Relational Architecture: 
Education, Research, Transformation

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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Relational Architecture : 
Education, Research, Transformation. / Reeh, Henrik.

The Production of Knowledge in Architecture by PhD Research in the Nordic Countries. ed. / Anne Elisabeth Toft; Magnus Rönn. Nordic Academic Press of Architectural Research, 2018. p. 125-149 (NAF/NAAR Proceedings Series; No. 1, Vol. 2018).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

Harvard

Reeh, H 2018, Relational Architecture: 
Education, Research, Transformation. in AE Toft & M Rönn (eds), The Production of Knowledge in Architecture by PhD Research in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Academic Press of Architectural Research, NAF/NAAR Proceedings Series, no. 1, vol. 2018, pp. 125-149. <http://arkitekturforskning.net/na/issue/publishing>

APA

Reeh, H. (2018). Relational Architecture: 
Education, Research, Transformation. In A. E. Toft, & M. Rönn (Eds.), The Production of Knowledge in Architecture by PhD Research in the Nordic Countries (pp. 125-149). Nordic Academic Press of Architectural Research. NAF/NAAR Proceedings Series Vol. 2018 No. 1 http://arkitekturforskning.net/na/issue/publishing

Vancouver

Reeh H. Relational Architecture: 
Education, Research, Transformation. In Toft AE, Rönn M, editors, The Production of Knowledge in Architecture by PhD Research in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Academic Press of Architectural Research. 2018. p. 125-149. (NAF/NAAR Proceedings Series; No. 1, Vol. 2018).

Author

Reeh, Henrik. / Relational Architecture : 
Education, Research, Transformation. The Production of Knowledge in Architecture by PhD Research in the Nordic Countries. editor / Anne Elisabeth Toft ; Magnus Rönn. Nordic Academic Press of Architectural Research, 2018. pp. 125-149 (NAF/NAAR Proceedings Series; No. 1, Vol. 2018).

Bibtex

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