I found this great site on sound installations which list numerous books, articles and links about sound, architecture, and electronics.
In one of the books recommended by this site I found DE-ARCHITECTURE by James Wines.
One of the opening quotes is by Louis Kahn:
"When a building is being built, there is an impatience to bring it into being. Not a blade of grass can grow near this activity. Look at the building after it is built. Each part that was built with so much anxiety and joy and willingness to proceed tries to say when you're using the building, "Let me tell you about how I was made." Nobody is listening because the building is now satisfying need. The desire in its making is not evident. A time passes, when it is a ruin, the spirit of its making comes back. It welcomes the foliage that entwines and conceals. Everyone who passes can hear the story it wants to tell about its making. It is no longer in servitude; the spirit is back.
-Louis Kahn, Conversations with Architects
Patrick Harrop my studio critic pointed me in the direction of Maxime Rioux and his fascinating vibrating artworks.
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