From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. 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 Road English classic like Chatsworth--this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory.
More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time--if they're allowed to. How Buildings Learn shows how to work with time rather than against it.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Stewart Brand
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 10/01/1995
ISBN: 9780140139969
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.79lbs
Size: 8.45h x 10.81w x 0.63d
From the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. 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 Road English classic like Chatsworth--this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory.
More than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time--if they're allowed to. How Buildings Learn shows how to work with time rather than against it.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Stewart Brand
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 10/01/1995
ISBN: 9780140139969
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.79lbs
Size: 8.45h x 10.81w x 0.63d