Design through Making

Most architects who build do not make buildings; they make information that makes buildings. Making buildings requires acquiring knowledge not only of the world of information exchange, but also of the world of making things. It is an expertise that goes beyond the architectural drawing and an expertise that many designers cannot claim to fully possess or practice. Design through Making is not only directed at architects, but engineers, educators, fabricators, machine operators, and anyone with an interest in the manifestation of ideas. It seeks to challenge outmoded notions that building production is preceded by design, and making is merely the cooking of the raw, or the end game where no further design ideas are explored. Here, a hybrid mode is recognised where the investigation of ideas is fully engaged with the tactile, physical nature of architecture and building processes. It is an issue that celebrates the re--emergence of making, not merely as an immense resource for ideas, experimentation and customisation, but as a critical resource that will redefine architectural practices. This title includes the work of Block Architecture, Mark Burry, Thomas Heatherwick Studios and Walter Pichler; there is also a special feature on Japanese traditions in architecture. Contributors include: Iain Borden, Sarah Chaplin, David Dunster, Jonathan Hill and Mark Prizeman.

ISBN 0470090936   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780470090930 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 658 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chichester Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd   Series ISSN 21 Format Paperback   Series title Architectural Design Publication date 24 Jun 2005   Height (mm) 287 Library of Congress NA   Width (mm) 212 DEWEY 720.1   Spine width (mm) 10 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 144

		Editorial by Helen Castle		4
		Design through making : an introduction by Bob Sheil		5
		Building the drawing by Jonathan Hill		13
		Drawing instruments by Nat Chard		22
		Homo faber by Mark Burry		30
		In my craft and sullen art or sketching the future by drawing on the past by Michael Stacey		38
		Orgone reef by Philip Beesley		46
		Hooke Park as a new AA initiative in education by Mark Prizeman		54
		Getting specific by Phil Ayres		58
		Adaptive architectural design by Nick Callicott		66
		Making a bang by Bob Sheil and Ron Packman		70
		Makeshift : some reflections on Japanese design sensibility by Sarah Chaplin		78
		Walter Pichler by David Dunster		86
		Learning in Newbern : rural studio in year ten by John Forney		92
		The architecture ensemble by Steve Johnson		96
		Fabrication research by John Thornton		100
		Concept planning process realisation : the methodologies of architecture and film by Nic Clear		104
		Interior eye : just build by Craig Kellogg		114
		Practice profile : block architecture by Iain Borden		118
		Building profile : Raines Court by Jeremy Melvin		126
		Home run : the Brunswick Centre by Bruce Stewart		131
		McLean's nuggets by Will McLean		135
		Malediction d'Agamemnon : Jardin de la Guerre, La Guerre du Jardin by Charles Jencks		139
		Site lines : the national road by David Heathcote and Sue Barr		142

"! worth finding ... the book to read the article by Charles Jenks. His meaning is clear and his language direct." (Building Engineer, October 2006)

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