Constructions:
An Experimental Approach to Intensely Local Architectures (AD
Series)
Guest Edited by: Michael Hensel and Christian Hermansen Cordua
Published by Wiley, April 2015, £24.99, Paperback and e-book
ISBN: 9781118700570
The current trend for constructing experimental structures is now an
international phenomenon. It has been taken up worldwide by design
professionals, researchers, educators and students alike. This issue of
AD examines one of the most promising trajectories in this area, the
rise of intensely local architectures.
Practical
Poetics in Architecture (AD Primer)
By Leon van Schaik
Published by Wiley, May 2015, £27.99, Paperback and e-book
ISBN: 9781118828892
Practical Poetics in Architecture, written by leading thinking
and educator Leon van Schaik, takes poetics out of the theory class and
into the design studio, showing architects how the atmospheric and
experiential qualities of built structures can be intentionally
considered and planned.
Context:
Architecture and the Genius of Place (AD
Primer)
By Eric Parry
Published by Wiley, May 2015, £27.99, Paperback and e-book
ISBN: 9781119952718
Eric Parry, one of the UK's most highly regarded architects — whose work
has been widely lauded for its innovative response to its setting —
addresses the contemporary definition of context and its importance for
sustainable everyday living and urban design.
Pavilions,
Pop Ups and Parasols: the impact of real and virtual meeting on physical
space (AD Series)
By Leon van Schaik and Fleur Watson
Published by Wiley, May 2015, £24.99, Paperback and e-book
ISBN: 9781118829011
Around the world, a new phenomenon is emerging. In public places,
Pavilions, Pop-ups and Parasols are being constructed that encourage
interactions between people. The catalyst for this new trend has been
the changing social relationships initiated by social media, such as
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This has enabled innovative
architectural practices to effectively reinvent the nexus between real
and virtual meeting.
Ground
Rules in Humanitarian Design (AD Reader)
By Alice Min Soo Chun and Irene E Brisson
Published by Wiley, May 2015, £29.99, Paperback and e-book
ISBN: 9781118361597
Today, the ambition to provide humanitarian architecture for areas in
acute need –whether afflicted by disease, poverty, conflict or
ecological disaster – is driving design innovation worldwide. Ground
Rules seeks to provide parameters for engagement at a time that
these international initiatives remain largely ad hoc. This
anthology establishes foundations for thinking about design and its role
in the development for global change.
