Design strategies in architecture: An approach to the analysis of form
By: Baker, Geoffrey H
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Publisher: New York Routledge 1996Edition: 2nd Ed.Description: xx, 319 Pages | Binding - Paperback |.ISBN: 978-1-138-65354-2.Subject(s): THE ROLE OF ARCHITECUTRE; ASPECTS OF FORM; THE ANALYSIS OF ARCHITECTURE; ANALYTICAL STUDIES; ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF BUILDINGS; ALVAR AALTO-TWON HALL AT SAYNATSALO 1950-61; RICHARD MEIER- THE ATHENTUM NEW NARMONY 1975-79; JAMES STIRLING EXTENSION TO THE NAT | GRAPHICS AND DRAWINGS (GRP/DRW)
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Modern architecture has become extremely complex and its study has been made more difficult by changes in fashion and a proliferation of design modes. In this book, Geoffrey Baker develops a methodology for design analysis that reveals the underlying organisation of buildings.
Part One explains the nature and role of architecture in a wide-ranging discussion extending from geometry to symbolism. Part Two demonstrates the analytical methodology by reference to cities and works by modern masters such as Aalto, Meier and Stirling.
In this second revised edition, Dr Baker has added a chapter outlining the relationship between some current perceptions of science, art and philosophy, and how these impinge on architecture. The discussion compares Futurism, Constructivism, Suprematism, High Tech, Deconstruction and the attitude of the avant-garde, with the phenomenology of Bachelard and Heiddeger.
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