How Buildings Learn (Signed Copy)

Brand, Stewart

ISBN 10: 0670835153 / ISBN 13: 9780670835157

Verlag: Viking, 1994

Beschreibung

Uncommon Signed copy of this discussion of how buildings evolve during their existence by the fabled visionary and counter-culture personality Stewart Brand. A central figure in the 1960s San Francisco Merry Pranksters/Grateful Dead/ Haight Ashbury scene, Brand founded the iconic "Whole Earth Catalog" and then became a tech head. Signed by Stewart Brand on a bookplate on the front endpaper. Cloth, 243 pages. Second Printing. Minimal sign of previous use. Due to the weight of this volume, shipping outside the U.S. will require addtional funds for postage.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 014353

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: How Buildings Learn (Signed Copy)
• Verlag: Viking
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0670835153
• ISBN-13: 9780670835157
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
• Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

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Inhaltsangabe

This book on buildings asks the question why so many buildings punish and restrict us because almost none of them adapt well. In real use, buildings need to adapt because their uses are constantly changing. All buildings are predictions, and yet more high-style buildings are designed not to change, not to accommodate new use. A good portion of how buildings learn will be a natural history of how buildings change with time and what things work to make buildings adapt gracefully, what building layouts allow easy redefinition of space and building code considerations that permit remodelling. This practical book aims to integrate all the different aspects of the fragmented design and construction process, so that buildings can be seen as embodying a functional, yet aesthetic and capacious vision, not the conflicts, compromises and conveniences of clients, architects, engineers and contractors, all working in their interests, not the buildings.