文档介绍：ingTitlesNovember/December2008NeoplasmaticDesignGuest–editedbyMarcosCruzandStevePikeInvestigatingthecurrentgroundswellofexperimentsandcreativeworkthatutilisesdesignasamethodtoexploreandmanipulateactualbiologicalmaterial,,microbiology,biotechnol-ogy,medicineandsurgeryhaveimmensesignificanceforarchitecture,beingasimportantfortheirculturalandaestheticimpactasfortheirtechnicalimplications.•FeaturedarchitectsincludePeterCook,TobiasKlein,Kol/Mac,MAKE,R&Sie,NeilSpillerandVenhoevenCS.•Longercontributionsfrommedicalpractitioners,architectsandartists:RachelArmstrong,MarcosCruz,AnthonyDunne,NicolaHaines,StevePike,YukihikoSugawara,andOronCattsandIonatZurr/SymbioticA.•FeaturesinternationalresearchprojectsundertakenattheBartlettSchoolofArchitecture,UCL,theRoyalCollegeofArtinLondon,-editedbyLuigiPrestinenzaPuglisiIfthe20thcenturycanbecharacterisedbytheoriesandmanifestoes,whichemanatedacrosseverysphereoflifefrompoliticstothefinearts,‘theoreticalmeltdown’hasmanifesteditselfinaperiodofuncertainty,whichcanbeperceivedinthewaydisciplinescoalescewitheachotherandblurtheirparameters:ingindistinctfromadvertisingimagery;mu-nicationtechniques;andsculpturedealingwithlivingspaces;whilearchitecturereshapesfragmentsofthenaturalenvironment.•ount.•Featureswritingsbyandinterviewswithsomeofthemostremarkableprotagonistsofthedebate:OleBouman,RicardoDiller&ElizabethScofidio,NeilLeach,BernardTschumiandRobertVenturiandDeniseScottBrown.•Actsasabarometertoarchitecturaldesign,:InformationModelsinContemporaryDesignPracticeGuest-editedbyRichardGar