| Essays on Thermodynamics: Architecture and Beauty English Edition Contributor(s): Abalos, Inaki (Author), Snetkiewicz, Renata (Author), Ortega, Lluis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1940291194 ISBN-13: 9781940291192 Publisher: Actar OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - Essays - Architecture | Criticism - Architecture | Professional Practice |
| Dewey: 724.7 |
| LCCN: 2015510850 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.8" W x 9.7" (3.70 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Essays on Thermodynamics, Architecture and Beauty, is a book that unfolds arguments and designs around the concept of thermodynamic beauty. This new aesthetic category opens up new and unexpected directions to the architect's work, connecting architecture and thermodynamics without giving up the tectonic tradition. The compendium will be developed through the concepts of Somatisms, Monsters Assemblage, Verticalism and Thermodynamic Materialism, summarizing design strategies, and opening new territories at the scales of building, public space and landscape. |
Contributor Bio(s): Abalos, Inaki: - Iñaki Ábalos has Master's degree in Architecture (1978) and Ph.D. Architecture (1991) from the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). Had the RIBA International Felowship 2009. Royal Institute of British Architects, and is Chair of Department of Architecture GSD Harvard University from 2013. |