Archetypes in Architecture

Name: Archetypes in Architecture
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ISBN: 9780195208191

ISBN-10: 0195208196

ISBN-13: 9780195208191

Edition: 1st

Authors: Thomas Thiis-Evenson

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In this book, Thiis-Evensen develops an architectural grammar linked to the basic elements in the art of building: floor, wall, and roof. Focusing on examples from architectural history, he proposes specific archetypes that illustrate how these elements vary over time and in what ways they affect us psychologically. The author argues for a basic distinction architecturally between inside and outside and examines the dynamic interaction between inside and outside space in terms of the archetypes. He also emphasises the shared aspects of our experience of architecture regardless of time or place. The book shows that these reactions to architecture are tied in with our bodily experience, and…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 468
Size: 8.50" wide x 8.13" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.132
Language: English