"Decoding Theoryspeak provides an accessible guide to the specialized language of contemporary design for the next generation of thinkers, architects and design leaders. An essential pocket-sized resource for students and practitioners alike."--Jacket.
The unique language used in architectural theory, in either speech or writing, can appear daunting and confusing, particularly to new architectural students. "Decoding Theoryspeak" provides an accessible guide to the specialized language of contemporary design for the next gener…
"Mechudzu is a book which represents questions, not answers. The work of Bryan Cantley, and his firm, Form:uLA, based in Los Angeles, is intended to be confounding - a practice that is a theory, a theory of practice, practice as theory. Cantley's work is part of the permanent co…
Mechudzu: new rhetorics for architecture
by Cantley, Bryan, Epstein-Jones, Dora
fromRIEA book series
Lavishly illustrated, this volume documents the work of Californian architect Bryan Cantley and his firm Form:uLA, located in Los Angeles. The visual material is complemented by essays celebrating his oeuvre by leading experts including Aaron Betsky.
Mechudzu: new rhetorics for architecture
by Cantley, Bryan, Epstein-Jones, Dora
fromRIEA book series
In an era of brash, expensive, provocative new buildings, a prominent critic argues that emotions--such as hope, power, sex, and our changing relationship to the idea of home--are the most powerful force behind architecture, yesterday and (especially) today. We are living in the…
In an era of brash, expensive, provocative new buildings, a prominent critic argues that emotions such as hope, power, sex, and our changing relationship to the idea of home are the most powerful force behind architecture, yesterday and (especially) today. We are living in the m…
In an era of brash, expensive, provocative new buildings, a prominent critic argues that emotions such as hope, power, sex, and our changing relationship to the idea of home are the most powerful force behind architecture, yesterday and (especially) today. We are living in the m…
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 Goo…