Take One Building : Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library

<p>This book evaluates how we experience and understand buildings in different ways depending upon our academic and professional background. With reference to Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library the book illustrates a range of different methods available through its application to the building. By seeing such a variety of different research methods applied to one setting it provides the opportunity for researchers to understand how tools can highlight various aspects of a building and how those different methods can augment or complement each other.</p><p>Unique to this book are contributions from internationally renowned academics from fields including architecture ethnography architectural criticism phenomenology sociology environmental psychology and cognitive science all of which are united by a single real-world application the Seattle Central Library.</p><p>This book will be of interest to architects and students of architecture as well as disciplines such as ethnography sociology environmental psychology and cognitive science that have an interest in applying research methods to the built environment. </p>