Five North American Architects - An Anthology brings together five
architectural practices which, while all distinct, share a particularly
sensitive feeling for the impact of craftsmanship and climate on the
generation of form, as well as an equally shared concern for the
expressive tactility of material and the articulation of structure under
the impact of light.
During periods of close collaboration, championed by figures like John
Ruskin and William Morris, architecture and craft were referred to as
"the allied arts." By the mid-twentieth century, however, it was more
common for the two disciplines to be considered distinct professional
fields, with architecture having little to do with studio craft. The
Allied Arts investigates the history of the complex relationship between
craft and architecture by examining the intersection of these two areas
in Canadian public buildings
Exploring the ambiguities of how we define the word 'culture' in our
global society, this book identifies its imprint on architectural ideas.
It examines the historical role of the cultural in architectural
production and expression, looking at meaning and communication, tracing
the formations of cultural identities.
Blaine Brownell's best-selling Transmaterial series has introduced designers to
hundreds of emergent materials that have the potential to transform our built
environment. In our new Architecture Brief, Material Strategies, Brownell shows
architects how creative applications of these materials achieve such
transformations.
The Vertical Village looks at radical alternatives to the familiar
standardized block architecture that has eradicated low-rise, "lighter"
varieties of architecture, such as the Hutong in Beijing, Tokyo's wooden house
and the villages of Singapore.
The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture
The Green House vividly illustrates the emerging collaboration between stylish architecture, interior design, and environmental responsibility.
