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Delayed Space
A monograph presenting recent work of architects Fardjadi and Mostafavi including the Matteson Library; Municipal Building, Mobile; Ulug Beg Cultural Center, Samarkand; Cultural Park, Athens; Ackerman/Slosburg-Ackerman Residence; Evanston Library; and Residence, Dover as well as four essays examinin
On Weathering
On Weathering illustrates the complex nature of the architectural project by taking into account its temporality, linking technical problems of maintenance and decay with a focused consideration of their philosophical and ethical implications.In a clear and direct account supplemented by many photographs commissioned for this book, Mostafavi and Leatherbarrow examine buildings and other projects from Alberti to Le Corbusier to show that the continual refinishing of the building by natural forces adds to, rather than detracts from, architectural meaning. Their central discovery, that weathering makes the "final" state of the construction necessarily indefinite, challenges the conventional notion of a building's completeness. By recognizing the inherent uncertainty and inevitability of weathering and by viewing the concept of weathering as a continuation of the building process rather than as a force antagonistic to it, the authors offer alternative readings of historical constructions and potential beginnings for new architectural projects.
Surface Architecture
A study of the building surface, architecture's primary instrument of identity and engagement with its surroundings. Visually, many contemporary buildings either reflect their systems of production or recollect earlier styles and motifs. This division between production and representation is in some ways an extension of that between modernity and tradition. In this book, David Leatherbarrow and Mohsen Mostafavi explore ways that design can take advantage of production methods such that architecture is neither independent of nor dominated by technology. Leatherbarrow and Mostafavi begin with the theoretical and practical isolation of the building surface as the subject of architectural design...
Ecological Urbanism
With the aim of projecting alternative and sustainable forms of urbanism, the book asks: What are the key principles of an ecological urbanism? How might they be organized? And what role might design and planning play in the process? While climate change, sustainable architecture, and green technologies have become increasingly topical, issues surrounding the sustainability of the city are much less developed. The premise of the book is that an ecological approach is urgently needed both as a remedial device for the contemporary city and an organizing principle for new cities. Ecological urbanism approaches the city without any one set of instruments and with a worldview that is fluid in sca...
Instigations
Publication associated with the exhibition, "Dispatches from the Harvard GSD: 075 Years of Design" held at the GSD, 2011/2012.
Portman's America & Other Speculations
Essays and interviews about architect John Portman's influence on modern megastructures and urban architecture.
Ecological Urbanism
A standard work which is still as up-to-date as the first edition five years ago.
Logique/Visuelle
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Nicholas Hawksmoor
British architect Nicholas Hawksmoor is recognized as one of the major contributors to the traditions of British and European architectural culture. This title reconsiders his architecture in relation to urbanism. The publication focuses on a series of important London churches the architect designed during the early of the 18th century.
