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.
Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn
1st Edition
By Elisabetta Barizza, Marco Falsetti
May 14, 2020
Louis I. Kahn was one of the most influential architects, thinkers and teachers of his time. This book examines the important relationship between his work and the city of Rome, whose ancient ruins inspired in him a new design methodology. Structured into two main parts, the first includes personal...
Architectural Colossi and the Human Body: Buildings and Metaphors
1st Edition
By Charalampos Politakis
May 07, 2020
The human body has been used as both a model and metaphor in architecture since antiquity. This book explores how it has been an inspiration for the exterior form of architectural colossi through the years. It considers the body as a source of architectural and artistic representation and in doing ...
Migrant Housing: Architecture, Dwelling, Migration
1st Edition
By Mirjana Lozanovska
May 07, 2020
Migrant Housing, the latest book by author Mirjana Lozanovska, examines the house as the architectural construct in the processes of migration. Housing is pivotal to any migration story, with studies showing that migrant participation in the adaptation or building of houses provides ...
A History of Design Institutes in China: From Mao to Market
1st Edition
By Charlie Q. L. Xue, Guanghui Ding
March 23, 2020
A History of Design Institutes in China examines the intricate relationship between design institutes, the state, and, in later periods, the market economy through a carefully situated discussion of significant theoretical and historical issues including socialist utopia, collective and individual ...
Architecture and the Body, Science and Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Kim Sexton
March 23, 2020
The relationship of architecture to the human body is a centuries-long and complex one, but not always symmetrical. This book opens a space for historians of the visual arts, archaeologists, architects, and digital humanities professionals to reflect upon embodiment, spatiality, science, and ...
Architectures of Transversality: Paul Klee, Louis Kahn and the Persian Imagination
1st Edition
By Shima Mohajeri
March 23, 2020
Architectures of Transversality investigates the relationship between modernity, space, power, and culture in Iran. Focusing on Paul Klee’s Persian-inspired miniature series and Louis Kahn’s unbuilt blueprint for a democratic public space in Tehran, it traces the architectonics of the present as a ...
From Doxiadis' Theory to Pikionis' Work: Reflections of Antiquity in Modern Architecture
1st Edition
By Kostas Tsiambaos
March 23, 2020
In this book, Tsiambaos redefines the ground-breaking theory of Greek architect and town planner Constantinos A. Doxiadis (The Form of Space in Ancient Greece) and moves his thesis away from antiquity and ancient architecture, instead arguing that it can only be understood as a theory founded in ...
Small-Scale Public Transportable and Pre-Fabricated Buildings: Evaluating their Functional Performance
1st Edition
By Junjie Xi
March 23, 2020
This book investigates the design, operation and use of contemporary transportable buildings, and explores how functional performance can be assessed in small-scale examples for public use alongside their relationship to other design elements. The research focuses on three case studies, Chengdu ...
The Architecture of Medieval Churches: Theology of Love in Practice
1st Edition
By John A.H. Lewis
March 23, 2020
The Architecture of Medieval Churches investigates the impact of affective theology on architecture and artefacts, focusing on the Middle Ages as a period of high achievement of this synthesis. It explores aspects of medieval church and cathedral architecture in relation to the contemporary ...
Shedding New Light on Art Museum Additions: Front Stage and Back Stage Experiences
1st Edition
By Altaf Engineer, Kathryn H. Anthony
January 17, 2019
Vast sums of money spent to design, construct, and maintain museum additions demand great accountability of museum leaders and design professionals towards visitors and employees. Museum visitors today come not only to view works of art, but also to experience museum architecture itself, resulting ...
The Break with the Past: Avant-Garde Architecture in Germany, 1910 – 1925
1st Edition
By Deborah Ascher Barnstone
January 17, 2019
Between 1918 and 1933 the German interwar avant-garde was a primary force driving European cultural innovation and modernism. These innovations continue to influence artistic practice, theory, and arts education today, thus making a comprehensive study of the relationship between individual war ...
Thermal Comfort in Hot Dry Climates: Traditional Dwellings in Iran
1st Edition
By Ahmadreza Foruzanmehr
January 17, 2019
With increases in global temperatures, the risk of overheating is expected to rise around the world. This results in a much higher dependency upon energy-intensive cooling systems and air-conditioners to provide thermal comfort, but how sustainable is this in a world where problems with the ...