{"product_id":"how-buildings-learn-what-happens-after-theyre-built-paperback","title":"How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStewart Brand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuildings have often been studies whole in space, but never before have they been studied whole in time. \u003cb\u003eHow Buildings Learn\u003c\/b\u003e is a masterful new synthesis that proposes that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants, and that architects can mature from being artists of space to becoming artists of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the connected farmhouses of New England to I.M. Pei's Media Lab, from \"satisficing\" to \"form follows funding,\" from the evolution of bungalows to the invention of Santa Fe Style, from Low Road military surplus buildings to a High Road English classic like Chatsworth--this is a far-ranging survey of unexplored essential territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than any other human artifacts, buildings improve with time--if they're allowed to. \u003cb\u003eHow Buildings Learn\u003c\/b\u003e shows how to work with time rather than against it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough honored as a writer--with the National Book Award for the \u003cb\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/b\u003e, Eliot Montroll Award for \u003cb\u003eThe Media Lab\u003c\/b\u003e, Golden Gadfly Award for his years as editor of \u003cb\u003eCoEvolution Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eSteward Brand\u003c\/b\u003e is primarily an inventor\/designer. Trained as a biologist and army officer, he was an early multimedia artist. He has created a number of lasting institutions, including New Games Tournaments, the Hackers Conference, and The WELL, a bellwether computer conference system. He is co-founder of Global Business Network, a futurist research organization fostering the art of the long view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.45 x 10.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44812250611814,"sku":"9780140139969","price":53.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aC9SWUJrek52REsvQ2pNRVdWblI2UT09.webp?v=1771703710","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/how-buildings-learn-what-happens-after-theyre-built-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}