Design for Construction

This book explores projects and practices that span the gap by thinking through materials and processes with what Hö weler calls a tectonic imagination. Hö weler provides a careful analysis of over 200 buildings projects by practices. This book will be crucial reading for both architects and students of architecture.

Introduction: Agency and Imagination. 1. Stocktaking. 2. Means and Methods. 3. Material Processes. 4. Part to Whole. 5. Monoliths. 6. From Window to Envelope. 7. Force, Form, and Gesture. 8. Climate and Conditioning. 9. Afterlives. 10. Construction Futures