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Problem Invention - The Artistic Process in Architecture

This evocative and self-reflective book opens broader and pertinent questions about the physical nature of the architectural design process that will resonate with many of us who are prepared to work sympathetically with material. It is the conscious introduction of artistic experimentation in the architects material practice that can gradually enable intimacy, complexity and the shaping of novelty, as Bertram argues. A loving and rigorous attention to making opens exciting spatial questions and prompts´problem invention´. Bertram helps us to understand this process by linking architecture with philosophy, science and art.

 

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Scandalous Space - Between architecture and archaeology

If architecture is a design-centred discipline which proceeds by suggesting propositional constructions then, Zambelli argues, archaeology also designs, but in the form of reconstructions. He proposes that whilst practitioners of architecture and archaeology generally purport to practice ...

 

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2019

Invitation

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Inflection 06 - Originals / Journal of the Melbourne School of Design

Architects are expected to create original ideas resulting in a unique, bespoke design. With the rise of Modern Architecture, originality became ingrained in perceptions of good design. As a result, originality has become a barometer against which we measure the value of design.
 

 

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More Than Bauhaus - The Architecture of the White City Tel Aviv

In 2003 Tel Aviv became a UNESCO World Heritage site. On this occasion Tel Aviv was described as a “synthetic representation of some of the most significant trends of the Modern Movement in architecture, as it developed in Europe”. Today the “White City” in Tel Aviv with its some 4,000
 

 

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