Unified design / Arup Associates ; editor, Paul Brislin ; contributors, Gary Lawrence [and others].

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Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0470723319
9780470723319

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.47 22

LOC classification:

NA2542.4 .U55 2008

Contents:

Unified design : a radical wholeness / Jay Merrick in conversation with Declan O'Carroll -- Plantation lane : time and tide / Arup Associates -- Sustaining design / Herbert Girardet in conversation with Michael Beaven -- Vauxhall cross transport interchange, London / Arup Associates -- Unifying the senses : architecture as lived experience / Juhani Pallasmaa -- Druk White Lotus School, Ladakh, Northern Himalayas / Arup Associates -- Spatial intelligence and place-making / Leon van Schaik -- Collaborative engineering / Arup Associates -- Arup Associates : themes and ideas.

Summary: "Is the present obsession with the icon and the promotion of image over substance symptomatic of a general trend in contemporary architecture? Arup Associates provides the alternative: unified design, a radical pan-disciplinary approach that focuses on people from the outset, through the united vision of architects, engineers, artists and social scientists. Arup Associates rejects the imposition of an external image: there can be no standard solutions and no predefined styles. Instead, design must evolve from fundamental research and experiential goals, to form a holistic architecture entirely driven by a "whole life" sustainability that maintains human culture--tradition, religion, the intangible components of humanity--in the face of modernity"--Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	720.47 UNI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A452177B

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"Is the present obsession with the icon and the promotion of image over substance symptomatic of a general trend in contemporary architecture? Arup Associates provides the alternative: unified design, a radical pan-disciplinary approach that focuses on people from the outset, through the united vision of architects, engineers, artists and social scientists. Arup Associates rejects the imposition of an external image: there can be no standard solutions and no predefined styles. Instead, design must evolve from fundamental research and experiential goals, to form a holistic architecture entirely driven by a "whole life" sustainability that maintains human culture--tradition, religion, the intangible components of humanity--in the face of modernity"--Back cover.

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