文档介绍：ingTitlesSeptember/October2009ProfileNo201ArchitecturesoftheNearFutureGuest-learInthishighlypertinentissue,guest-?risisbemakinguscallintoquestionafutureofunlimitedgrowth?Canthismomentofcrisis–economic,environmentalandtechnological–enableustomakemoreinformedchoicesaboutthetypeoffuturethatwewantandcanactuallyachieve?ArchitecturesoftheNearFutureoffersaseriesofalternativevoices,developingsomeoftheneglectedareasofcontem-,itrocksthecosyworldofarchitecturewithpolemicalblasts.•Drawsontopicsasdiverseassyntheticspace,psychoanalysis,Postmoderngeography,post-econom-ics,icsanddevelopmentsinneurology.•IncludesanexplorationoftheworkofJGBallard.•-editedbyMarkGarciaPattern-,vernacularandparametric,thistitleexploresthecreation,materialisationandtheorisationofsomeoftheworld'smostsignificantandspec-,buildings,citiesandlandscapesarepatternedthroughdesign,productionandmanufacturing,use,time,/-passagreaterrangeofstructural,programmatic,,PatternsofArchitectureassesseshowandwhythedeploymentofpatternsisshapingthefutureofarchitecture.•Analysedthroughamultidisciplinaryandinternationalseriesofessaysanddesignsfromarchitects,engineers,academics,researchersandexpertprofessionalsinthefield.•Keycontributorsinclude:BrianMcGrath,HanifKara,MichaelHenselandAchimMenges,PatrikSchumacherandAlejandroZaera-–AttheThre