{"product_id":"the-shape-of-things-that-work-the-fourth-architecture","title":"The Shape of Things that Work: The Fourth Architecture","description":"When architects create form, do they do so only for form’s sake, or to create form that is both beautiful and solves a fundamental challenge posed by its use – more comfort, better economy or operation, or perhaps a response to natural forces that requires no artificial or supplementary use of energy? If we only talk about how things look we are missing the point of practice – that we improve the quality of life for those who occupy the buildings we create and which make a permanent mark upon the landscape. That shapes should have useful purpose – as Louis Sullivan put it that “form follows function” is an argument as old as Western philosophy and the discourses of Socrates.Analyzing the fundamental forms of building – the wall, the roof, the window and the door – architect Curtis B Wayne examines shapes that work, and shapes that fail to work on terms other than being merely compositional. The challenge of integrating shapes that work presages a new architecture that is free from formal style, which Wayne terms \"The Fourth Architecture.\" Examples of Fourth Architecture are analyzed and a direction for a more powerful and useful practice in the 21st century is imagined.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1490904557\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1490904557.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wayne, Curtis B\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43357990355005,"sku":"BVV.1490904557.G","price":12.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1490904557-0.jpg?v=1784243904","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-shape-of-things-that-work-the-fourth-architecture","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}