"A history of the relationship between modern architecture and abstraction"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Prior Art offers the first ever history of the use of patents in architecture, spanning the period 1830 - 1996"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The first book to provide a comprehensive approach to architecture as spatial justice by a renowned, award-winning author, educator, and director of Los Angeles's cityLAB"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"An analysis of recent developments in computer-based design and production in architecture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Part photographic survey, part theoretical inquiry, Tokyoids focuses on the field of robotic aesthetics from a conceptual point of view, and identifies the robotic face as a critical apparatus of modern culture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A work of literary non-fiction about the life of architect Minoru Yamasaki (architect of the Twin Towers), but also a parallel narrative about an artist (the author) interrogating art and architecture's role in culture in NYC"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A history of the relationship between architecture and mathematics, with a special focus on the transition in the postwar period between analogue to digital design"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Smith investigates the role of parasites in the planning of Paris, specifically those stealing resources, hurting the city's health, and interfering of information transmission"--Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton University, 2015, under the title: Paris and the parasite : the politics of noise in the mediatic city.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
How the introduction of steam, iron, and steel required new rules and new ways of thinking for the design and building of ships. In the 1800s, shipbuilding moved from sail and wood to steam, iron, and steel. The competitive pressure to achieve more predictable ocean transportation drove the industrialization of shipbuilding, as shipowners demanded ships that enabled tighter scheduling, improved…
A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture--the conver…