Materials and Techniques

Buildings that explore the design implications of a material or technique such as green design, energy-saving strategies, incorporating natural systems. Design that explores implications of non-linear mathematics or 3D computer modeling. Furniture or small objects that will be built at full-scale.

Architects who focus on the issue: Herzog & de Meuron, Reiser & Umemoto, Coop Himmelblau, Greg Lynn, Frank Gehry, Richard Rogers, Carlos Scarpa, Louis Kahn, Renzo Piano, Glenn Murcutt, Rafael Moneo, Santiago Calatrava, Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer,

Books and Articles:

Allen, Stan. Practice: Architecture, Technique and Representation, Critical Voices in Art, Theory & Culture. London: Routledge, 2000.

Aranda, Benjamin, and Chris Lasch. Tooling. NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005.

Baird, George. Architecture and Climate: The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems. London: Spon Press, 2001.

Beesley, Philip, and Sachiko Hirosue, eds. Responsive Architecture: Subtle Technologies. Riverside, CA: Riverside Architectural Press, 2006.

Braham, William, and Jonathan Hale, eds. Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory. London: Routledge, 2007.

Brown, G. Z. . Sun, Wind and Light: Architectural Design Strategies. NY: Wiley, 2000.

Foster, Hal. Prosthetic Gods. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2004.

Frampton, Kenneth. Studies in Techtonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in 19th and 20th Century Architecture. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1995.

Frascari, Marco. "The Tell-the-Tale Detail." Via 7 (1984): 22-37.

Gissen, David, ed. Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture of the 21st Century. Washington DC: National Building Museum, 2002.

Hays, K. Michael, and Dana A. Miller. Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.

Hensel, Michael, ed. Emergence: Morphogenesis, Architectural Design. London: Academic Press, 2004.

Hight, Christopher, and Chris Perry, eds. Collective Intelligence in Design, Architectural Design. London: Academic Press, 2006.

Holl, Steven, and Lebbeus Woods. Steven Holl: Architecture Spoken. NY: Rizzoli, 2007.

Kwinter, Sanford. Far from Equilibrium: Essays on Technology and Design Culture. Barcelona: Actar, 2008.

McDonough, William. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. NY: North Point Press, 2002.

———. The Hannover Principles : Design for Sustainabilit. Charlottesville, VA: Island Press, 1997.

Perrella, Stephen. Hypersurface Architecture, Architectural Design. London: Academic Press, 2000.

Rahim, Ali, and Hina Jamelle, eds. Elegance, Architectural Design. London: Academic Press, 2007.

Reiser, Jesse. Atlas of Novel Techtonics. NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.

Seigal, Jennifer, ed. Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture. NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.

Senosiain, Javier. Bio-Architecture. NY: Architectural Press, 2003.

Shepheard, Paul. Artificial Love: Story of Machines and Architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.

Silver, Mike, ed. Programming Cultures: Architecture, Art and Science in the Age of Software Development, Architectural Design. London: Academic Press, 2006.

Silvetti, Jorge. Introductions. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Design School, 2004.

Taylor, Mark, ed. Ad: Surface Consciousness. London: Academy Press, 2003.

Yeang, Kenneth. The Green Skyscraper. NY: Prestel, 1999.