Australasia

Does a notion of unfolding Modernism, enriched by a broadening of the cultural mix, stand up in contemporary Australia? Leon van Schaik cuts to the quick and questions Modernism's relevance for the antipodean itinerant condition. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于EIT技术的二维头模型电特性研究

介绍了一种新的医学图象重建技术－电阻抗断层成像（EIT）技术，并用于头模型电阻抗特性的研究。本文给出了二维计算机模拟头模型，采用有限元方法进行正问题的求解，用简单反投影算法进行了图象的重建，成像结果与实际模型相近。     

McGauran Giannini Soon Architects

Shelley Penn describes how a Melbourne-based practice's aspirations for integrity and authenticity have led it away from the usual pursuit of an identifiable visual language and style above content.     

Numerical Ecosystems

Despite computation's wholescale adoption for the generation of complex geometries, the application of computer code has remained relatively undeveloped in an environmental context. Anna Pla Catalá discusses the use of computation in relation to ecological systems and how it might be applied within projects with a complex set of urban components. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new parsing method for non-LR(1) grammars

One of the difficult problems that faces a compiler writer is to devise a grammar that is suitable for both efficient parsing and semantic attribution. This paper describes a system that resolves conflicts in LR(1) parsing by taking advantage of information in the parse tree. The system, which functions as part of a compiler generator, rewrites the user's grammar to remove parsing conflicts. It then places code into the generated compiler that rewrites the parse tree during parsing so as to produce the tree of the original grammar. The compiler writer can then write the semantic attribution to fit his or her original grammar without any knowledge of the changes made. The method is expected to be efficient in most cases, even in parsing systems that do not explicitly build the entire parse tree. The method complements previous work in its capabilities and advantages. The system has been implemented and integrated into a compiler generator system.     

Jan Kaplický (1937-2009): Homage to an Extraordinary Life of Unfulfilled Dreams and Major Successes

Jan Kaplický's visionary work for Future Systems was some of the most imaginative and inspiring of the last few decades. His passion and excitement for architecture exudes through such remarkable forms as the Lord's Media Centre and Selfridges in Birmingham. It was also effectively disseminated through his publications: most notably the For Inspiration Only picture books that he produced for Wiley-Academy in the late 1990s. A staunch believer in the power of books and journals, he was a loyal supporter of AD and an editorial board member for many years; always generous with his time and willing to express his ideas candidly. Here, close friend and fellow Czech architect and writer Ivan Margolius, celebrates not only Kaplicky the architect, but also the extraordinary life and sensibility of the man behind his work. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.