How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AFZ3PI4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 134 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He buttresses his critique with insights gleaned from facilities managers, planners, preservationists, building historians and futurists. Houses, he notes, respond to families' tastes, ideas, annoyance and growth; and institutional buildings change with expensive reluctance and delay; while commercial structures have to adapt quickly because of intense competitive pressures. Creator of The Whole Earth Catalog and founder of CoEvolution Quarterly (now Whole Earth Review ), Brand splices a conversational text with hundreds of extensively captioned photographs and drawings juxtaposing buildings that age well with those that age poorly. From Publishers Weekly All buildings are forced to adapt over time because of physical deterioration, changing surroundings
How Buildings Learn is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time.From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Buildings have often been studies whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. How Buildings Learn shows how to work with time rather than against it.. Pei's Media Lab, from "satisficing" to "form follows funding," from the evolution of bungalows to the invention of Santa Fe Style, from Low Road military surplus buildings to a High Roa
"Best book on software architecture (to say nothing of real architecture) I've ever read." according to FozzieBear. Amazing that a book published in the mid-nineties is still garnering regular reviews - this says something about the enduring appeal and quality of Brand's work. I first bought a copy of this book in the mid-nineties, and I've been handing them out to colleagues ever since. To me the book speaks beautifully about architecture and how our built environment evolves, but that's not its real appeal to me. As a computer scientist, I'm fascinated by the more general lessons that can be drawn from this book about complex systems,. "An excellent and enjoyable study in how buildings are designed and" according to Norty. Brand opens the door to the history of renovations, adjustments, and satisficing we do with our buildings. We built the building -- but what if it doesn't fit? What if the halls are too narrow, the atrium too echoey, and the lecture halls tucked out of the way? Why does the roof leak? What happens when technology changes and you have to retrofit data connections into a An excellent and enjoyable study in how buildings are designed and Brand opens the door to the history of renovations, adjustments, and satisficing we do with our buildings. We built the building -- but what if it doesn't fit? What if the halls are too narrow, the atrium too echoey, and the lecture halls tucked out of the way? Why does the roof leak? What happens when technology changes and you have to retrofit data connections into a 300 year old building? Ever try to make a 300 year old building ADA compliant? Brand explores the history of building design, the changes owners make to the. 00 year old building? Ever try to make a An excellent and enjoyable study in how buildings are designed and Brand opens the door to the history of renovations, adjustments, and satisficing we do with our buildings. We built the building -- but what if it doesn't fit? What if the halls are too narrow, the atrium too echoey, and the lecture halls tucked out of the way? Why does the roof leak? What happens when technology changes and you have to retrofit data connections into a 300 year old building? Ever try to make a 300 year old building ADA compliant? Brand explores the history of building design, the changes owners make to the. 00 year old building ADA compliant? Brand explores the history of building design, the changes owners make to the. John said Buildings + Time. Read!!!. I checked this book out at the library a long time ago and it completely changed the way I look at houses. Read it and you'll understand why old houses are always more interesting than new ones.In my case, I bought this book again because I'm planning to build my house in a couple of months and I don't want it to be yet another house that falls apart in "Buildings + Time. Read!!!" according to John. I checked this book out at the library a long time ago and it completely changed the way I look at houses. Read it and you'll understand why old houses are always more interesting than new ones.In my case, I bought this book again because I'm planning to build my house in a couple of months and I don't want it to be yet another house that falls apart in 20-Buildings + Time. Read!!! I checked this book out at the library a long time ago and it completely changed the way I look at houses. Read it and you'll understand why old houses are always more interesting than new ones.In my case, I bought this book again because I'm planning to build my house in a couple of months and I don't want it to be yet another house that falls apart in 20-30 years because it's useless and/or ugly.Stewart Brand is thorough and observant, and he has a fascinating perspective on the built world as it relates to time. I will . 0 years because it's useless and/or ugly.Stewart Brand is thorough and observant, and he has a fascinating perspective on the built world as it relates to time. I will . 0-Buildings + Time. Read!!! I checked this book out at the library a long time ago and it completely changed the way I look at houses. Read it and you'll understand why old houses are always more interesting than new ones.In my case, I bought this book again because I'm planning to build my house in a couple of months and I don't want it to be yet another house that falls apart in 20-30 years because it's useless and/or ugly.Stewart Brand is thorough and observant, and he has a fascinating perspective on the built world as it relates to time. I will . 0 years because it's useless and/or ugly.Stewart Brand is thorough and observant, and he has a fascinating perspective on the built world as it relates to time. I will