N. John Habraken

Through a progressive series of exercises - accompanied by observational studies, examples and applied theory - Conversations with Form: A Workbook for Students of Architecture improves designers' understanding, dexterity and resilience in making form. It specifically focuses on the skills needed to succeed in the everyday context in which the vast majority of architects will ultimately design and build, wherein...

Open Building for Architects is an internationally recognised approach to the design of buildings and building complexes, with roots in the way the ordinary built environment grows and regenerates. The Open Building approach recognises that both stability and change are realities to be managed in the contemporary built environment. Buildings—and the neighbourhoods they occupy—are not static during the most stable...

Open Building for Architects by Stephen H. Kendall and N. John Habraken presents an internationally recognised approach to the design of buildings and building complexes, rooted in the way the ordinary built environment grows and regenerates. The Open Building approach acknowledges that both stability and change are factors to be managed in the contemporary built environment. Buildings and the neighbourhoods...