This new selection of essays follows Chris Abel's previous best selling collection, Architecture and Identity. Drawing upon a wide range of knowledge and disciplines, the author argues that, underlying technological changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines and the world we live in.
Key topics include: new patterns of urbanism in the fast growing cities of asia pacific; metaphorical extensions of mind and body in cyberspace; the divergent European and North American values shaping Sir Norman Foster's and Frank Gehry's work, and the collaborative work methods and technologies creating the adaptable design pratices of today.
- ISBN10 6610966192
- ISBN13 9786610966196
- Publish Date 27 September 2004 (first published 20 August 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 21 August 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Elsevier Science & Technology
- Format eBook
- Pages 283
- Language English