PerformanceOriented Architecture by Michael Hensel PAPERBACK 9780470973318

PerformanceOriented Architecture\nby Michael Hensel\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Michael Hensel\nTitle: PerformanceOriented Architecture\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Architectural structure and design\nPublisher: Wiley\nISBN-13: 9780470973318\nISBN-10: 0470973315\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nArchitecture is on the brink. It is a discipline in crisis. Over the last two decades, architectural debate has diversified to the point of fragmentation and exhaustion. What is called for is an overarching argument or set of criteria on which to approach the design and construction of the built environment. Here, the internationally renowned architect and educator Michael Hensel advocates an entirely different way of thinking about architecture. By favouring a new focus .