Procuring Innovative Architecture Book

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Acknowledgements

Introduction 1

1 Asia and Australasia 9

Introduction 11

RMIT procures 14

RMIT procures: the philosophy 29

RMIT nurturing design áginger groups' through design research 32

Kumamoto Artpolis 36

Asia-Malaysia: political architecture 41

Singapore: Creative City 48

2 Europe 55

Introduction 57

Barcelona 61

Ticino 65

Belgium 69

Styria and Slovenia 75

London 82

3 USA 87

Introduction 89

Columbus, Indiana 91

Los Angeles: High Art and Dirty Realism 96

University of Cincinnati 101

Ivy League to Disney Land 108

4 Western Australia: case study 113

Introduction 115

WA OGA: external perspective 117

WA OGA: internal perspective 123

Research 124

Processes 137

Seminars 146

Reflections by small to medium-sized practices 148

Reflections by large practices 152

The developer and the bureaucrats 156

Dos and Don'ts 159

5 Western Australia: Curating the City Beth George George, Beth 161

Deep urban knowledge 163

Six thin cities 164

Mutability and articulation 170

Two speculations 175

Drawing from the thin city 176

Conclusion 177

Appendix study trip notes 183

Notes 199

Index 215

Photo credits 223