#books #architecture | How architecture tells : 9 realities that will change the way you see

How architecture tells : 9 realities that will change the way you see / by Robert Tabin Steinberg ; with Gerald Sindell.
Novato, California : Oro, 2021.
295 p. : il. + 1 póster.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura y sociedad

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781954081314
Cita APA-7: Steinberg, Robert Tabin (2021). How architecture tells : 9 realities that will change the way you see. Oro.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:316 HOW
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1317678710

[.en] The general reading public is likely to think of architecture as buildings. But, with this book, Robert Steinberg would like to help readers understand that architecture shapes lives. Architecture can help communities integrate and thrive. Architecture can touch us, influencing how we feel, and how we interact with others. In short, architecture can fundamentally improve our quality of life.

As a young graduate architect fresh from Berkeley, Steinberg began to discover the potential of architecture to shape communities. Working with his father, an architect who had studied with Mies van der Rohe (and whose father was also an architect), one of Steinberg’s first projects was to draft and redraft a parking garage in downtown Silicon Valley, CA. As he mediated between the two architects in charge of the project―his father and the city architect―he noticed that with each evolution, the garage became more beautiful and refined. And with each improvement, this garage became more able to succeed in the goal of reviving the dying downtown core of Silicon Valley.

The garage was a huge success, and Steinberg began to codify what he had learned. Thanks to the garage, he wrote the first of what would become the 9 Realities of Architecture: Architecture is the Pursuit of Perfection ― a magnificent take-away from a humble parking garage project. As Steinberg eventually rose to become CEO of his firm and grew it into a global practice with six regional offices including Austin and New York, and a major office in Shanghai, he used his drive for creating thriving communities to eventually touch the lives of countless people around the world.

#books #architecture | The women who changed architecture

The women who changed architecture / edited by Jan Cigliano Hartman ; foreword by Beverly Willis ; introduction by Amale Andraos ; Sarah Allaback [et al.] ; with Lori Brown ... [et al.].
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.
336 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura y mujeres / Mujeres arquitectas

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781616898717
Cita APA-7: Hartman, Jan Cigliano (ed.) (2022). The women who changed architecture. Princeton Architectural Press.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:316 WOM
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1310238850

[.en] A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion Mahony Griffin passed the architectural licensure exam in 1898 and created exquisite drawings that buoyed the reputation of Frank Lloyd Wright. Her story is one of the many told in ‘The Women Who Changed Architecture’, which sets the record straight on the transformative impact women have made on architecture. With in-depth profiles and stunning images, this is the most comprehensive look at women in architecture around the world, from the nineteenth century to today. Discover contemporary leaders, like MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, spearheading sustainable design initiatives, reimagining cities as equitable spaces, and directing architecture schools. An essential read for architecture students, architects, and anyone interested in how buildings are created and the history behind them.

#books #architecture | Women [re] build : stories, polemics, futures

Women [re] build : stories, polemics, futures / preface by Joan Ockman ; editors, Franca Trubiano, Ramona Adlakha, Ramune Bartuskaite.
[San Francisco] : Applied Research and Design Publishing, an imprint of ORO editions, 2019.
143 p. : il.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura y mujeres

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781943532438
Cita APA-7: Trubiano, Franca, Adlakha, Ramona, & Bartuskaite, Ramune (2019). Women [re] build : stories, polemics, futures. Applied Research and Design Publishing, an imprint of ORO editions.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:316 WOM
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1250384481

[.en] ‘Women [Re]Build: Stories, Polemic, Futures’ is exemplary in its mission to combine in one resource reflections on the renewal of feminist thought in architecture (Framing Stories), challenges to practice made possible by activism (Shaping Polemics), and portrayals of inspiring practitioners who pave the way for future women architects (Building Futures). The goal of this edited book is to increase the visibility and voice of women who everyday challenge the definition and practice of architecture. ‘Women [Re]Build’ gathers words and projects of leading women thinkers, activists, designers, and builders who have dared to ask, “where are the women?" Where are the women whose architectural work should be celebrated and recognized for its courage and impact; who have cultivated female leadership while challenging the very principles of the discipline they represent; and who’ve asked the most difficult and rigorous of questions of those who build their visions?