Theorising Interior Architecture and Design: Identity, Practices, Education, and Beyond

Author:   Carola Ebert (Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
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Pages:   236
Publication Date:   24 November 2025
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Theorising Interior Architecture and Design: Identity, Practices, Education, and Beyond


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Author:   Carola Ebert (Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367469467


ISBN 10:   0367469464
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   24 November 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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SECTION 1: Identity 1. Interior- Accelerating- in Theory! 2. The Power of Ornament. Defining Space by Way of Surface Ornamentation 3. Interior Design and Interior Architecture in Belgium. Diverging Educational Pathways for the Interior Profession 4. Pivotal Interiors. Intricacy Not Size 5. Gauging Interior Time SECTION 2: Practices 6. Space as a Test-Site. Practice-based Research put into Critical Spatial Practice 7. Disciplinary Perspectives. The Role of Interior Architects in Adaptive Reuse Projects in Iran 8. Italian Interior Reuse. A Dialogue with the Past 9. Philosophy in Practise. Practice Research PhDs in Interior Design SECTION 3: Education 10. An Interior Approach. The Pedagogy of Adaptive Reuse 11. Interior Design Education in Saudi Arabia. Local and International Influences 12. Swiss Perspectives. The Future of Interior Architecture is Interdisciplinary 13. Research and Design. Reflecting on Postgraduate Interior Education SECTION 4: Beyond 14. The Interior Beyond 15. The Expanded Interior Field. Experiencing the Spatial Temporalities of Performance Space 16. Public Interiority. An Urban Experience, Independent from Architectural Interiors 17. Of Being Lost. An Exploration of Interiority and Psychogeography 18. On Boundary-Drawing Practices. An Ecosystemic Take on Interiors Epilogue 19. The Autonomous and the Unified Interior 20. Towards an International Education

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Carola Ebert is Professor of Interior Design, History and Theory of Architecture and Design at Berlin International University of Applied Science (BI), Germany. At BI, she has served as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design, and Head of the interior MA programmes. Her current research focuses on interior-specific approaches to history, theory and reuse, on research-based education, on interior pedagogy, and the studio-history/theory nexus. Recent publications include “Dis/Assembled. Unmaking Interiors as an Adaptive Reuse Approach to Disciplinary Identity” (2024), “Interior Reuse. Theory, Pedagogy and Practice of Keeping It All Together” (2025), and co-authored contributions to this volume and The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research (2022).

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