- Bridges history, theory, design, construction, technology, and sensory experience by means of digital simulations that enhance the assessment and values of our material choices
- Uses the work of Aalto and selected contemporary architects, along with computer modeling software, to showcase the importance of comprehensive design
- Offers an expanded reading of Aalto's approach towards building technology and how these impacted choices in choosing material and form for culture and environment
- Includes 80 black and white illustrations
Robert Cody, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is Partner at Amoia Cody Architecture, Professor of Practice, and Former Associate Dean and Chair at the New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design. For over 30 years, he has worked on projects from wood-frame houses to precast concrete office buildings, interior renovations to freestanding towers, design competitions to physical construction, and ecological design, to The Museum of Modern Art. Cody has practiced and taught architectural design theory, building construction, and architecture studios with particular concentration in the comprehensive design studio. He has coordinated and taught travel studios in Italy and Scandinavia. He has also been the New York Tech NCARB AXP Coordinator and AIAS Faculty Advisor since 2012.
Angela Amoia is Partner at Amoia Cody Architecture and Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at the New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design. Amoia has practiced and taught history, theory, architecture studios, including the comprehensive design studio, and study abroad in Italy since graduating from Columbia University with a Master's degree in Advanced Architectural Design. Her role as project manager ranged in scale from skyscrapers to large-scale academic facilities and residential houses and loft buildings.
Title: Alvar Aalto and the Future of Architecture
Author: Amoia, Angela,Cody, Robert
ISBN: 9780367749736
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-09-09
Number of Pages: 240
Weight: 0.4628 kg
