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4 Architectural Design ing Titles
January/February 2009
Theoretical Meltdown
Guest-edited by Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
If the 20th century can be characterised by theories and manifestoes, which emanated across every
sphere of life from politics to the fine arts, the beginning of the 21st century can be distinguished by
its very break from theory. This effective ‘theoretical meltdown’ has manifested itself in a period of
uncertainty, which can be perceived in the way disciplines coalesce with each other and blur their
parameters: fine art ing indistinct from advertising imagery; architecture mu-
nication techniques; and sculpture dealing with living spaces; while architecture reshapes fragments
of the natural environment.
•The issue topically calls the contemporary situation in architecture to account.
•Features writings by and interviews with some of the most remarkable protagonists of the debate:
Ole Bouman, Ricardo Diller & Elizabeth Scofidio, Neil Leach, Bernard Tschumi and Robert Venturi
and Denise Scott Brown.
•Acts as a barometer to architectural design, inviting 10 international critics to highlight the most
relevant current work.
March/April 2009
Closing the Gap: Information Models in Contemporary Design Practice
Guest-edited by Richard Garber
By closing the gap between conceptual design and the documentation required for construction,
Building Information Models (BIMs) promise to revolutionise contemporary design practice. This issue
of AD brings together a group of pioneering academics, architects, engineers and construction man-
agers all of whom are engaged in the use of BIMs in the actualisation plex building projects,
from design stage to construction. Key texts trace the development of building information modelling
technologies and address issues of collaboration, design and management, while featured projects
systematise the use of BIMs in contemporary design practice