitions. This book is produced based on the GSD (Harvard Graduate School of Design) autumn exhibition: 'Towards a Critical Pragmatism: Contemporary Chinese Architecture'. It reveals a unique perspective of contemporary Chinese architecture by showcasing 60 works from 60 contemporary architects within five thematic categories: cultural, residential, regeneration, rural, and digital. The selected architects attempt to maintain, from the earliest moments of the design process to its finished outcome, a certain level of critical thinking and quality. It is a record of the continuous evolution and growth of contemporary Chinese architecture and hopes to open up a new avenue from which to encourage further conversation regarding both the present and future state of China's architecture culture.
Urban Think Tank
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Author : Alfredo Brillembourg
language : en
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
Release Date : 2021-01-01
Urban Think Tank written by Alfredo Brillembourg and has been published by Hatje Cantz Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Architecture categories.
Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) ist eine interdisziplinäre Designagentur, die aus der politisch instabilen Lage Caracas’ zu Zeiten der Chávez-Ära hervorging und seit gut 20 Jahren Projekte in Lateinamerika, Europa und Afrika verwirklicht. Durch seine vielschichtige Arbeit nahm das Unternehmen Ende der 1990er-Jahre die Vorreiterrolle einer sozialen Wende in der Architektur ein; mit stadtplanerischen Interventionen, die den sozialen Zusammenhalt in den Metropolen auf der südlichen Halbkugel und in den wachsenden Städten Europas stärkten. Zudem produzierte U-TT zahlreiche Medienprojekte, die Film, Theater, Ausstellungen und Druckarbeiten für sich nutzen, um neue diskursive Räume zu schaffen und die Frage aufzuwerfen, wie und für wen unsere Städte entwickelt sind. Die wohl bekannteste Arbeit entstand über das Torre-de-David-Hochhaus, die auf der Architekturbiennale von Venedig 2012 mit dem Goldenen Löwen ausgezeichnet wurde. Dieses Buch blickt jedoch nicht nur zurück, sondern auch nach vorn, ersinnt neue Räume für eine hyper-urbanisierte Welt und ermöglicht Einblicke in informelle Siedlungen, räumliche Spielflächen und künstlerische Interventionen im öffentlichen Raum.
The Making Of A Building
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Author : Albena Yaneva
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2009
The Making Of A Building written by Albena Yaneva and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Architecture categories.
Drawing on rare ethnographical material of architects at work at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture of Rem Koolhaas in Rotterdam in the period 2001-2004, this text offers a novel account of the social and cognitive complexity of architecture in the making.
The Pragmatist Imagination
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Author : Joan Ockman
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2000
The Pragmatist Imagination written by Joan Ockman and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.
Thirty-three leading thinkers discuss topics such as place and citizenship, technology and its impact on perception, and pragmatist aesthetics.
The Pragmatist Imagination
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Author : Joan Ockman
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 2000
The Pragmatist Imagination written by Joan Ockman and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Architecture categories.
Thirty-three leading thinkers discuss topics such as place and citizenship, technology and its impact on perception, and pragmatist aesthetics.
Philosophical Difference And Advanced Computation In Architectural Theory
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Author : Jefferson Ellinger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-09-30
Philosophical Difference And Advanced Computation In Architectural Theory written by Jefferson Ellinger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-30 with Architecture categories.
This book presents a new take on the evolution of digital design theories in architecture from modernity to today, as they have been inspired both by contemporary philosophy and the emergence and access to advanced computation. It focuses on how concepts of difference in philosophy transformed architectural design theory and takes on even more significance with the introduction and ubiquitous use of computers within the discipline, changing the architectural design paradigm forever. Beginning with a presentation of American Pragmatism’s push towards process, the book continues on to Husserl’s influence on the modern movement, mid-century phenomenology, post-structuralist Derridean exchanges with architects, the Deleuzian influence on the smoothing of form and finally contemporary architectural references to speculative realism. Analyzing the arc of design theory as influenced by philosophical and computational logics, this book presents the transformation to contemporary design approaches that includes more biology, more data and more information, moving from "less is more" to "From Less to More!" Philosophical Difference and Advanced Computation in Architectural Theory is an influential read for students and academics of architectural theory, computational design and related areas.
The Practice Turn In Architecture Brussels After 1968
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Author : Isabelle Doucet
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-07
The Practice Turn In Architecture Brussels After 1968 written by Isabelle Doucet and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-07 with Architecture categories.
What makes a city? What makes architecture? And, what is to be included in the discussions of architecture and the city? Attempting to answer such ambitious questions, this book starts from a city’s specificity and complexity. In response to recent debates in architectural theory around the agency and locus of critical action, this book tests the potential of criticality through-practice. Rather than through conceptual and ideological categorisations, it studies how architecture and criticality work within specific circumstances. Brussels, a complex city with a turbulent architectural and urban past, forms a compelling case for examining the tensions between urban politics, architectural imaginations, society’s needs and desires, and the city’s history and fabric. Inspired by pragmatist-relational philosophies, this book tests the potential of criticality through-practice. It studies a series of critical actions and tools, which occurred in Brussels’ architectural and urban culture after 1968. Weaved together, Brussels architectural production emerges from a variety of actors, including architects, urban policy makers, activists, social workers, and citizens, but also architectural movements and ideologies, urban renewal programs, urban traumas, plans and projects, and mundane everyday practices and constructions. This book contributes to the study of Brussels and offers a timely contribution to recent scholarship on the critical reappraisal of architectural debates from the 1960s through to the 1990s. In addition, by showing how pragmatist-relational philosophies can be made relevant for architectural theory, the book opens hopeful potentials for how architectural theory can better contribute to the formulation of a critical agenda for architecture.