Research & Design: The Architecture of Variation

Description

Over the past decade, digital tools have radically transformed the design, practice and construction of architecture. But behind the superslick, photorealist renderings of projects that are never built is an entire body of design research that informs the latest innovations in design and construction. Research & Design: The Architecture of Variation, edited by a pioneer of the digital revolution, examines the hottest areas of architectural design. The book takes its cue from the practice of masscustomization, one of the most important design and retail trends of recent years, to consider how variations on the same design idea can be applied to a broad spectrum of architectural, engineering and construction solutions.

Lars Spuybroek is principal of the experimental architecture studio NOX, based in Rotterdam, and holds theThomasW.Ventulett III Distinguished Chair in Architectural Design at GeorgiaTech in Atlanta.

[R]eaders will be mesmerized by the unworldly, undulating, futuristic forms of buildings and projects existing now on printed page and computer monitor, and perhaps someday on solid ground.-- "Library Journal" Readers will be mesmerized by the unworldly, undulating, futuristic forms of buildings and projects existing now on printed page and computer monitor, and perhaps someday on solid ground.-- "Choice"