| Rethinking Technology: A Reader in Architectural Theory Contributor(s): Braham, William W. (Editor), Hale, Jonathan A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415346541 ISBN-13: 9780415346542 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: This book is an essential reference for all students of architecture, design and the built environment providing a convenient single source for all the key texts in the fast developing discipline of the philosophy of technology. The authors focus on the interplay between technology and society and consider the impact of technology on fields as diverse as: art and visual culture; politics, the environment, gender and the hottest topic of all in today's digitally mediated world the promise of a virtual future inside the fluid 'space' of the computer. Each section is introduced with a brief critical commentary, situating the readings in an historical and theoretical context. The collection draws on the work of many of the key figures in twentieth century philosophy and cultural theory, including Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Marshall McLuhan, Jean Baudrillard and Paul Virilio as well as a range of writers at the cutting-edge of contemporary digital culture such Manuel de Landa, Marcos Novak and Hubert Dreyfus. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Architecture | Criticism - Architecture | Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation |
| Dewey: 720.1 |
| LCCN: 2006014792 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (2.60 lbs) 488 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This essential reference for all students of architecture, design and the built environment provides a convenient single source for all the key texts in the recent literature on architecture and technology. The book contains over fifty carefully selected essays, manifestoes, reflections and theories by architects and architectural writers from 1900 to 2004. This mapping out of a century of architectural technology reveals the discipline's long and close attention to the experience and effects of new technologies, and provides a broad picture of the shift from the 'age of tools' to the 'age of systems'. Chronological arrangement and cross-referencing of the articles enable both a thematic and historically contextual understanding of the topic and highlight important thematic connections across time. With the ever increasing pace of technological change, this Reader presents a clear understanding of the context in which it has and does affect architecture. |
