{"title":"Richard Rogers","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Rogers offers insightful explorations into contemporary architecture and urban design, blending practical expertise with thoughtful reflection. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eRichard Rogers on Modern Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e, reveal a deep engagement with the spatial and social dimensions of the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the intersections of design, technology, and social equity will find valuable perspectives in titles like \u003cem\u003eA Place for All People\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDigital Methods\u003c\/em\u003e. These books invite contemplation on how architecture shapes culture and public life within the broad fields of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"richard-rogers-on-modern-architecture-by-richard-rogers-9780500029503","title":"Richard Rogers on Modern Architecture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Thames \u0026amp; Hudson's new, affordable, covetable \"Pocket Perspectives\": beautifully illustrated essays by canonical writers’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA manifesto for the future of architectural practice and the necessity of good design to modern life, by renowned British architect Richard Rogers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in what architect Richard Rogers regarded as a moment of crisis in modern architecture, this essay considers how the way we build — and live — might change for the better. Poor design, monotony, and inhuman scale are, Rogers argues, not the results of a lack of talent nor the failures of the Modern Movement, but of a surrender to exploitative economic systems and inconsiderate business interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest known for his work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and the Lloyd's building and Millennium Dome in London, Rogers was perhaps the most original and inventive architect of his time. He was a frequent commentator on the contemporary scene, and as a practitioner, he was in the best position possible to appreciate how economic forces can create — or frustrate — good design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA succinct summary of his design philosophies, \u003cem\u003eRichard Rogers on Modern Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e continues to be a powerful manifesto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082455269612,"sku":"9780500029503","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/aa3ec929ec824ee86190c7690a11a1bd.jpg?v=1765312115"},{"product_id":"digital-methods-by-tommaso-venturini-9781509562596","title":"Digital Methods","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTommaso Venturini and Richard Rogers offer a critical and conceptual introduction to digital methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a direct and accessible way, the authors provide hands-on advice to equip readers with the knowledge they need to understand which digital methods are best suited to their research goals and how to use them. Cutting through theoretical and technical complications, they focus on the different practices associated with digital methods to skillfully provide a quick-start guide to the art of querying, prompting, API calling, scraping, mining, wrangling, visualising, crawling, plotting networks, and scripting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile embracing the capacity of digital methods to rekindle sociological imagination, this book also delves into their limits and biases and reveals the hard labour of digital fieldwork. 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From the Pompidou Centre in Paris to the Lloyds Building in the City of London, and from his inspirational Maggie's Centre for cancer sufferers to his Y:Cube housing for homeless young people, he has – by thinking his way from the outside in – turned what architecture can do inside out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Place for All People\u003c\/i\u003e is both the engaging and inspirational story of Richard Rogers' life as an architect and simultaneously a book about creating a better society by creating better places to live. 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