Architecture

About: Architecture is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25849 publications have been published within this topic receiving 225266 citations.

Fundamentals of Urban Design

Abstract: This book discusses architecture and urban design and how they are related to each other It is important that decisions about architecture be made with recognition of their impacts on urban design The book details the following subjects, as listed in the table of contents: background material, context and contrast, preservation, spatial definition, beautification and recreation, urban form and building form, design review, and notes on urban design education

American building : the environmental forces that shape it

Abstract: Few books have influenced the field of architecture more than American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It. Originally published in 1947, it has emerged as a classic work on the relationships among buildings, their inhabitants, and the environment. Now comes the first major revision in over twenty-five years, bringing this essential book completely up to date for a new, more environmentally aware generation of architects and designers. In this superb volume, James Marston Fitch provides a fundamental theory of buildings. "The ultimate task of architecture," he writes, "is to act in favor of human beings: to interpose itself between people and the natural environment in which they find themselves, in such a way as to remove the gross environmental load from their shoulders". Fitch systematically examines the various aspects of the environment which buildings control for human habitation-air, temperature, light, and sound, even space, time, and gravity. He draws on scientific research to probe deeply into these problems and he sets out the most practical solutions to these and other issues in clear, precise language. Moreover, his analysis runs to the external environment as well, as he explores the impact of buildings on the outside world. American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It broke new ground in the school of thought now known as "green architecture"-the philosophy of designing buildings that require a minimum amount of energy and resources to erect and operate. For this new edition, architect William Bobenhausen has included new information on sustainable design and the latest construction technology, up-to-date statistics, case studies, photographs, and illustrations. This revised edition promises to keep this work at the forefront of our thinking about design and the natural world.

Art and Aesthetics at Work

Abstract: Preface A.Carr & P.Hancock PART 1: ART AND AESTHETICS AS A WAY OF KNOWING ORGANIZATION Art and Aesthetics as a Way of Knowing Organization A.Carr & P.Hancock Art as a Form of Knowledge A.Carr Looking Into/Out Of Organisations Through the Rear Window: Voyeurism and Exhibitionism in Organization Studies G.Cairns & T.Jeffers Reconciling Aesthetics and Justice in Organization Studies M.Boyle PART 2: WORK AS AN AESTHETICALLY ORDERED ACTIVITY Introduction P.Hancock & A.Carr We're All Partying Here: Target and Games, or Targets as Games in Call Centre Management C.Alferoff & D.Knights The Power of Organizational Song N.Nissley, S.Taylor & O.Butler On the Manager's Body as an Aesthetics of Control N.Harding PART 3: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH AESTHETICS AT WORK Introduction P.Hancock & A.Carr The Barren Landscape: Reading US Corporate Architecture A.Kersten & R.Gilardi An-aesthetics and Architecture K.Dale & G.Burrell Aestheticizing the World of Organization P.Hancock