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HOW BUILDINGS LEARN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY'RE BUILT

Written by Stewart Brand
Published by Phoenix Illustrated; Orion Books Ltd. in 1997
ISBN: 0753800500

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Front cover

Cover of HOW BUILDINGS LEARN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY'RE BUILT by Stewart Brand

Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Cover Story
  • 1. Flow
  • 2. Shearing Layers
  • 3. "Nobody Cares What You Do In There?: The Low Road
  • 4. Houseproud: The High Road
  • 5. Magazine Architecture: No Road
  • 6. Unreal Estate
  • 7. Preservation: A Quiet, Populist, Conservative, Victorious Revolution
  • 8. The Romance of Maintenance
  • 9. Vernacular: How Buildings Learn From Each Oter
  • 10. Function Melts Form: Satisficing Home and Office
  • 11. The Scenario-Buffered Building
  • 12. Built for Change
  • Appendix: The Study of Buildings in Time
  • Recommended Bibliography: Books for Time-kindly Buildings
  • Index