New Portable Architecture: Designing Mobile and Temporary Structures

This title deals with the challenges that architects and designers face in creating spaces that can be rapidly constructed, taken down and even relocated. In revealing the cutting-edge techniques that are allowing static architectural forms to go mobile, the diverse examples provided in this book will capture readers' attention and imagination. The most up-to-date and comprehensive work on the subject, 'New Portable Architecture' is an in-depth compilation of one of the newest areas in architecture. It covers a wide range of possibilities within the field and, at the same time, it provides a unique fusion of creative design, adaptability and sustainability. Colour illustrations