Recent Recommended Books
Montage Revisited
Charlotte Bundgaard
Arkitektskolens Forlag 2013
An investigation, from a Danish architect, into new approaches to industrial-based architecture. The author proposes “montage” as a strategy to engage increasingly flexible and high-tech manufacturing processes. [NL]
Space & Psyche
Elizabeth Danze, Stephen Sonnenberg, Editors
The University of Texas at Austin 2013
The latest volume from the Center for American Architecture and Design is an anthology that explores the relationship between buildings and psychoanalysis. As the editors argue: “Buildings are inert objects, but our experience of them transcends the physical realm and extends into our deepest consciousness.” [NL]
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