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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built (Paperback)

by Stewart Brand (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New edition edition (9 Jun 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0753800500
ISBN-13: 978-0753800508

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 102,803 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Stewart Brand puts forward the radical proposal adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of time.

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The British edition of my HOW BUILDINGS LEARN is much the best, because it is so well printed, and the 250 photographs read very well. Critical remarks about buildings by Richard Rogers, however, were censored out of this edition, thanks to legal threats by Mr. Rogers. They are intact in the American editions. The BBC did a fine 6-part TV series based on the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A call for "adaptable architecture", 20 Feb 2004

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We assume a building is permanent when it's built and will pretty much remain the same. But the reality is that buildings are dynamic, they constantly change, as the owners or occupiers make small or large scale alterations. Brand's book highlights the fact that no building is permanent in its present condition, all buildings must change to adapt, buildings that cease to change, cease to function and are abandoned.

This is a theory backed up by real examples, drawn mainly from the USA, but also from Europe. Using photos from archives Brand records the changes individual buildings go through and the diverse results these demands create. We get to see how the appearance and function of individual buildings change in many real life examples.

The book shows the reader how time adds to a building. He recognises the different pressures for change for different types of buildings: Commercial, residential and institutional buildings, go through.

The author is not an architect, which explains why it is so refreshing, enjoyable and easily read. It has a clear message to all those involved in architecture and building design, that we must be able to build structures that are adaptable. We are given examples of "high road" or signature architecture that can not be changed, and since it can't adapt it is causing real difficulties for its users.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A truly fascinating read..., 22 April 2000

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I first read this book when I borrowed the American edition from the local library; I was so impressed that I bought the British edition shortly afterwards.

It really makes you think about the nature of buildings and how they can change/adapt over time. Some great photographs too, especially the sets of photographs of the same building over a period of years, illustrating just how fundamentally the appearance/use of a building can change over the course of its lifetime.

Top marks, Mr. Brand! Hope you've got something just as good in the pipeline.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excelent study of how time and people shape Buildings, 4 Jan 2001

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I read the book about 4 years ago as a sixth Year student of Architect in the UK. Its is excelent and some of the simple diagrams in it influenced my sixth year disertation. As an Architect it is sometimes difficult to read Brands valid criticism of over specific design, but having done so i would recommend it to anyone, particularly Architects.

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If you love books which are heavy in images and text than this is it - Fastinating look into how buildings are adapted over time.

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