TY - BOOK AU - Balakrishnan, Gita AU - Mitra, Ankon TI - Archumen: questioning architecture SN - 9788192956794 AV - NA1502 .B35 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Kolkata PB - ETHOS KW - Architecture KW - Designs and plans KW - Details KW - India N1 - Includes bibliography; CONTENTS
Acknowledgement vii
Foreword by Prof. Christopher Benninger x
The Quizmaster Reflects xii
Introduction xiii
Architecture Transforms History /People who Transformed Architecture 1
Technology Triggers/ Material Magic 17
Learning from Mother Nature / Green is not just a colour 37
Context is Dead: Long Live Chic? 55
Cities Then, Now and in the Future 77
Masters 115
Ethics and Aesthetics 151
End Note: The Tip of the Architectural Iceberg 167
Bibliography 168
Ethos-a Profile 174
; Architecture ER -