Routledge Research in Architecture
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Architecture series provides the reader with the latest scholarship in the field of architecture. The series publishes research from across the globe and covers areas as diverse as architectural history and theory, technology, digital architecture, structures, materials, details, design, monographs of architects, interior design and much more. By making these studies available to the worldwide academic community, the series aims to promote quality architectural research.
The Ambiguous Legacy of Socialist Modernist Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
By Mariusz Sokołowicz, Aleksandra Nowakowska, Błażej Ciarkowski
November 28, 2024
This book examines the unique socialist-modernist architecture built in the twentieth century in Central and Eastern Europe as a source of heritage and of existing and potential value for the present and future generations. Due to the historical context in which it was created, such architecture ...
The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy
1st Edition
By Guy Trangoš
November 28, 2024
The Spatialities of Radio Astronomy examines the multidisciplinary overlap between the spatial disciplines and the studies of science and technology through a comparative study of four of the world’s most important radio telescopes. Employing detailed analysis, historical research, interviews, ...
The Visibility of Modernization in Architecture: A Debate
1st Edition
Edited
By Gevork Hartoonian
November 28, 2024
This edited collection explores the visibility of modernization in architecture produced in different capitalist regions across the world and provides readers with a historico-theoretical and historico-geographical discussion. Focusing on a particular building type, an influential architect’s work,...
Transgressive Design Strategies for Utopian Cities: Theories, Methodologies and Cases in Architecture and Urbanism
1st Edition
By Bertug Ozarisoy, Hasim Altan
November 28, 2024
This book critically examines the philosophy of the term ‘transgression’ and how it shapes the utopian vision of contemporary urban design scenarios. The aim of this book is to provide scholarly yet accessible graphic novel illustrations to inform narratives of urban manifestos. Through four ...
Wren’s Burford Masons: Unsung Heroes of 17th and Early 18th Century English Architecture
1st Edition
By Melody Mobus
November 28, 2024
This book shows, for the first time, the indispensable role of the Burford Masons, a group of master masons from the historic quarries around Burford, Oxfordshire, in creating some of the foremost buildings of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The Burford Masons were involved in the construction ...
Architectural Possibilities in the Work of Eisenman
1st Edition
By Michael Jasper
May 27, 2024
This book examines the central decades of Peter Eisenman’s work through a formal and thematic analysis of key architectural projects and writings, revealing underlying characteristics and arguing for their productive continuity and transformative role. The book explores Eisenman’s approach to ...
Marcel Breuer: Shaping Architecture in the Post-War Era
1st Edition
By John Poros
May 27, 2024
This book tracks the development of Marcel Breuer’s aesthetic clash between uniformity and singularity through the detailed examination of his seminal buildings. Each chapter examines a specific building and puts into context Breuer’s other work and the contemporary movements/architects of the ...
The City on Display: Architecture Festivals and the Urban Commons
1st Edition
By Joel Robinson
May 27, 2024
The City on Display: Architecture Festivals and the Urban Commons reflects on the biennials, triennials, and other festivals of architecture and design that have been held over the last two decades, as they expand and transform in response to the exigencies of ‘planetary urbanisation’. Joel ...
The Philadelphia School and the Future of Architecture
1st Edition
By John Lobell
May 27, 2024
Flourishing from 1951 to 1965, the Philadelphia School was an architectural golden age that saw a unique convergence of city, practice, and education, all in renewal. And it was a bringing together of architecture, city and regional planning, and landscape architecture education under the ...
The Poetics of Arabian Sūqs: A Hermeneutic Reading of the Development of Arabian Sūqs from the Pre-Islamic Era to Present
1st Edition
By Jasmine Shahin
May 27, 2024
This book investigates the history of Arabian sūqs from their pre-Islamic beginnings to the present. Collecting evidence from archaeological ruins, Islamic towns, modern cities, Arabic poetry, philosophical debates, political conflicts, puppet shows and the insights of modern-day market-goers, the ...
Architecture and the Housing Question
1st Edition
Edited
By Can Bilsel, Juliana Maxim
January 29, 2024
Architecture and the Housing Question examines how the design and provision of housing around the world have become central both to competing political projects and to the architecture profession. How have architects acting as housing experts helped alleviate or enforce class, race, and ...
Design Strategies for Reimagining the City: The Disruptive Image
1st Edition
By Linda Matthews
January 29, 2024
Design Strategies for Reimagining the City is situated between projective geometry, optical science and architectural design. It draws together seemingly unrelated fields in a series of new digital design tools and techniques underpinned by tested prototypes. The book reveals how the ...