Recent Professional Articles

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   Systemic Architecture (March 2012)

   The book investigates the subject of urban ecology from the perspective of architectural design, engaging its definition at multiple levels, the biological, the informational and the social. The book has two main goals – to discuss the contemporary relevance of a systemic practice to architectural design, and to share a toolbox of informational design protocols developed to describe the city as a territory of self-organization, a new kind of emergent "real-time world-city". Structured in the form of a manual, the authors draw on nearly a decade of design experiments from their ecoLogicStudio practice.
    

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   Dwelling with Architecture (March 2012)

   The dwelling is the most fundamental building type, nowhere more so than in the open landscape.

   This book can be read in a number of ways. It is first a book about houses and particularly the theme ‘dwelling and the land’. It examines the poetic and prosaic issues inherent in claiming a piece of the landscape to live on.

3. 

   Reformations (April 2012)

   Profusely illustrated and with many specially drawn plans, this is a wide-ranging and detailed guide to the architecture of a period that continues to fascinate and engage us today.
    

4. Architectural Colour in the Professional Palette (May 2012)

   How do architects use color? Do architects tend to establish individual color palettes, which are then given authority through use? How are these modified through time, and by context? What are the driving forces behind color choices?

   This book investigates, documents and analyzes the color ‘palettes’ of a number of contemporary architects in order to respond to these questions and provide an easy reference of contemporary color use.
    

5. Co-Designers: Cultures of Computer Simulation in Architecture (May 2012)

   The book is organized around the accounts of professional designers engaged in a high-stakes competition to redefine architecture in the context of computer simulation.

6. Nurseries: A Design Guide (August 2012)

   This design guide presents all the elements of building design that combine to create the very best environment for young children and the people who work with them, including building materials, multi-functional spaces and design scaled to suit small children.