1. Edition - December 2009
38.90 Euro
2009. 208 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-87071-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-87071-6 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
The book makes visible and comprehensible aspects of the briefing and design process by examining different, overlapping activities that take place: relating, talking, exploring/discovering, and transforming. Material for the book is drawn from interviews with practicing architects, outstanding examples of design and collaboration from different countries, and concepts and research in psychotherapy, architecture and design studies. The authors also refer to their own experiences in briefing and design, teaching, and research. Throughout the book, concepts and examples from practice are linked to design outcomes in built projects. As design projects are becoming increasingly complex and necessarily collaborative, Design through Dialogue joins other recent initiatives in architecture and building construction to further partnering relationships between architects and clients.

From the contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.

A Dialogue between Client and Architect.

A Relational Approach.

Our Dialogue.

Thank You.

Chapter 2 In Dialogue.

Client Architect.

Briefing and Designing.

The Brief and the Design.

Use and Form.

Inner Worlds and Outer Worlds.

Chapter 3 Relating

Beginning the Relationship.

Creating a 'Good Enough' Relationship.

Maintaining a Facilitating Environment.

Chapter 4 Talking.

Creating Meaning Together.

Talking in Groups.

Attending to Silence.

The Words Matter.

Chapter 5 Exploring.

Exploring as an Attitude.

Exploring as Actions.

Deciding What to Explore.

Chapter 6 Transforming.

Transforming at the Human Scale.

Looking Beneath the Surface.

Treating Type as a Question.

Scrutinizing Form and Use.

Transforming through Dialogue.

Architects and Clients.

Bibliography.

Index.

Image Credits.