Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano
Author: Edgar Stach
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-03-08
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3035614571

The Pritzker laureate Renzo Piano is recognized worldwide as one of the most renowned architects of our time. Central elements of his aesthetics include the playful use of natural light, the transparency of his buildings and their fine detailing. This publication documents nine museum buildings by Renzo Piano Building Workshop.

Style and Creativity in Design

Style and Creativity in Design
Author: Chiu-Shui Chan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2015-03-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319140175

This book looks at causative reasons behind creative acts and stylistic expressions. It explores how creativity is initiated by design cognition and explains relationships between style and creativity. The book establishes a new cognitive theory of style and creativity in design and provides designers with insights into their own cognitive processes and styles of thinking, supporting a better understanding of the qualities present in their own design. An explanation of the nature of design cognition begins this work, with a look at how design knowledge is formulated, developed, structured and utilized, and how this utilization triggers style and creativity. The author goes on to review historical studies of style, considering a series of psychological experiments relating to the operational definition, degree, measurement, and creation of style. The work conceptually summarizes the recognition of individual style in products, as well as the creation of such styles as a process before reviewing studies on creativity from various disciplines, presenting case studies and reviewing works by master architects. Readers will discover how creativity is initiated by design cognition. A summary of the correlations between creativity and style, expressed as a conceptual formula describing the cognitive phenomenon of style and creativity concludes the work. The ideas presented here are applicable to all design fields, allowing designers to comprehend and improve their design processes to produce creative, stylistically unique products.

1998

1998
Author: Massimo Mastrogregori
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2013-05-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 311096743X

Annually published since 1930, the International bibliography of Historical Sciences (IBOHS) is an international bibliography of the most important historical monographs and periodical articles published throughout the world, which deal with history from the earliest to the most recent times. The works are arranged systematically according to period, region or historical discipline, and within this classification alphabetically. The bibliography contains a geographical index and indexes of persons and authors.

Ecourbanism, sustainable human settlements

Ecourbanism, sustainable human settlements
Author: Miguel Ruano
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1999
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Suitable for those involved in the field of urban design and planning, this book presents the state of the art in sustainable development master-planning, setting out, mostly in a graphic format and by means of 60 illustrated case-studies, what is considered best-practice in the field.

VERSUS: Heritage for Tomorrow

VERSUS: Heritage for Tomorrow
Author: Correia, Mariana
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2014
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 8866557412

Vernacular architecture represents a great resource that has considerable potential to define principles for sustainable design and contemporary architecture. This publication is the result of an overall aim to produce a valuable tool for analysis regarding vernacular heritage through different assessments, in order to define principles to consider for sustainable development. This was possible through a comprehensive reflection on the principles established and the strategies to recognise in different world contexts. The present publication was the result of an in-depth approach by 46 authors from 12 countries, concerned with the analysis and critical assessment of vernacular heritage and its sustainable perspective. The book presents 8 chapters addressing operational definitions and synopses advances, regarding the main areas of vernacular heritage contribution to sustainable architecture. It also presents 15 chapters and 53 case studies of vernacular and contemporary approaches in all the 5 continents, regarding urban, architectural, technical and constructive strategies and solutions. VERSUS, HERITAGE FOR TOMORROW: Vernacular Knowledge for Sustainable Architecture is the result of a common effort undertaken by the partners ESG | Escola Superior Gallaecia, Portugal, as Project leader; CRAterre | École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Grenoble, France; DIDA | Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy; DICAAR | Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy; and UPV | Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. This is the final outcome of VerSus, an European project developed from 2012 to 2014, in the framework of the Culture 2007-2013 programme.

Portable Architecture

Portable Architecture
Author: Robert Kronenburg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2008-05-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3764383240

This book discusses the forerunners, present context, and technology of portable architecture. It documents numerous international examples, organized by areas of application, and offers a broad array of suggestions for practical design.