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Forthcoming Theory of Architecture Books

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  1. Goodman for Architects

    By Remei Capdevila Werning

    Series: Thinkers for Architects

    American philosopher Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) was one of the foremost analytical thinkers of the twentieth century, with groundbreaking contributions in the fields of logic, philosophy of science, epistemology, and aesthetics. This book is an introduction to the aspects of Goodman’s philosophy...

    To Be Published October 3rd 2013 by Routledge

  2. Landscape, Well-Being and Environment

    Edited by Richard Coles, Zoe Millman

    Well-being is now firmly established as an overarching theme of key concern to all professionals that work, manage or design the environment. However, well-being is a complex multi-dimensional issue rooted in the ways that we encounter, perceive and interpret the environment. No single discipline...

    To Be Published October 16th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Culture, Architecture and Nature

    An Ecological Design Retrospective

    By Sim Van der Ryn

    Gathering his most compelling essays and addresses from the last fifty years in one accessible volume, this book looks at the pioneering ideas that underpin Sim Van der Ryn’s ecological design philosophy. It offers a unique decade-by-decade retrospective of the key issues in environmental design,...

    To Be Published October 16th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence

    Edited by Ines Weizman

    Series: Critiques

    Architecture and the Paradox of Dissidence maps out and expands upon the methodologies of architectural action and reinvigorates the concept of dissent within the architectural field. It expands the notion of dissidence to other similar practices and strategies of resistance, in a variety of...

    To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge

  5. The Territories of Identity

    Architecture in the Age of Evolving Globalisation

    Edited by Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, Guillermo Garma Montiel

    The expedited globalised process of exchange and new forms of cultural production have transformed old established notions of identity, calling into question their conceptual foundations. This book explores the spatial and representational dimension of this phenomenon, by addressing how the...

    To Be Published November 13th 2013 by Routledge

  6. Urban Theory

    Edited by Simon Parker

    Series: Critical Concepts in Urban Studies

    SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE! (Valid until 3 months after publication) Extending over five volumes and bringing together more than one hundred published articles and other major works, Urban Theory is a new collection from Routledge. The five-volume set provides comprehensive coverage of the most...

    To Be Published November 14th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Negotiating the Mediated City

    Everyday Encounters with Public Screens

    By Zlatan Krajina

    Series: Comedia

    This book is an interdisciplinary empirical investigation of how people interact with public screens in their daily lives. In more and more surprising locations, screens of various kinds appear within the sightlines of passers-by in contemporary cities. Outdoor advertisers target audiences which...

    To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge

  8. The Return of Nature

    Sustaining Architecture in the Face of Sustainability

    Edited by Preston Cohen, Erika Naginski

    Detailed case studies and essays by practitioners, historians, and theorists present multiple viewpoints on the relations between architecture, nature, green design, sustainability, technology, and culture....

    To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

  9. Ecology and the Architectural Imagination

    By Brook Muller

    Author Brook Muller understands that your design tendencies influence your working methods and impact the "greeness" of your buildings. This book explains design strategies and emphasizes the importance of your poetic judgment when you're dealing with complex and dynamic ecological systems. Muller...

    To Be Published January 1st 2014 by Routledge

  10. Architectural Design Methodologies

    Applied Theory, Embodied Processes and Cognitive Tools

    By Philip Plowright

    This book clearly addresses how architectural design operates: what are the objectives? how do you set up processes that have a high degree of success? how do you develop conceptual tools to assist in the design process? how do you satisfy the cultural needs of innovation and usability?...

    To Be Published January 14th 2014 by Routledge