Architectural Design 95.2: Architects and Furniture traces the sustained and often overlooked relationship between architectural practice and furniture design, examining how architects bring material intelligence, structural thinking, and spatial sensibility to objects at the human scale.
About This Book
When architects turn their attention to furniture, the results are rarely incidental. This issue of Architectural Design journal maps the recent history of architectural involvement in furniture design, arguing that the discipline is not a sideline but an extension of the same preoccupations that shape buildings: material palettes, haptic sensitivities, and structural invention. Whether conceived for commercial environments, outdoor conditions, or domestic interiors, architect-designed furniture contributes to the holistic ambience of a space in ways that purely decorative design cannot. The issue honours a selection of the most significant contributions to this intersection.
Key Features
- 144 pages of editorial writing and visual documentation on architect-designed furniture across commercial, outdoor, and domestic contexts
- Edited by Ashley Simone & Neil Spiller
- Published by Axiomatic Editions
What You'll Discover
- How furniture functions as a microcosm of architectural preoccupation — a site where material, structure, and haptic sensibility converge at the scale of the body
- The chronology of architectural involvement in furniture design, from historical precedents to recent practice
- How architect-designed furniture adapts across programme types — from boardrooms and offices to weather-exposed and convivial domestic settings
- The ways furniture augments and completes architect-designed environments, contributing to spatial ambience beyond purely functional ends
About the Author
Ashley Simone and Neil Spiller serve as editors of this issue. Neil Spiller is a prominent figure in architectural discourse with an extensive publishing record across experimental and speculative design. [Details available upon request] for individual biographical detail beyond what is stated in the source.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 144
- Dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781961856998
- Publisher: Axiomatic Editions
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and interior designers interested in the crossover between spatial practice and object design, design historians tracing the genealogy of architect-designed furniture, and students exploring material thinking and haptic sensibility in architecture.