Product Description: Der architektonische Entwurf und seine Methoden werden wiederentdeckt. Insbesondere die entwurfsbasierte Forschung (Design-based Research) steht im Zentrum des internationalen wissenschaftlichen Interesses. Aber wie konkret sieht eine Forschung aus, die das Entwerfen nicht mehr nur erforscht, sondern mittels Entwerfen stattfindet?Auf der Basis der Sprechakttheorie und aktueller Performativitatsdiskurse haben die Herausgeberinnen Angelika Schnell, Eva Sommeregger und Waltraud Indrist an der Akademie der bildenden Kunste Wien Lehre und Forschung verknupft, um herauszufinden, was Design-based Research tatsachlich sein und leisten kann...read more

Product Description: Based on a collaborative research effort and accompanying exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Big! Bad? Modern compiles contemporary assessments of four buildings from the controversial postwar modernist period between 1950 and 1980: the Vienna General Hospital, the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation studio, the Vienna University of Economics, and the Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa residential estate...read more

Product Description: What is happening on the young German architectural scene? Which issues are confronting the under 40s' generation? Which role does ecology or computer technology play? How significant is the theoretical diversification following the demise of post-modernism for architectural practice? By examining the work of 12 offices in detail, author, Angelika Schnell goes in search of the answers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)