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Architecture is a prospective discipline. In other words, the practice of architecture traditionally explores design methods in which a particular solution is speculated upon, in order to answer a particular set of questions. These solutions tend to be org ...

The greenhouse, in its modern conception, is a relatively recent artefact in the history of Western architecture. Its emergence and widespread adoption are inextricably linked to colonial context. Initially designed as enclosures for the conservation of ex ...

It is a generally accepted idea that typology is an essential element in the disciplinary dimension of architecture. The concept of typology, in its most common definition, is sufficiently malleable to cover a wide range of uses, but it is also this vaguen ...

Globalization's intertwining of culturally and linguistically diverse peoples is empowered and reflected by an unprecedented worldwide lingua franca. This current state of affairs seems unproblematic if, following a simple utilitarian view, language merely ...

• Conversion of infrastructure buildings using the example of petrol stations • Petrol stations as active urban building blocks – case studies show design possibilities in an urban context • Analysis of different building typologies and their potential fo ...

Concepts of type and typology are not specific to architecture. Rather they represent an interdisciplinary approach to ordering knowledge and gaining insight. In the field of architecture, the study of types and typology offers a didactic perspective that ...

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Is Green A Good Color For A House? Typological Transfer And The LOG ID Experiment

Neither House nor Garden. Greenhouses as Domestic Space and the Question of Climatic Typology

Climatic Affinities or Type As A Structure Of Relations, Based On Typological Transfer In The Work Of Lacaton & Vassal And Other Similar Precedents

Linguistic relativism in the age of global lingua franca: reconciling cultural and linguistic diversity with globalization

Studies on Types. Filling Stations

Climatic Affinities or Type As A Structure Of Relations Based On Typological Transfer In The Work Of Lacaton & Vassal And Other Similar Precedents

Studies on Types: Dormitories

Does it Make Sense to Speak about Type Today? On Typology, Climate and The Work of Lacaton & Vassal

To Work Typologicalle Is to Re-co-gnise: Some Thoughts on the Typological Study 'Tackle the Type: Dormitories'

From Precedents to References - The Case of "Tackle the Type"