Aesthetics and Architecture

Edward Winters, "Aesthetics and Architecture (Continuum Aesthetics)"
Continuum | 2007-08 | ISBN: 0826486320 |

The Continuum Aesthetics Series looks at the aesthetic questions and issues raised by all major art forms. Stimulating, engaging and highly readable, the series offers food for thought not only for students of aesthetics, but also for anyone with an interest in philosophy and the arts. Aesthetics and Architecture places analytical philosophical aesthetics at the heart of thinking about, and looking at, architecture. The book looks at classic and contemporary aesthetic and philosophical views of architecture. It considers, with stimulating insight and great clarity, how Classicism, Modernism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism and Situationism have influenced architectural aesthetics and shaped our view of the built environment. It also explores the challenges to the various intellectual and cultural movements that inform how people create and look at buildings. The book moves on to investigate the aesthetic qualities, demands and approaches specific to architecture and architectural thinking, concluding with 'a programme for contemporary architecture'. Anyone studying or interested in architecture or philosophical aesthetics will find this book a rich source of ideas, insight and information. Combining a clear and engaging style with a sophisticated treatment of a fascinating subject, Aesthetics and Architecture is a valuable contribution to contemporary aesthetics - one that revitalises the way we look at the form, purpose and meaning of our built environment.

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Writing Art and Architecture

Andrew Benjamin, "Writing Art and Architecture"
re.press | 2010 | ISBN: 0980819709 | 186 pages


In his new book, the eminent philosopher Andrew Benjamin turns his attention to architecture, design, sculpture, painting and writing. Drawing predominantly on a European tradition of modern philosophical criticism running from the German Romantics through Walter Benjamin and beyond, he offers a sequence of strong meditations on a diverse ensemble of works and themes: on the library and the house, on architectural theory, on Rachel Whiteread, Peter Eisenman, Anselm Kiefer, Peter Nielson, David Hawley, Terri Bird, Elizabeth Presa and others. In Benjamin's hands, criticism is bound up with judgment. Objects of criticism always become more than mere documents. These essays dissolve the prejudices that have determined our relation to aesthetic objects and to thought, releasing in their very care and attentiveness to the 'objects themselves' the unexpected potentialities such objects harbour. In his sensitivity to what he calls 'the particularity of material events', Benjamin's writing comes to exemplify new possibilities for the contemporary practice of criticism itself. These essays are a major contribution to critical thought about art and architecture today, and a genuine work of what Benjamin himself identifies as a 'materialist aesthetics'.


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Analysing Architecture

Simon Unwin "Analysing Architecture"
Routledge | 2001 | ISBN: 041548927X | 296 pages | PDF | 34.4 MB
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Clear and accessible, "Analysing Architecture" opens a fresh way to understanding architecture. It offers a unique 'notebook' of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author's original drawings, examples are drawn from across the world and many periods of architectural history (from prehistoric times to the recent past) to illustrate analytical themes and to show how drawing can be used to study architecture. Since its first edition appeared in 1997, "Analysing Architecture" has established itself internationally as one of the key texts in architectural education. This third edition includes a new section discussing the ways analyzing examples cultivates a capacity for design. Original chapters have been expanded, new case studies added, and the format rearranged for additional clarity. The bibliography of recommended supplementary reading has also been extended. In "Analysing Architecture", Simon Unwin clearly identifies the key elements of architecture and conceptual themes apparent in buildings and relevant to other works of architecture such as gardens and cities. He describes ideas for use in the active process of design. Breaking down the grammar of architecture into themes and 'moves', Unwin exposes its underlying patterns to reveal the organizational strategies that lie beneath the superficial appearances of buildings. Exploring buildings as results of the interaction of people with the world around them, "Analysing Architecture" offers a definition of architecture as 'identification of place' and provides a greater understanding of architecture as a creative discipline. This book presents a powerful impetus for readers to develop their own capacities for architectural design. It will also be of use to all those with an interest in the human occupation of and involvement with space - anthropologists, archaeologists, film-makers, installation artists, planners, urban designers, politicians. A companion website will be available.

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ETFE: Technology and Design

“ETFE: Technology and Design”,
Annette LeCuyer
Birkhäuser Basel | 2008-07-25 | ISBN: 3764385634 | 160 pages | PDF | 46,5 MB

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ETFE foil has recently become an important material for the cladding of technologically sophisticated and innovative buildings. This material is very thin and lightweight and, when used in air-filled cushion assemblies, has enormous strength and a range of adaptive environmental attributes. ETFE cushion enclosures became known primarily through Grimshaw Architects’ Eden Project and Herzog + de Meuron’s Allianz Arena, and they are being used on the spectacular swimming stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the largest ETFE building envelope in the world so far.
This book is conceived as an in-depth introduction to the characteristics of ETFE and its applications in construction. Project examples explore in detail the specific characteristics of ETFE building skins in the areas of structural behavior, light transmission, insulation, acoustics, fire engineering and environmental modification.

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Identity by Design

Identity by Design
Publisher: Architectural Press | ISBN: 0750647671 | edition 2007 |
In a world of increasing globalisation, where one high street becomes interchangeable with the next, Identity by Design addresses the idea of place-making and the concept of identity, looking at how these things can be considered as an integral part of the design process.

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American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century

American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century
Publisher: Wiley | ISBN: 0471285293 | edition 2008 |
A landmark successor to the acknowledged classic, Architects on Architecture American Architecture Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century Paul Heyer From the author of the best-selling Architects on Architecture, here is an important new contribution to the history and theory of modern architecture. Arriving at an intriguing time of reevaluation of the early modern movement and growing sensitivities to historicism and cultural connectivity, this sequel offers a striking picture of much of the best work produced by America’s leading architects in the late twentieth century. Readers will receive an unprecedented look at the work of more than one hundred of the most important, most influential contemporary architects, examined in light of the evolution of new ideas and the advent of new technology. More than five hundred illustrations go beyond illumination of the text to function as an extraordinary pictorial history of the architect’s artistry.

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The Art And Architecture of Islamic Cairo

Richard Yeomans,
"The Art And Architecture of Islamic Cairo"
Ithaca Pr | ISBN 1859641547 | 2006-06 | PDF | 280 pages | 19.56 MB

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Waterfronts in Post-Industrial Citie

"Waterfronts in Post-Industrial Cities" By R. Marshall
Taylor & Francis | 2001-11-09 | ISBN: 0415255163 |
Four themes form the basis of this book and provide a structure for considering particular aspects of waterfront redevelopment-connection to the waterfront, remaking the city image on the waterfront, port and city relations, and the new waterfronts in historic cities. Broad issues that might be applicable to a variety of situations are dealt with alongside specific city case studies.

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Standards der Zukunft Wohnbau neu gedacht

Roland Burgard,
"Standards der Zukunft Wohnbau neu gedacht"
(Standards of the future residential re-thought)
Springer | 2008 | ISBN: 321174813X | 233 pages | PDF | 17 MB

Der Wohnungsbau befindet sich durch tief greifende Veränderungen unserer Gesellschaft im Umbruch: neues Rollenverständnis der Frau, geänderte Haushaltsstrukturen und ein wachsendes Komfortbedürfnis. Durch das Zusammentreffen vorhersehbarer demographischer, ökologischer und makroökonomischer Umwälzungen wird der Veränderungsdruck noch weiter steigen. Wie kann man sich im Wohnungswesen auf die kommenden Herausforderungen vorbereiten? Das Buch gibt einen umfassenden Überblick über Akteure und Zukunftsthemen in der europäischen Forschungslandschaft. Anhand ausgewählter Beispiele aus Politik, Industrie und Theorie werden die Ansätze, Methoden und Techniken beschrieben, welche bei Wohnungsbauexperimenten zum Einsatz kommen können. Belegt werden deren Ergebnisse durch eine umfassende Beispieldokumentation. Diese vermittelt aktuelle Trends und zukunftsweisende Innovationen, neue Perspektiven und verlässliche Wegweisungen für den Wohnungsbau der Zukunft und deren konkrete Umsetzung in Bau, Bauprodukte und Technik.

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The housing is located by profound changes in our society in transition: new role of women, changing household structures and a growing comfort needs. By coincidence predictable demographic, environmental and macro-economic upheavals of the change in pressure will increase even further. How can you prepare yourself in the housing sector for the coming challenges? The book gives a comprehensive overview of actors and future issues in the European research landscape. Based on selected examples from politics, industry and theory, the approaches, methods and techniques are described, which can occur in experiments for residential use. Whose results are documented by a comprehensive sample documentation. This explores current trends and future innovations, new perspectives and reliable signposts of the future for housing and their concrete implementation in construction, building products and technology

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