Main entry:

Allen, Stan.

Title & Author:

Practice : architecture, technique + representation / Stan Allen ; afterword by Jeffrey Kipnis.

Edition:

Expanded 2nd ed.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.

Description:

xxiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
"First edition published in 2000 by G+B Arts International"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Practice vs. project -- Constructing with lines: on projection postscript: review of Robin Evans: The projective cast -- Notations and diagrams: mapping the intangible -- Terminal velocities: the computer in the design studio postscript: the digital complex -- Mies' theater of effects: the new national gallery, Berlin -- The Guggenheim refigured: the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum -- Le Corbusier and modernist movement: the carpenter center for visual arts -- Urbanisms in the plural -- The thick ₂-D: mat-building in the contemporary city -- From object to field: field conditions in architecture and urbanism -- Afterword: Some side effects of a friend's excellent book.

Summary:

"Conversant in contemporary theory and architectural history, Stan Allen argues that concepts in architecture are not imported from other disciplines, but emerge through the materials and procedures of architectural practice itself. Drawing on his own experience as a working architect, he examines the ways in which the tools available to the architect affect the design and production of buildings." "This second edition includes revised essays together with previously unpublished work. Allen's seminal piece on Field Conditions is included in this reworked, revised and redesigned volume. A compelling read for student and practitioner alike."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780415776240 (hbk.)
0415776244 (hbk.)
9780415776257 (pbk.)
0415776252 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Bouwkunst.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261125
Call No.: BIB 192107
Status: Available