Architecture Follows Fish - An Amphibious History of the North Atlantic

A highly original exploration of the history of architecture in relation to fish, shedding light on the connection between marine environments and terrestrial landscapes. Up until now there has been no history of architecture from the perspective of fish, although there are counterparts for meat, timber, oil, and many other industries. Tavares provides a counter-narrative to the traditional history of marine environments, which is typically focused on water ecosystems, and instead forms a bridge between what happens at sea and what happens on land. The hope is that, after reading this book, readers will better understand life in the sea in relation to urban growth and terrestrial landscapes.

List of contents

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Prologue
1 The Cove and the Surf
2 The Whale and the Shore
3 The Harbour and the Factory
4 The Salt and the Freezer
5 The Lugger and the City
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

About the author

André Tavares is an architect, Founding Director of Dafne Editora, and a researcher in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Porto where he leads the project Fishing Architecture. He was chief cocurator of the 2016 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, The Form of Form, and is the author of the books The Anatomy of the Architectural Book and Vitruvius Without Text.

Product details

• Authors: Andre Tavares, Tavares Andre
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9780262049108
• ISBN: 978-0-262-04910-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 248 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, NATURE / Animals / Fish, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, History of Architecture