Construction Matters - Hardcover

Georg Windeck; Lisa Larson-Walker; Sean Gaffney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576877787 ISBN 13: 9781576877784

Publisher: Powerhouse Books, 2016

Synopsis

Construction Matters examines specific technologies that experienced major transformations in the last century, or were newly invented. The architectural application of this invention is then analysed with building case studies that are selected based on an obvious formal relationship between the building's form and the new type of construction that it incorporates. Above all, Construction Matters is a celebration of both the physical and metaphysical aspects of building, through both photographs and text.

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About the Author

Georg Windeckis an architect, educator, and researcher. He is licensed in Berlin and New York, and his broad range of activities also includes urban planning and historic preservation. He received his Diplom-Ingenieur in Architecture with distinction at the Technische Universitӓt Berlin and also studied sculpture at the Hochschule der Künste. Windeck is an Associate Professor at The Cooper Union, and also teaches at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Lisa Larson-Walkeris a visual artist, writer, and photo editor. She has worked atNewsweek, the Daily Beast, and Slate. She is an alumna of The School of Art of The Cooper Union, currently living in Brooklyn. Sean Gaffneyis an architectural designer living and working in New York. He is a graduate of The Cooper Union, where he received a Menschel Grant for his thesis project and is now a visiting critic. Will Shapiroreceived his Bachelor of Architecture from The Cooper Union. Recently he developed modeling software that allows users to understand how the structures they design react to forces in real time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Powerhouse Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576877787
• ISBN 13: 9781576877784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232