The Architecture Reader: Essential Writings from Vitruvius to the PresentKrista Sykes Encompassing two thousand years of building history, The Architecture Reader includes 40 key texts from Alberti, Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Gropius, Venturi, Gehry, and many more. The writings address persistent concerns in architecture and design, including the role of the architect and the relationship of architecture to nature, art, and science. The carefully chosen texts provide a taste of the multiplicity that characterizes historical and contemporary views of architecture. Krista Sykes organizes the selections chronologically and introduces each with a helpful commentary, contextualizing the author and the salient issues covered in the piece. The excerpts appear in a variety of formats, including interviews, manifestos, lectures and treatises, and are representative of the varied--sometimes conflicting--approaches to building and design. In combination, they provide a fascinating overview of significant concepts within the field of architecture. |
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... discipline , while subject to numerous interpretations , can be understood as a fundamental and recurring topic of architectural discourse . This leads to another aspect of the texts included in this reader . The discipline of ...
... discipline of structure and of design in the terms of the day . The revived " styles " were but a decorative garment to architecture , not the interior principles according to which it lived and grew . On the whole the development of ...
... discipline of architecture should take substance from its own tradition and not be subjected to artistic or ... disciplines of engineering and sociology but not be enslaved by them . Certain critics — those who do not possess the craft ...
Contents
Aknowledgments | 11 |
Vitruvius from The Ten Books on Architecture ca 25 B C E | 44 |
Louis Sullivan The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered 1908 | 91 |
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The Architecture Reader: Essential Writings from Vitruvius to the Present Krista Sykes No preview available - 2007 |