Index

Peter Raisbeck (Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Australia)

Architecture as a Global System: Scavengers, Tribes, Warlords and Megafirms

ISBN: 978-1-83867-656-8, eISBN: 978-1-83867-655-1

Publication date: 8 November 2019

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Raisbeck, P. (2019), "Index", Architecture as a Global System: Scavengers, Tribes, Warlords and Megafirms, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 139-143. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-655-120191010

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Copyright © Peter Raisbeck, 2020


INDEX

Adivasi people
, 58

Advanced producer service firms
, 104

Advocacy and new spatial practices
, 135–136

AECOM
, 11, 65, 103–104, 106–107, 116, 120, 122

Aedeas
, 103

AIA
, 25–28, 40, 43, 103, 105

Alexander, Christopher
, 50, 56

Smithson, Alison
, 57

Anthropocene
, 12, 101, 110–111, 115, 121, 130–131, 135

Apple
, 85

Aravena, Alejandro
, 5, 7–9, 130–131

Archigram
, 39, 53, 81, 101, 121, 132, 134

Architects

without frontiers
, 49, 135

for peace
, 49, 135

studios
, 23

Architectural

canon
, 17, 66, 71–72, 77, 94, 114, 117–118, 134

celebrity
, 9–10, 82, 132

education
, 10, 14, 26–27, 59, 76–77, 88, 92, 134

firms
, 1, 10, 14, 19, 25, 30, 32, 42–43, 45, 55–56, 72, 102–103, 109, 117

identity
, 10, 31, 33, 132

services
, 2, 16, 28, 32, 46, 56, 103, 105–106, 118

theory
, 9, 12, 133

Architecture as global system
, 1–20

Architecture Lobby, The
, 50, 92, 135

Architecture schools
, 52, 57, 59, 66, 71–72

design as research and warlords
, 87–90

and university ranking systems
, 90–91

Arup
, 73

Assemble
, 47–49, 57, 70, 135

Australian Institute of Architects
, 25

Autodesk
, 73, 77

Banham, Renyer
, 118

Basis of attention
, 18

megafirm
, 119–121

scavenger
, 33–34

tribal
, 57

warlord
, 86–87

Basis of mission
, 18, 31–32

megafirm
, 109–110

warlord
, 74–75

Basis of strategy
, 18

megafirms
, 107–108

scavenger
, 30–31

tribal
, 52–53

warlord
, 73–74

Big data
, 6, 131

Bjarke Ingels Group
, 73–74, 85, 132

Black Quantum Futurists
, 135

Bon Curve
, 105

Branding
, 19, 69–70, 113

Brands
, 10, 40, 65, 82, 113

Bronfenbrenner
, 14

Building information modelling (BIM)
, 10–11, 23, 31, 50–51, 75–79, 104

and Warlords
, 77–79

CAMP studio
, 135

Canadian Centre for Architecture
, 83–84

Carbonisation of the planet
, 131

Cardi B
, 82

Castricum, Simona
, 33

Celebrity
, 1–2, 18, 82, 93, 129

architects/architectural
, 9–10, 12, 72, 82, 132

influencers
, 85

Instagram
, 132

narcissistic
, 131

Chicago Architecture Biennale
, 47, 135

China
, 58, 117–118

Clients
, 18, 29, 31, 41–42, 73–74

Climate emergency
, 84, 134

Colonialism
, 53, 102, 117

Commodification
, 44–45

Computer numerical control (CNC) fabrication
, 57, 76

Conflict avoidance
, 42–43

Conflict modes
, 3–4

Construction
, 5, 10, 28, 47, 51, 56, 76, 92, 105

procurement lifecycle
, 57

social
, 132

Contractors
, 34, 44, 57, 92

Cook, Peter
, 53, 68, 134

Corbusier
, 53, 81

Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTUBH)
, 73

Coxe, Welde
, 31, 42

Critical regionalism
, 2, 130–131

polarities of
, 6

Cuff, Dana
, 13–14, 28

Data analytics
, 7, 85, 109, 121

Data centres
, 116–117

DEGW
, 11, 43, 57

Deleuze, Gilles
, 51

Design

agency
, 67, 74–75, 78–79, 107

as research
, 12, 87–90, 133

competitions
, 91–93

innovation
, 35, 112

studio
, 13–15, 44, 53, 59–60, 88–89, 129, 134

Design-to-Production
, 57

Digital channels
, 81–86

Digital supply chains
, 56–57

Discrimination
, 10, 24, 26, 92, 130

Disruptive innovation
, 111–112

Doernach, Rudolf
, 135–136

DP Architect (DPA)
, 103, 108, 122

Ecocities
, 131

Ecologies of practice
, 1–2, 7, 14, 24, 40–41, 129, 135

Economic system

megafirm
, 105–106

scavenger
, 27–29

tribal
, 43–44

warlord
, 68–71

Entrepreneurial futures
, 119–121

Ethnography
, 15, 27, 52

Extinction Rebellion
, 135

Facade
, 18, 107

warlord
, 79–80

Facebook
, 7, 52, 82, 116

Fame
, 10, 29, 32–33, 59

Farrell, Yvonne
, 5, 130–131

First Nations
, 24, 58, 94, 131

Flyvbjerg
, 115–116

Folkestone International Dialogue of Experimental Architecture
, 134

Forensic Architecture
, 135

Foster and Partners
, 74, 81, 122

Fountainhead, The
, 66, 84, 132

Frampton, Kenneth
, 2, 6, 9, 130

Friedman, Yona
, 119, 134

Future cities
, 73, 114, 120, 131, 134

Futures, entrepreneurial
, 119–121

Game of Thrones
, 132

Gates Foundation
, 115

Gendered pay gaps
, 92

Gensler
, 65, 81, 103–104, 106–108, 112, 116–117, 119–121

Geopolitics
, 80, 105, 116, 118, 129

Glenn Murcutt
, 82

Global cities
, 11, 68, 70, 73–74, 103–105, 113, 115, 120–121

Global financial crisis
, 26

Global markets
, 26, 103, 105

Global outsourcing
, 45–46

Global system
, 36, 39, 45–46, 53–54, 68, 89, 94, 101, 118, 120, 129, 133, 135

architecture as
, 1–19, 30

in crisis
, 130–131

CTUBH
, 73

symbolic and aesthetic language of towers
, 69

Globalisation
, 1, 17, 27, 57, 68, 103–104, 109

Google
, 81–82

Governance mechanism
, 18

scavenger
, 34–36

warlord
, 92–93

HDR
, 103, 105, 109, 116, 120–121

Herron, Ron
, 101, 119

Herzog de Meuron
, 82, 85

HOK
, 65, 103, 112–114, 120

Housing
, 8, 47, 49, 53, 58

Hyper-separation from nature
, 131

IBI group
, 103

IBISWorld
, 105

Iconic buildings
, 68–69, 91

Identity
, 30–31

architectural
, 10, 31, 33, 132

megafirm sources
, 106–107

scavenger sources
, 29

sexual
, 92

tribal sources
, 46–49

warlord sources
, 71–73

Ikea
, 85

Instagram
, 7, 52, 82–85, 118, 132

Institutional logics
, 1–3, 16–17, 66, 112, 129, 133

Integrated systems
, 121–122

Internet
, 6, 23, 55–56, 121

#jangehl
, 85

Jencks, Charles
, 12–13, 69, 134

Johnson, Philip
, 71

#Jornutzon
, 82

Knowledge
, 1, 15, 32, 42, 112

assets
, 107

base engineering
, 79

commodification of architectural
, 30

design
, 2, 15, 17–19, 40, 56, 59, 66, 101

disciplinary
, 11, 92

ecosystems of tribes
, 41

local
, 110

networks
, 55

production
, 36, 107

project-orientated
, 109

research
, 113

specialisation
, 74–75

Koolhaas
, 70, 83, 85, 93, 116–117

Labour practices
, 18, 24, 26, 49, 116

Master–Servant
, 92–93

Lagos
, 83

Le Corbusier
, 102

Lean construction
, 76, 79

Linkedin
, 7, 52

Lynn, Greg
, 72, 84, 133

Masculinities
, 31, 132

architectural
, 132

eco-modern
, 31

embedded
, 66

gendered
, 66

Mayne, Thom
, 82

McNamara, Shelley
, 5, 130–131

Megafirms
, 6, 13, 18, 65, 74, 101–103

basis of attention
, 119–121

basis of mission
, 109–110

basis of strategy
, 107–108

and disruptive innovation
, 111–112

economic system
, 105–106

governance
, 121–122

logics
, 3–4, 103–105

predatory adaptivity
, 112–114

sources of identity
, 106–107

sources of legitimacy and authority
, 114–116

Mental health
, 26–27, 34

Metabolists
, 39, 66, 134

Micro-assemblies
, 87

Migrant workers
, 118

Mitchell, William J.
, 50, 56

Modes of conflict

megafirm
, 103–105

scavenger
, 24–26

tribal
, 42–43

warlord
, 67–68

Monterrey Mexico
, 8–10, 130–131

Muji
, 85

Neoliberalism
, 1, 11, 57, 71

New York Stock Exchange
, 122

Nikken Sekkei
, 103, 121

Nouvel, Jean
, 74, 82

Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
, 82

Occupy movement
, 42, 50

OMA
, 57, 74, 116–117, 134

ON/Off collective
, 47

Oppositions (journal)
, 72

Otterlo Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
, 39, 62

Parametrics
, 7, 10, 75–76, 79

Parlour
, 25, 33, 49, 85, 135

Patronage
, 46, 68, 73–74, 80, 92, 133–134

Pedigree
, 10, 12, 66, 71, 77, 85–86, 133–134

Peer awards
, 31, 91–92, 118

People’s Republic of China
, 117

Perkins + Will
, 103, 105, 108–109, 113, 122

Planetary urbanisation
, 12, 58, 110, 115, 131

Porter, Michael
, 55–56

Predatory adaptability
, 110

Predatory discourse
, 110–111

PREVI Lima competition
, 8

Pritzker Prize
, 7, 66, 82, 84–85

Professional associations
, 16

Professional service firms
, 42, 44

Profit
, 18, 42, 83, 101, 106–107, 131

Project management
, 36, 104, 115–116

QS rankings
, 89

R&D
, 4, 41

Rabinow, Paul
, 102

Race
, 85, 92, 102

Research
, 87–90

Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
, 87

Research Excellence Framework (REF)
, 88

Resilience
, 58, 77, 108, 120

Revenue
, 24, 28–29, 31, 41–43, 45, 54, 65, 81, 101–102, 106–107, 110, 115, 117

RIBA
, 25, 81, 106

Risk
, 18, 24, 33–34, 45, 92, 131

Rossi, Aldo
, 2, 5–6, 13, 130, 133

Rowe, Colin
, 13, 53, 75

Rural studio
, 46–47, 59

Scavengers
, 1–2, 9, 13, 17

architect as
, 23–24

basis of attention
, 33–34

basis of strategy
, 30–31

economic system
, 27–29

governance mechanisms
, 34–36

logics
, 24–26, 31–32, 36–37

and mental health
, 26–27

sources of identity
, 29

sources of legitimacy and authority
, 32–33

Schumacher, Patrik
, 2, 5, 7–9, 67, 84–85, 130–131

Science fiction
, 75, 80

Sexual harassment
, 92

Sexual identity
, 92

Situational leadership
, 35–36

Small practices
, 2, 9, 32, 34, 77

Smithson, Peter
, 57

Social responsibility
, 113

Social sciences
, 13–14, 133

Soleri, Paolo
, 115, 119, 134

Sources of identity
, 29, 106–107

Sources of legitimacy and authority
, 32–33, 114–116

Stirling, James
, 134

Studio as theatre of performance
, 60

Superusers
, 77

Sustainability
, 5, 10–12, 47, 60, 102, 113

SWECO
, 103, 107, 116, 120, 122

Symbolic capital
, 24, 69, 70, 73, 91, 93, 114, 123

Tafuri, Manfredo
, 13, 66, 74–75, 86, 119, 134

Three dimensional (3D) scanning
, 7, 76

Towers
, 68–69, 70, 73–74, 116–117

Transactional leadership
, 34–36

Transformational leadership
, 35

Tribal logics
, 39, 41–44, 53, 135

Tribes
, 1, 9, 13, 17–18, 37

architectural
, 39–40

digital tribes and digital disobedience
, 50–52

disintermediation, commodification, and price competition
, 44–45

dream of digital supply chains
, 56–57

drivers of global outsourcing
, 45–46

global range of other tribal groups
, 49–50

knowledge ecosystem
, 40–41

planetary urbanisation
, 58

project-based or network-based
, 54–55

tribal basis of attention
, 57

tribal basis of strategy
, 52–53

tribal economic system
, 43–44

tribal governance
, 59–60

tribal mission
, 54

tribal sources of identity
, 46–49

virtual networks
, 55–56

Twitter
, 7, 82

University ranking systems
, 90–91, 133

Urban design
, 6, 8, 48, 68, 91, 102, 104

Venice
, 5, 130

Venice Architecture Biennale
, 2, 5, 86, 130

VUCA
, 112

Wallerstein, Immanuel 13–14

Warlord facades
, 79–80

Warlords
, 1–2, 9, 13, 17–18, 40, 65–67

architecture schools, design as research and
, 87–90

architecture schools and university ranking systems
, 90–91

basis of attention
, 86–87

basis of mission
, 74–75

basis of strategy
, 73–74

BIM
, 77–79

and digital channels
, 81–86

economic system
, 68–71

governance mechanisms
, 92–93

knowledge specialisation and science fiction
, 75

modes of conflict
, 67–68

peer awards and design competitions
, 91–92

sources of identity
, 71–73

sources of legitimacy and authority
, 80–81

Woods Bagot
, 103

Zaera-polo, Alejandro
, 84

Zaha Hadid Architects
, 7, 9, 57, 67, 74, 77, 81–83, 85