Understanding architecture
By: McCarter, Robert.
Contributor(s): Pallasmaa, Juhani.
Publisher: London Phaidon Press 2012Edition: 1st Ed.Description: 447 Pages.ISBN: 9780714848099.Subject(s): SPACE; TIME; MATTER; GRAVITY | ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)DDC classification: 720 Summary: Intended both as an introductory text for students and professionals in the field as well as an accessible read for the general public, Primer on Architecture (working title) addresses the basic principles of architecture and uncovers its ongoing influence in contemporary culture. The volume is organized in a series of chapters based on key architectural themes--space, time, matter, gravity, light, silence, dwelling, ritual, memory, landscape, and place--with an introductory essay for each chapter that includes a wide variety of historical examples from around the world followed by more in depth analyses of key buildings that further exemplify the theme of a particular chapter.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Text Books | School of Architecture General Stacks | Circulation | 720 MCC/PAL (Browse shelf) | Available | A1294 |
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Intended both as an introductory text for students and professionals in the field as well as an accessible read for the general public, Primer on Architecture (working title) addresses the basic principles of architecture and uncovers its ongoing influence in contemporary culture. The volume is organized in a series of chapters based on key architectural themes--space, time, matter, gravity, light, silence, dwelling, ritual, memory, landscape, and place--with an introductory essay for each chapter that includes a wide variety of historical examples from around the world followed by more in depth analyses of key buildings that further exemplify the theme of a particular chapter.
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