Research & design
Subtitle: the architecture of variation
By: edited by Lars Spuybroek.
Contributors: Spuybroek, Lars.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780500342572
Subjects: Architectural design; Architecture -- Computer-aided design; Architectural rendering -- Data processing
Other titles: Research and design :; Architecture of variation
Notes: "In this book, theory, history and research are integrated with digital design techniques and computer-based fabrication technologies to give us a first peek into what the future of architecture may look like"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Essays on uniformity and variety. Material evolvability and variability / Manuel DeLanda ; The Moiré effect in architecture / Christopher Hight ; Variations in evolutionary biology / Mark Kirschner ; The radical picturesque / Lars Spuybroek ; Uniformity and variability in architectural practice / Ali Rahim ; Variability, variety and evolution in early 20th-century bioconstructivisms / Detlef Mertins; title: Figure-configuration taxonomies. Pattern indexing : William Morris wallpapers ; Pattern indexing : Art nouveau s-curves ; Catalog of variations : poodles ; Catalog of variations : roses; title: Textile catalog houses. Textile computing / Lars Spuybroek ; Textile catalog ; Bubble stitch house / Youngjin Yoon ; Stacked and packed house / Frederick Godbolt ; Form + mold house / Alex Deutschman ; Bespoke house / Jeremy Magner ; Balloon house / Erasmus Ikpemgbe ; Vertebrate house / Allison Isaacs ; Tangled surface house / André James ; Split house / Hanyun Huang ; Carpet house / Miharu Morimoto.