Building Stories: Design Engine Architects - Hardcover

Pearce, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908967854 ISBN 13: 9781908967855

Publisher: Artifice Books on Architecture, 2018

Synopsis

Buildings tell stories in many ways, and Design Engine Architects believe that architecture is the art of these stories. Building Stories: Design Engine Architects explores this idea through the work of the practice, giving a fascinating insight into its work and the broader concerns and concepts informing the buildings that shape our world.

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About the Author

MARTIN PEARCE co-ordinates the third-year design programme, and lectures on architectural theory, at the University of Portsmouth School of Architecture. He is an examiner for the Royal Institute of British Architects' Examination in Architecture and a member of the RIBA/Architects Registration Board Joint Assessment Panel. His previous publications include "Educating Architects" (co-authored with Maggie Toy, 1995), "Architects in Cyberspace" (co-edited with Neil Spiller, 1995) and University Builders (2001).

RICHARD JOBSON is a director of architectural practice Design Engine based in London and Winchester and an architectural consultant to Whitby Bird and Partners. He is also a studio tutor at the University of Portsmouth School of Architecture and a visiting critic at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University. As a consultant for Whitby Bird and Partners he worked on York and Lancaster Millennium Bridges as well as the bridges at the Oracle shopping centre, Reading and Shanks Millennium Bridge, Peterborough.

Edition details

• Publisher: Artifice Books on Architecture
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908967854
• ISBN 13: 9781908967855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192