{"product_id":"the-diagrams-of-architecture-ad-reader","title":"The Diagrams of Architecture: AD Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the 1980s  the diagram has become a preferred method for researching  communicating  theorising and making architectural designs  ideas and projects. Thus the rise of the diagram  as opposed to the model or the drawing  is the one of the most significant new developments in the process of design in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Diagrams of Architecture is the first anthology to represent - through texts and diagrams - the histories  theories and futures of architecture through the diagram. Spanning the Pre-historic to the Parametric  Diagrams of Architecture illustrates over 250 diagrams and brings together 26 previously published and newly commissioned essays from leading international academics  architects  theorists and professional experts. These combine to define the past and future of the diagrams discourse. Prefaced with a critical introduction by Mark Garcia  each text investigates a central concept or dimension of the diagram ranging from socio-cultural studies  science  philosophy  technology  CAD\/CAM  computing and cyberspace and virtual\/digital design to methodology  environment\/sustainability and phenomenological  poetic and art architecture; as well as interior  urban  engineering  interactive and landscape design. The first critical  multidisciplinary book on the history  theory and futures of the architectural diagram. Includes seminal articles on the diagram from the history and theory of architecture such as those by Peter Eisenman  Sanford Kwinter  MVRDV  Neil Spiller  Lars Spuybroek  UN Studio and Anthony Vidler. Features 16 newly commissioned articles by leading architects and theorists  including Will Alsop  Charles Jencks  Hanif Kara  Patrik Schumacher  Bernard Tschumi  Leon van Schaik and Alejandro Zaera-Polo. Includes a full-colour critical collection of over 250 of the most significant and original diagrams  many of which are previously unpublished  in the history of architecture from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946515394613,"sku":"ByrdShop_0470519452","price":82.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780470519455.jpg?v=1769954003","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-diagrams-of-architecture-ad-reader","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}