Basics Architecture 03: Architectural Design

Jane Anderson is the field chair for BA Architecture and Interior Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has worked in Germany and the UK and her built works include a low-energy headquarters building for a software company and a variety of educational building types such as a music school, sports hall and nursery.

• IntroductionThe design studio: Emergence of the design studio; The Bauhaus: preliminary course; Architectural education; Architectural Association: student pavilions; Design studio projectsZaha Hadid: MAXXI Museum of XXI Century ArtsChapter summaryThe design process: Problem solving; NL Architects: Prisma housing; Developing a conceptKlein Dytham architecture: Billboard Building; Finding a process; SHoP Architects PC: 290 MulberryChapter summaryThe design project: Clients, users and brief; Site, context and place; Initial ideas; Development and detail; Construction and occupationConclusionFurther resourcesIndex and picture creditsAcknowledgementsWorking with ethics

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