Philip Steadman: 2 books
American Cities and Technology
Wilderness to Wired city
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Designed to be used on its own or as a companion volume to the American Cities and Technology textbook. Chronologically, this volume ranges from the earliest technological dimensions of Amerindian settlements to the 'wired city' concept of the 1960s and internet communications of the 1990s.Its focus...
The Evolution of Designs
Biological Analogy in Architecture and the Applied Arts
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
This book tells the history of the many analogies that have been made between the evolution of organisms and the human production of artefacts, especially buildings. It examines the effects of these analogies on architectural and design theory and considers how recent biological thinking has relevance...