The Changing Shape of Practice

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Integrating Research and Design in Architecture

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The Changing Shape of Practice explores how architectural firms worldwide adapt to increasingly complex design challenges by integrating research into their work. It serves as a practical guide for practices of various sizes—from small studios to large international firms—highlighting how their scale influences the structure and scope of research methods employed. Featuring case studies from prominent practices including Woods Bagot, Perkins + Will and UN Studio across the UK, USA, Europe, and Asia, the book provides insight into evolving professional approaches in architecture.
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This book is ideal for professional architects interested in embedding research within their practice, as well as architecture students preparing for future trends in the profession. It benefits practices aiming to understand the operational and resource implications of incorporating research at different scales.

The Changing Shape of Practice provides a handbook of examples for practices that wish to integrate more research into their work and a reference book for students that seek to prepare themselves for the changing shape of practice in architecture.

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Architectural practices worldwide have to deal with increasingly complex design requirements. How do practices acquire the ability to do so?

It addresses the increasing integration of research undertaken in architectural practices of different sizes, ranging from small to very large practices from the UK, USA, Europe, and Asia. The book is organized according to the size of the practices, which is significant in that it addresses the different structures and resourcing requirements that are enabled by specific practice sizes. This determines and constrains the type, scope, and modes of research available to a given practice. The practices covered include:

Woods Bagot
Perkins + Will
White
AECOM
UN Studio
Shop Architects
PLP Architecture
Kieran Timberlake
3XN
ONL
AZPML
Thomas Herzog + Partners
Herreros Arquitectos
Spacescape
OCEAN Design Research Association

By taking stock of the current shape of practice, the book provides essential information for professional architects who are integrating research into their practice.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415703444

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 June 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 5 Line drawings, color; 230 Halftones, color; 235 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Fredrik Nilsson
Edited by Michael U. Hensel

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 952g

Pages: 218

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dr Michael U. Hensel is an architect, researcher, educator and writer. He is a professor and director of the Research Center for Architecture and Tectonics at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. He is founding and current chairman of the OCEAN Design Research Association and of SEA (Sustainable Environments Association), and author and editor of numerous books including Performance-oriented Architecture and Grounds and Envelopes, with Jeffrey P. Turko.

Dr. Fredrik Nilsson is an architect, professor of architectural theory, and head of the Department of Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology. He is Chief Research Strategist at White Arkitekter, where he was head of R&D 2007–2014, and he is currently director of the research environment ‘Architecture in the Making: Architecture as a Making Discipline and Material Practice’, funded by the Swedish research council Formas. Nilsson frequently publishes articles, architectural criticism and reviews of books.