{"product_id":"building-systems-design-technology-and-society-paperback","title":"Building Systems: Design Technology and Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKiel Moe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRyan E. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe can no longer view building components as artifacts (a brick or a boiler) or as autonomous systems (air conditioning or prefabrication). Rather these components and systems are part of much larger systems of which architects are one agent. This book will help architects more broadly envision these networks including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cli\u003ecanonical texts as well as contemporary thinking from well known theorists and practitioners, each contribution frames a specific range of technology in relation to society such as building process, products, economies and ecologies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eclearly structured, the book is divided into three parts; each accompanied by a comprehensive introduction by the editors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ean annotated bibliography provides a glossary of further reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eillustrated throughout with over 100 illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book calls for integration, a convergence and confluence of social and technical factors, discovering the capability and culpability of such; for architects to finally realize that the term building systems is best grasped as a verb, not a set of nouns. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis reader presents students, faculty and practicing architects with an expanded view of technology in architecture that transcends naive determinisms and technocratic applications; forming a more pithy intellectual context for the complex and contingent roles of technology in twenty-first century architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKiel Moe\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Architectural Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRyan E. Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor and Director of the Integrated Technology in Architecture Center at the University of Utah, College of Architecture and Planning. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457402814717,"sku":"9780415617949","price":117.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Laj52JVPkm9780415617949.webp?v=1777237565","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/building-systems-design-technology-and-society-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}