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Author Unwin, Simon

Title Analysing Architecture
Edition 3rd ed
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (297 pages)
Contents COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; 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; SPACE AND STRUCTURE; PARALLEL WALLS; STRATIFICATION; TRANSITION, HIERARCHY, HEART; POST SCRIPT; CASE STUDIES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary Clear and accessible, Analysing Architecture opens a fresh way to understanding architecture. It offers a unique notebook of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the authors original drawings, examples are drawn from across the world and many periods of architectural history (from prehistoric times to the recent past) to illustrate analytical themes and to show how drawing can be used to study architecture. Since its first edition appeared in 1997, Analysing Architecture has est
Notes Print version record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203880906
0203880900