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Performative skyscrapers : tall building design now / Scott Johnson

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Glendale, California : Balcony Press, ©2014Description: 164p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781890449667
Other title:
  • Tall building design now
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.483 23
LOC classification:
  • NA6230 .J64 2014
Summary: In recent years, contemporary architectural theory and practice have shifted from a focus on how a building appears to how it performs. Nowhere are these performative properties more evident than in the field of skyscraper design, where the emergence of ultra-performing materials, interactive processing systems, and digital design and fabrication techniques are making remarkable new structures possible. In Performative Skyscraper, acclaimed skyscraper architect Scott Johnson describes how the combination of sophisticated modeling software and demands for ever-increasing environmental sustainability have led to an overwhelming emphasis on high performance. From advanced window-walls to vertical mixed-use towers, Johnson captures the breadth and immediacy of skyscraper design now.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 720.483 JO PE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0016251
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720.47 HO GR Greening the urban habitat : 720.47 JA GR Green and smart buildings : 720​.472 HU NE Net zero energy building : 720.483 JO PE Performative skyscrapers : 720.483 TA TA Tall building design : 720.68 OS HA Handbook of practice management 720.7451132 GO DA Dandelion :

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-161)

In recent years, contemporary architectural theory and practice have shifted from a focus on how a building appears to how it performs. Nowhere are these performative properties more evident than in the field of skyscraper design, where the emergence of ultra-performing materials, interactive processing systems, and digital design and fabrication techniques are making remarkable new structures possible. In Performative Skyscraper, acclaimed skyscraper architect Scott Johnson describes how the combination of sophisticated modeling software and demands for ever-increasing environmental sustainability have led to an overwhelming emphasis on high performance. From advanced window-walls to vertical mixed-use towers, Johnson captures the breadth and immediacy of skyscraper design now.

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