Architectural Detail

Name: Architectural Detail
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ISBN: 9781568989785

ISBN-10: 1568989784

ISBN-13: 9781568989785

Edition: 2011

Authors: Edward R. Ford

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Edward Ford's forty years of practicing and teaching architecture have focused on one area: the architectural detail. Yet, despite two hugely influential books (The Details of Modern Architecture, volumes 1 and 2), numerous articles, and lectures given from Vancouver to Vienna, there is one question Ford has, remarkably, never answered: 'What is a detail?' Ford walks the reader through five widely accepted (and wildly different) definitions of detail, in an attempt to find, for once and for all, the quintessential definition of detail in architecture. After shuffling through the history of architecture, he finally reaches a conclusion, and his answer may surprise you. The architectural…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 10/19/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Preface



What Is a Detail?



Definition Number 1: There Are No Details



Definition Number 2: The Detail as Motif



Definition Number 3: The Detail as a Representation of Construction



Definition Number 4: The Detail as Joint



Definition Number 5: The Autonomous Detail



What Is Detailing?


Selected Bibliography


Drawing Sources


Image Credits


Index