The turning point in architectural design : a historical scenario for the future / editor, author, picture editing, Helmut C. Schulitz ; translation from German adaptation of English David Koralek.

Main entry:

Schulitz, Helmut C., author, editor.

Title & Author:

The turning point in architectural design : a historical scenario for the future / editor, author, picture editing, Helmut C. Schulitz ; translation from German adaptation of English David Koralek.

Publication:

Munich : Hirmer, [2021]
©2021

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237).
1. Architecture: the art of building or the art of design? -- 2. Drawing techniques and their consequences -- 3. The need for a turning point in architectural design -- 4. Why do buildings have a certain form? -- 5. Form is not and never was free -- 6. Material determines the form of buildings -- 7. Innovation through construction -- 8. Building progress relies on a turning point in design -- 9. Industry prefers mass-produced parts, not buildings -- 10. Henry Ford's impact on industrialized housing -- 11. Building today: opposing camps of architects.

Summary:

This volume illustrates the historical development of the art of building with regard to changing architectural design approaches and the growing rift between design and construction. It also points to ways of how to respond to the challenges of resource and energy conservation following the early modernist motto of doing "more with less". Major innovations in techniques of architectural representation during the 15th and 20th centuries have caused architectural design approaches to become increasingly detached from constructional practice. In view of today's global challenges, architecture can no longer be just a question of what or how to build, but rather of how to organise and adapt advanced design tools in order to increase building performance while saving resources and energy. A new paradigm of building is needed!

ISBN:

9783777436760 (paperback)
3777436763

Subject:

Architectural design History.
Architecture and technology.
Design architectural Histoire.
Architecture et technologie.
Architectural design

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Koralek, David, translator, adapter.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316921
Call No.: 316921
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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