Analysing Architecture

Name: Analysing Architecture
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ISBN: 9780415719162

ISBN-10: 041571916X

ISBN-13: 9780415719162

Edition: 4th 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Simon Unwin

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Now in its fourth edition, Analysing Architecture has become internationally established as the best introduction to architecture. Aimed primarily at those wishing to become professional architects, it also offers those in disciplines related to architecture (from archaeology to stage design, garden design to installation art), a clear and accessible insight into the workings of this rich and fascinating subject. With copious illustrations from his own notebooks, the author dissects examples from around the world and all periods of history to explain underlying strategies in architectural design and show how drawing may be used as a medium for analysis.This new edition of Analysing…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 1/6/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.970
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


How Analysis Helps Design


Architecture as Identification of Place


Basic Elements of Architecture


Modifying Elements of Architecture


Elements Doing More Than One Thing


Using Things That Are There


Primitive Place Types


Architecture as Making Frames


Temples and Cottages


Geometries of Being


Ideal Geometry


Themes in Spatial Organisation: Space and Structure


Themes in Spatial Organisation: Parallel Walls


Themes in Spatial Organisation: Stratification


Themes in Spatial Organisation: Transition, Hierarchy, Heart


Themes in Spatial Organisation: Occupying the In-Between


Themes in Spatial Organisation: Inhabited Wall


Themes in Spatial Organisation: Refuge and Prospect


Postscripts


Case Studies


Acknowledgements


Select Bibliography and References