#books #architecture | Inseminations : seeds for architectural thought

Inseminations : seeds for architectural thought / Juhani Pallasmaa and Matteo Zambelli.
Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2020.
XXVI, 302 p.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Filosofía / Juhani Pallasmaa

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781119622185
Cita APA-7: Pallasmaa, uhani., & Zambelli, Matteo (2020). Inseminations : seeds for architectural thought. Wiley.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72PALLASMAA INS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1246784340

[.en] A collection of the writing of the highly influential architect, Juhani Pallasmaa, presented in short, easily accessible, and condensed ideas ideal for students Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland’s most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers, publishing around 60 books and several hundred essays and shorter pieces over his career. His influential works have inspired undergraduate and postgraduate students of architecture and related disciplines for decades. In this compilation of excerpts of his writing, readers can discover his key concepts and thoughts in one easily accessible, comprehensive volume. Inseminations: Seeds for Architectural Thought is a delightful collection of thoughtful ideas and compositions that float between academic essay and philosophical reflection. Wide in scope, it offers entries covering: atmospheres; biophilic beauty; embodied understanding; imperfection; light and shadow; newness and nowness; nostalgia; phenomenology of architecture; sensory thought; silence; time and eternity; uncertainty, and much more. Makes the wider work of Pallasmaa accessible to students across the globe, introducing them to his key concepts and thoughts Exposes students to a broad range of issues on which Pallasmaa has a view Features an alphabetized structure that makes serendipitous discovery or linking of concepts more likely Presents material in short, condensed manner that can be easily digested by students 'Inseminations: Seeds for Architectural Thought' will appeal to undergraduate students in architecture, design, urban studies, and related disciplines worldwide.

#books #townplanning | Urban futures : designing the digitalised city

Urban futures : designing the digitalised city / guest-edited by Mark Burry.
Oxford : John Wiley & Sons, 2020.
136 p. : il.
Serie: Architectural design ; 90.
/ EN / Libros / Urbanismo - Innovaciones

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781119617563
Cita APA-7: Burry, Mark (ed.) (2020). Urban futures : designing the digitalised city. John Wiley & Sons.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-711.4:681.3 URB
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1192537600

[.en] Given the rapid evolution of concepts such as smart cities, who are the architects riding the wave of new possibilities for urban design? How do contemporary agencies find pathways to understand the challenges and opportunities presented by evolving urban technology, and how does architecture engage with the expanding pool of associated disciplines? How should schools of architecture and urban design engage with radical digitalised urbanism? This issue of AD claims that this is contested territory. The two-dimensionality of planners’ urban construct is as limited as engineers’ predilection to zero-in and solve problems. Urban Futures contends that society needs a much broader professional brush than has been applied in the past: interdisciplinary urban design professionals who can reach across the philosophy and mundanity of urban existence with a creative eye. The issue identifies a selection of internally resourceful visionaries who combine sociology, geography, logistics and systems theory with the practical realities and challenges of mobility, sustainable materials, food, water and energy supply, and waste disposal. Crucially, they seek to ensure better urban futures, and a civil and convivial urban experience for all city dwellers.

Contributors: Refik Anadol, Philip Belesky, Shajay Bhooshan, Jane Burry and Marcus White, Thomas Daniell, Vicente Guallart, Shan He, Wanyu He, Dan Hill, Justyna Karakiewicz, Tom Kvan, Areti Markopoulou, Ed Parham, Carlo Ratti, Ferran Sagarra, and Bige Tunçer. Featured architects: Arup Digital Studio, Guallart Architects, Space10, Space Syntax, UNStudio, and XKool Technology.

#books #architecture | The disruptors : technology-driven architect-entrepreneurs

The disruptors : technology-driven architect-entrepreneurs / guest-edited by Dennis Shelden.
Oxford : John Wiley & Sons, 2020.
136 p. : il.
Serie: Architectural Design ; 90/2.
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Innovaciones

📘 Ed. impresa: ISBN 9781119555094
Cita APA-7: Shelden, Dennis (ed.) (2020). The disruptors : technology-driven architect-entrepreneurs. John Wiley & Sons.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 DIS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1193413163

[.en] Technology-driven disruption and entrepreneurial response have become profound drivers of change in modern culture. Wholly new organisations have rapidly emerged in many fields including retail, print media and transportation, often dramatically altering both the products and processes that define these industries. Architecture has until now been minimally impacted by this technologically driven upheaval. But there are many signs that this period of tranquillity is ending. Startups are proliferating, targeting diverse innovations from environmental performance to large-scale 3D printing. Traditional architecture and engineering firms are creating incubators and spin-offs to capitalise on their innovations. Large and innovative organisations from outside the professions are becoming interested in the built environment as the next platform for technological and economic disruption.

These new directions for the discipline will potentially create radically new types of practice, new building typologies, and new ways for both design professionals and societies to engage with the built environment. It is crucial that architectural discourse addresses these possibilities, and begins to embrace technology-driven entrepreneurship as a central theme for the future of architectural practice.

#books #architecture | Data-driven design and construction : 25 strategies for capturing, analyzing and applying building data

Data-driven design and construction : 25 strategies for capturing, analyzing and applying building data / Randy Deutsch.
Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2015.
ISBN 9781118898703
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Infomática / Arquitectura – Práctica / Construcción – Informática
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 DAT
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1125151975

In this comprehensive book, Professor Randy Deutsch has unlocked and laid bare the twenty-first century codice nascosto of architecture. It is data. Big data. Data as driver. This book offers us the chance to become informed and knowledgeable pursuers of data and the opportunities it offers to making architecture a wonderful, useful, and smart art form."--The Foreword by James Timberlake, FAIA Written for architects, engineers, contractors, owners, and educators, and based on today's technology and practices, Data-Driven Design and Construction: 25 Strategies for Capturing, Applying and Analyzing Building Data addresses how innovative individuals and firms are using data to remain competitive while advancing their practices. seeks to address and rectify a gap in our learning, by explaining to architects, engineers, contractors and owners--and students of these fields--how to acquire and use data to make more informed decisions. documents how data-driven design is the new frontier of the convergence between BIM and architectural computational analyses and associated tools. is a book of adaptable strategies you and your organization can apply today to make the most of the data you have at your fingertips. Data-Driven Design and Construction was written to help design practitioners and their project teams make better use of BIM, and leverage data throughout the building lifecycle.

#books #architecture | Convergence : the redesign of design

Convergence : the redesign of design / Randy Deutsch.
Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
233 p. : il.
Serie: AD Smart ; 05.
ISBN 9781119256212
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura – Informática / Arquitectura – Innovaciones / Arquitectura – Práctica
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72:681.3 CON
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1125152003

Those working in architecture and engineering feel pressure to work faster, at lower cost, while maintaining a high level of innovation and quality. At the same time, emergent tools and processes make this possible. Convergence is about the firms, teams and people who thrive in this environment as a result of their ability to creatively combine and innovate. It seeks to answer several timely questions: What are the tools and work processes that are converging? How are individuals and organizations converging their tools and work processes? What challenges and benefits are they seeing? What is the ultimate endgame of this convergence? What skillsets and mindsets would someone need to develop to work effectively in this changing environment? What are the implications of convergence on the role of the designer, and on design? On how we design, build, fabricate, and construct? On how we work? The book explains how convergence relates to, but ultimately differs from integration, consolidation, multi-tasking, automation, and other forms of optimization. The practice-based research builds upon the author's research in BIM and in the collaborative leveraging of data in design and fabrication. As an investigation and meditation on the impact of technology on the education and making of design professionals Convergence explains what is happening in the world of design, and discusses the implications for the future of education, training and practice.

#books #architecture | Successful restaurant design

Successful restaurant design / Regina S Baraban, Joseph F Durocher.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2010 / 3rd ed.
XII, 304 [16] p. de lám. : il.
ISBN 9780470250754
/ EN / Libros / Restaurantes – Diseño y construcciónn
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-725.71 SUC
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1125151897

An integrated approach to restaurant design, incorporating front- and back-of-the-house operations. Restaurant design plays a critical role in attracting and retaining customers. At the same time, design must facilitate food preparation and service. Successful ‘Restaurant Design’ shows how to incorporate your understanding of the restaurant's front- and back-of-the-house operations into a design that meets the needs of the restaurant's owners, staff, and clientele. Moreover, it shows how an understanding of the restaurant's concept, market, and menu enables you to create a design that not only facilitates a seamless operation but also enhances the dining experience.

This ‘Third Edition' has been thoroughly revised and updated with coverage of all the latest technological advances in restaurant operations. Specifically, the ‘Third Edition’ offers:

• All new case solutions of restaurant design were completed within five years prior to this edition's publication. The examples illustrate a variety of architectural, decorative, and operational solutions for many restaurant types and styles of service.
• All in-depth interviews with restaurant design experts are new to this edition. To gain insights into how various members of the design team think, the authors interviewed a mix of designers, architects, restaurateurs, and kitchen designers.
• New information on sustainable restaurant design throughout the book for both front and back of the house.
• New insights throughout the book about how new technologies and new generations of diners are impacting both front- and back-of-the-house design.

The book closes with the authors' forecast of how restaurants will change and evolve over the next decade, with tips on how designers and architects can best accommodate those changes in their designs.

#books #architecture #art | A companion to Islamic art and architecture

A companion to Islamic art and architecture / edited by Finbarr Barry Flood and Gülru Necipoğlu.
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
2 v.
ISBN 9781119068662
/ EN / Libros / Arquitectura islámica / Arte islámico
V.I : From the prophet to the mongols. XX, 578 p.: il.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.033.3 COM/I
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1077287424
V.II : From the mongols to modernism. XXV, p. [579] -1386: il.
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.033.3 COM/II
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1077288314

[.en] The two-volume ‘Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture’ bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of access and interpretation to Islamic art. The more than 50 newly commissioned essays revisit canonical topics, and include original approaches and scholarship on neglected aspects of the field.

• This two-volume ‘Companion’ showcases more than 50 specially commissioned essays and an introduction that survey Islamic art and architecture in all its traditional grandeur
• Essays are organized according to a new chronological-geographical paradigm that remaps the unprecedented expansion of the field and reflects the nuances of major artistic and political developments during the 1400-year span
• The ‘Companion’ represents recent developments in the field, and encourages future horizons by commissioning innovative essays that provide fresh perspectives on canonical subjects, such as early Islamic art, sacred spaces, palaces, urbanism, ornament, arts of the book, and the portable arts while introducing others that have been previously neglected, including unexplored geographies and periods, transregional connectivities, talismans and magic, consumption and networks of portability, museums and collecting, and contemporary art worlds; the essays entail strong comparative and historiographic dimensions
• The volumes are accompanied by a map, and each subsection is preceded by a brief outline of the main cultural and historical developments during the period in question
• The volumes include periods and regions typically excluded from survey books including modern and contemporary art-architecture; China, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sicily, the New World (Americas)

#books #art | A companion to modern art

A companion to modern art / edited by Pam Meecham.
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
XVI, 552 p. : il.
ISBN 9781118639849 
/ EN / Libros / Arte - Siglo XX
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-7.036 COM
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1077287095

[.en] ‘A Companion to Modern Art’ presents a series of original essays by international and interdisciplinary authors who offer a comprehensive overview of the origins and evolution of artistic works, movements, approaches, influences, and legacies of Modern Art.

• Presents a contemporary debate and dialogue rather than a seamless consensus on Modern Art
• Aims for reader accessibility by highlighting a plurality of approaches and voices in the field
• Presents Modern Art’s foundational philosophic ideas and practices, as well as the complexities of key artists such as Cezanne and Picasso, and those who straddled the modern and contemporary
• Looks at the historical reception of Modern Art, in addition to the latest insights of art historians, curators, and critics to artists, educators, and more.

#books #architecture | Drawing architecture and the urban

Drawing architecture and the urban / Sam Jacoby.
John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, West Sussex : 2016.
328 p. : il.
ISBN 9781118879405
Dibujo arquitectónico.
Urbanismo.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-721.021 DRA
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1847589~S1*spi

Drawing is an important means to analyse information and develop rigorous arguments both conceptually and visually. Going beyond the how-to drawing manual, this book provides an instrumental approach to drawing, especially computer-generated drawings; it outlines how drawings should be used to convey clear and analytical information in the process of design, as well as the communication and discussion of a project. In depth examples are provided how to communicate effectively. The final section demonstrates how to transform case-studies, directly connecting an analytical approach with the design process.

#books #architecture | Sketchup for site design : a guide to modeling site plans, terrain and architecture

Sketchup for site design : a guide to modeling site plans, terrain and architecture / Daniel Tal.
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey : 2016 / 2nd ed.
X, 387 p. : il.
ISBN 9781118985076
Arquitectura del paisaje.
Diseño asistido por ordenador.
Sbc Aprendizaje A-712 SKE
http://millennium.ehu.es/record=b1847588~S1*spi

‘SketchUp for Site Design’ is the definitive guide to SketchUp for landscape architects and other site design professionals. Step-by-step tutorials walk you through basic to advanced processes, with expert guidance toward best practices, customization, organization, and presentation. This new second edition has been revised to align with the latest software updates, with detailed instruction on using the newest terrain modeling tools and the newly available extensions and plug-ins. All graphics have been updated to reflect the current SketchUp interface and menus, and the third part of the book includes all-new content featuring the use of new grade and terrain extensions. Developed around the needs of intermediate professional users and their workflows, this book provides practical all-around coaching on using SketchUp specifically for modeling site plans.

SketchUp was designed for usability, with the needs of the architect, industrial designer, and engineers at center stage. This book shows you how the software's powerful terrain and grade functions make it an ideal tool for site designers, and how to seamlessly integrate it into your workflow for more efficient design and comprehensive planning.

#books #architecture | Hospital builders

Hospital builders / Tony Monk.

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Academy, 2004.
223 p. : il.
ISBN 9780471489641
/ EN / Libros / Hospitales – Planos y construcción
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-725.5 HOS
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/932520422

[.en] Britain is in the middle of the largest expansion of healthcare buildings since the inception of the National Health Service Act in 1947. From 1980 to 1997, 89 major hospital projects were completed, costing some 3.7 billion. Another 68 schemes are already committed to be built between 1997 and 2006 and will cost a further 9.7 billion. This specialist publication traces these momentous changes that are transforming the Health Service, and provides valuable information for all those participating in the design, construction and subsequent management of this huge hospital rebuilding programme.

"Hospital Builders" offers a comprehensive appraisal of 32 case studies covering significant healthcare projects in Britain and around the world. Each is thoroughly analysed with a critical description, plans, illustrations and photographs to provide creative information that is of assistance to architects, contractors and managers and all those involved in the procurement and subsequent occupation of the facilities. The ideas and examples are amplified through an exploration of the historical achievements, present circumstances and potential future direction of our modern progressive health service. Current practitioners contribute from first-hand experience and anticipate the implications of private finance initiatives and competitive healthcare partnerships. A central theme throughout the book is the abiding importance of high-quality hospital architecture and the therapeutic benefits to be gained by friendly, human healthcare environments.

Diana Rowntree writes a moving Tribute to Sir Philip Powell, identifying the major role his practice Powell and Moya has played in the evolution of modern hospital architecture. The Foreword is even more poignant, written by Sir Philip Powell himself just before he died, and still revealing his life-long commitment to architecture with a human face.