Design for Construction - Tectonic Imagination in Contemporary Architecture

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

List of contents

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

About the author

Eric Höweler is Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and co-founding Principal of Höweler + Yoon.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Howeler, Eric Höweler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032562339
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256233-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Regional & area planning, Building construction & materials, Building construction and materials, Regional and area planning, Architecture: professional practice, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design