New print books in the library - March 2016

The library has been receiving quite a few new books recently. Some that may be if interest include:

 

AAD, Algorithms-aided design: parametric strategies using Grasshopper

 

Landscape design

Calls for papers - February 2016

Design and research in architecture & landscape
6th Symposium + PhD PeerReview Design and Research in Architecture and Landscape Architecture

7-9 April 2016, Hanover

http://www.igt-arch.uni-hannover.de/a_ku.html?&L=1

"What issues promote the work on design-related research projects? What forms of thought and opportunities for action relevant to either design or science are specifically addressed? What perspectives do both the design process as a complex method and design-related media as means of communication open up beyond the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design? What individual and collective aims are involved in various forms of applied and theoretical design research? The range of topics includes comprehensive theoretical and methodological issues, disciplinary self assurance and practical application in architecture and urban design."

Abstract submission: 22 February 2016

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Provenance, the scholarly journal of Public Record Office Victoria (PROV)

http://prov.vic.gov.au/publications/provenance/call-for-papers

If you are researching PROV records and have an interest in writing an article then consider submitting an article to Provenance.

Submission deadline: 2 May 2016

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New books in the library

A handy way to find recently purchased books is to search LibrarySearch on your topic, filter the results to 'books' and change the 'sorted by' results to the newest date - e.g., new books

On the Specialness of Special Collections

Adam Browne, author and attendant based at the Carlton library, has written an excellent essay on the RMIT Library's Special Collection.

Library as Incubator project features RMIT University Library

The Library's '700s Arts Festival' has been featured on the Library as Incubator website.

"... the 700s Arts Festival was a celebration of the 700s of the Dewey Decimal System–the largest part of the collection [Art, Architecture, Design, Music, Film] at RMIT Swanston Library, a fascinating place to browse–and our way of embracing the temporary spaces made available through preparations for the current renovations, known as the Swanston Library Transformation."

From the Library's Communications & Marketing Coordinator, Amanda Kerley:

"A huge hurrah to Doreen Sullivan, Adam Browne and Nicola Coady for this contribution to

Calls for papers - December 2015

PhD By Design

http://www.phdbydesign.com/2016-drs/

"... part of the Design Research Society (DRS) conference which runs on the 28th - 30th June 2016. It is an opportunity to present work and discuss the diverse aspects of what it means to do a practice-based PhD in Design.

New books in the library

A handy way to find recently purchased books is to search LibrarySearch on your topic, filter the results to 'books' and change the 'sorted by' results to the newest date - e.g., new books on "urban design" (this example has also limited the results to books at the Swanston & Carlton libraries, so will only display print books. Don't worry about sorting by library to see new e-books).

Below are some print books that have recently arrived at the library:

• Elements - Rem Koolhaas
• Hot to Cold: An odyssey of architectural adaptation - Bjarke Ingels
• Doctoral Education in Architecture: challenges and opportunities
• Auditions: architecture and aurality
• Breathing and living wall
• Films on Architecture
• Toyo Ito 1, 1971-2001
• Aldo van Eyck

Calls for papers - October 2015

Inflection Journal: Journal of the Melbourne School of Design - call for papers

http://inflectionjournal.com/

Inflection is the annual student-run journal from the Melbourne School of Design. Internationally distributed, Inflection explores themes relevant to contemporary architectural discourse through the contributions of students, scholars and practitioners.

Abstract submission: 25 November 2015

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Interaction Design Summit

29 February 2016, Helsinki

http://edusummit.ixda.org/cfp/

“The Summit gathers a unique mix of practitioners, educators, and students to explore both the current state of design education as well as its future.”