《Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture》是Actar出版的圖書，作者是Manuel Gausa，Vicente Guallart，Willy Muller，Federico Soriano，Fernando Porras，Jose Morales，Willy Müller
基本介紹
- ISBN：9788495951229
- 作者：Manuel Gausa、Vicente Guallart、Willy Muller、Federico Soriano、Fernando Porras、Jose Morales、Willy Müller
- 出版社：Actar
- 出版時間：2003年9月
- 定價：USD 64.95
- 裝幀：Hardcover
內容簡介
A dictionary for a world whose cities are linked by fiber optic cables and whose citizens are virtually global, a world where airports are meeting places and meetings take place via web conference, the Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture identifies a new architectural will and a new social and cultural panorama. From "abduction" to "zoom," radical definitions abound. ...(展開全部) A dictionary for a world whose cities are linked by fiber optic cables and whose citizens are virtually global, a world where airports are meeting places and meetings take place via web conference, the Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture identifies a new architectural will and a new social and cultural panorama. From "abduction" to "zoom," radical definitions abound. Collected together they form a global, cross-disciplinary, multi-voiced vision of new architectural action. They define an architecture that is inscribed in information society, that is influenced by new technologies and new economies, and that concerns itself with the environment and sustainability. Entries have been written by the six main authors--Gausa, Guallart, Müller, Morales, Porras and Soriano--plus dozens of international contributors, including Iñaki Abalos & Juan Herreros, Stan Allen, Cecil Balmond, Ben van Berkel, Aaron Betsky, Eduard Bru, Greg Lynn, Josep Lluís Mateo, Frédéric Migayrou, Marcos Novak, José Pérez Arroyo, Andreas Ruby, Antonino Saggio, Saskia Sassen, Kelly Shannon, Lars Spuybroek, Roemer van Toorn and Mark Wigley. For the sake of accessibility, the dictionary has been organized according to three distinct systems. The main dictionary is laid out in alphabetical order, with each entry explained via one or various contributors' interpretations, plus a list of related words. Within this larger dictionary are two smaller ones: the ideological dictionary (see "ideological dictionary"), located roughly at the center of the book, offers
