Leon van Schaik

Mastering Architecture

Becoming a Creative Innovator in Practice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It is easy for even the most accomplished architect or designer to lose sight of their higher creative goals once they are in practice and burdened by the everyday concerns of running an office.
This book, part of a new wave of Architecture in Practice titles from John Wiley, is set to become a touchstone for architects who want to bet back into a creative form of practice. Written by one of the leading pioneers in further education for architecture professionals, it will give you the academic and professional edge, drawing on research of over 50 architects, revealing the essentials that every practitioner should know about their creative practice.
* This book is crammed with information that every practitioner should know about their creative practice
* It provides a blueprint for professionals to improve their own lot in the field, allowing them to get back to their original creative goals, and freeing them from the daily administration matters of a busy office
* It shows how to identify opportunities for exercising mastery, highlighting issues and methods that can inhibit and encourage creative development
* Case studies give real-life examples of methods of working that are successful or destructive

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9780470092422
• ISBN-10: 0470092424
• Artikelnr.: 12962846

Autorenporträt

L. van Schaik, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Mastering Architecture - Becoming a Creative Practitioner.

Zone 1: The Individual in Mastery - The Natural History of the Creative Practitioner,

Antwerp: Martine de Maeseneer,

Austin: Kevin Alter,

Brisbane: Donovan Hill,

Christchurch: Thom Craig.

Hobart: Leigh Woolley.

Kuala Lumpur: Architron.

London: Jenny Lowe.

Melbourne: Ian McDougall/Allan Powell/John Wardle.

New York: Michael Sorkin.

Perth: Geoff Warn.

Singapore: Look Boon Gee, Richard Hassell, Mok Wei Wei.

Sydney: Ian Moore/Stephen Varady/Durbach Block.

Scotland, Tokyo and London: Kathryn Findlay.

Ljubljana and Melbourne: Tom Kovac.

Zone 2: The Groups in Mastering.

Self-Curating Collectives: Terroir, Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects.

Fostering Informal Associations: William Lim, Ken Yeang.

Partnerships for Life and Practice: Julian Feary and Kate Heron: Enchaining Art, Vorberg and Kirchhofer - VK Architecture.

Migrating Contexts: Colin Fournier, Louis Kruger.

Establishing Poles: Sean Godsell, Allan Powell.

Firms that sustain innovation from within: ARM, Lyons.

Zone 3: Thwarted Mastery.

Overshadowing.

Technical Over-Refinement.

Forgetting Cultural Capital.

Confusing the Knowledge Base.

Failing to Elevate Innovations into a Metropolitan Discourse - Raphael Moneo.

Zone 4: Encouraging Mastery and Innovation.

Encouraging Mastery and Innovation.

Collective Environments that Encourage.

Regional and Provincial Environments that Encourage.

Metropolitan Environments that Encourage.

Zone 5: Self-Curationas a Portal from Mastery to Creative Innovation.

Wood Marsh and Resistance.

Leon van Schaik and the Ideogram Approach.

The Melbourne Concourse of Architecture.

Reflection.Useful Tips.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Photo Credits

Index.