Argues that underlying technical changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines, as well as the world we live in.
Argues that underlying technical changes in the process of architectural production are fundamental changes in the way we think about machines, as wel...
Despite local and international efforts promoting sustainable development and design, little progress has been made in reducing global emissions of greenhouse gases and averting catastrophic climate change. In his wide-ranging study of architecture and cultural evolution, the author contends that, underlying the inertia is a general resistance to changing personal and social identities shaped by a technological culture and its energy-hungry products. The book traces the roots of that culture to the coevolution of Homo sapiens and technology, from the first use of tools as artificial...
Despite local and international efforts promoting sustainable development and design, little progress has been made in reducing global emissions of gr...
Expanding his collected essays on architectural theory and criticism, Chris Abel pursues his explorations across disciplinary and regional boundaries in search of a deeper understanding of architecture in the evolution of human culture and identity formation. From his earliest writings predicting the computer based revolution in customized architectural production, through his novel studies on tacit knowing in design or hybridization in regional and colonial architecture, to his radical theory of the extended self, Abel has been a consistently fresh and provocative thinker, contesting both...
Expanding his collected essays on architectural theory and criticism, Chris Abel pursues his explorations across disciplinary and regional boundari...
Expanding his collected essays on architectural theory and criticism, Chris Abel pursues his explorations across disciplinary and regional boundaries in search of a deeper understanding of architecture in the evolution of human culture and identity formation. From his earliest writings predicting the computer based revolution in customized architectural production, through his novel studies on tacit knowing in design or hybridization in regional and colonial architecture, to his radical theory of the extended self, Abel has been a consistently fresh and provocative thinker, contesting both...
Expanding his collected essays on architectural theory and criticism, Chris Abel pursues his explorations across disciplinary and regional boundari...
