How Buildings Learn

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built is an illustrated book on the evolution of buildings and how buildings adapt to changing requirements over long periods. It was written by Stewart Brand and published by Viking Press in 1994. Among other things, the book details the notion of Shearing layers. Criticism of the architect Richard Rogers was removed from the UK edition but remains in the US edition. The book inspired a 6-part TV ... more

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Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand (born December 14, 1938 in Rockford, Illinois) is an author, editor, and creator of The Whole Earth Catalog and CoEvolution Quarterly. Brand is best known for the Whole Earth Catalog (a compendium of tools, texts and information). The Catalog sought to "catalyze the emergence of a...
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