New Essentialism: Material Architecture - Hardcover

Gail Borden

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1939621801 ISBN 13: 9781939621801

Publisher: Oro Editions, 2018

Synopsis

• Illustrates the basis of the argument for a New Essentialism, through an examination of how architecture engages materials to effect

New Essentialism: Material Architecture examines how architecture engages material to create effect. It approaches this complex topic through five critical historical thresholds, represented by analytical precedents and coupled with projective experimental design projects. Unpacking the fundamental methodologies of their geometric, material, spatial, and effectual sensibilities, each threshold builds an examination that reveals the essential methods and processes of design. In turn, this illustrates the basis of the argument for a New Essentialism: its characteristics, methods and the sensibilities that mark its definition.

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About the Author

Gail Peter Borden, FAIA is principal of Borden Partnership and Professor and Director of Graduate Programs at the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design. His work focuses on the role of materiality in architecture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oro Editions
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1939621801
• ISBN 13: 9781939621801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 452