The second in a series of monographs about America's cities and the hidden symbolism which adorns many of their public buildings. Available now on Kindle and in paperback..
Schools and metaphors Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten Schools and metaphors"
Main Currents in Modern Thought/Center for Integrative Education Sep. More..
The metametaphor theorem Posted: Monday, October 22, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten Published as: The metametaphor theorem"
Architectural Scientific Journal, Vol. More..
Artificial Intelligence design metaphor Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten This is not the script for the movie called “Artificial Intelligence” about AI Brian Addis (Brian Wilson Aldiss, a British writer, anthologist, and critic,) says; I found we both agreed that AI, as they call it, is not going to be achieved by present-day machines. More..
Metaphors and Mondrian: Neo-Plasticism and its influences in architecture Posted: Sunday, August 05, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten In an age where subjects, issues and themes come and go; where there are no heros nor villains we tend to rely upon the imagination of artist to conjure figures for our entertainment. More..
Metaphors, architecture and music Posted: Saturday, August 04, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten What role do users have in metaphors?
The answer lies in the comprehensive application of the metaphor to the wider field of all the arts, and specifically architecture and music. More..
Architecture is an art because, as art, it too, makes metaphors Posted: Friday, August 03, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten Eighty two issues and claims, where each claim has been derived from a corresponding issue, built the case for the resolution of the argument about the controversy that architecture is an art resolved that architecture was the making of metaphors because it (architecture) made metaphors, personified by metaphor stasis’ two technical and conceptual dimensions. More..
Metaphor issues of architecture is art stasis Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten Architecture is an art, because like art, it too, makes metaphors which are a stasis because “architecture as the making of metaphors” enables the center of the dispute to be argued with common purpose. More..
Language of metaphors applied to multidisciplined architecture Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten The commonality of all arts is that they express thought in terms of their peculiar craft and thus they (all arts) are technically metaphoric, metaphors because they transfer, carry-over and express one thing (some idea) in terms of another(the craft). More..
Metaphor Issues common to architecture and art stasis Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten There are two parts to this proposal; one: what is the problem? And the second is what the solution? I am generally against claiming anything in terms of problems since the term problem implies choice whereas most of my own work is derivations and reasoned creations resulting, not from problem solving, but making metaphors by aggregating systems, materials and information. More..
Aesthetic principles of metaphor, art and architecture Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten While aesthetics is a guiding principle in matters of artistic beauty and taste, metaphor is the warrant to taste and is used to form works of art and architecture. More..
Design’s technical and conceptual metaphors Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten Dividing the discipline’s metaphors between technical and conceptual has not been fully explored, nor I believe never noticed. More..
The Metametaphor of Architectural Education Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten Twenty-first century education of architects is further challenged by new markets, users and contractual situations and whole countries and civilizations which here-to-fore had little or no need for professional architectural services as practiced in already industrialized and developed nations. More..
Managing the benefits and risks of architectural artificial intelligence Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten This is not the script for the movie called “Artificial Intelligence” about AI Brian Addis (Brian Wilson Aldiss, a British writer, anthologist, and critic,) says; I found we both agreed that AI, as they call it, is not going to be achieved by present-day machines. More..
Metaphor: cause and effect (c) copyright Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten After researching the many conceptual and technical qualities of metaphor, it still remained to reason the process by which metaphors impact actual buildings, professional practice, design, perception, and actual use. More..
Interactive architecture makes metaphors Posted: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 by Barie Fez-Barringten The main scope of the research is to show how architecure: the making of metaphors is valid with inteactive (kinetic and responsive) architecture. More..