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The foundations of modern scientific thought, four centuries old, are firmly rooted in a conception that the universe is a machinelike entity, a play of baubles, -machines, trinkets. Quantum mechanics and biology have begun to change this way of thinking, but even to this day, o…
In book three of this four-volume work, Alexander presents hundreds of his own buildings and those of his contemporaries who have used methods consistent with the theory of living process. Containing nearly seven hundred pages of projects which have been built and planned in a n…
"While the work of Henri Lefebvre has become better known in the English-speaking world since the 1991 translation of his 1974 masterpiece, The Production of Space, his influence on the actual production of architecture and the city has been less pronounced. Although now widely …
Peter Zumthor has described what really constitutes an architectural atmosphere as "this singular density and mood, this feeling of presence, well-being, harmony, beauty ... under whose spell I experience what I otherwise would not experience in precisely this way." Zumthor is p…
Raw: architectural engagements with nature
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Offers an examination of architecture and art as a screen of vital cultural memory that considers museum culture, visual technology, and the border of public and private space. This collection of essays addresses the crucial role that architecture plays in the production of art …
Memory and architecture
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Material Matters: Architecture and Material Practice
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Focusing on the cultural, political, economic, technological and intellectual forces which shape material practices in architecture, this work includes contributions that draw on disciplines ranging from philosophy, history and pedagogy to art practice and digital and low-tech f…