Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of FormThis is an explanation of the nature and role of architecture by reference to the work of several important contemporary theorists. It establishes the importance of such key issues in design as the Genius Loci, or spirit of place, the existence of what can best be termed forces which effect design and the essential characteristics of form, including such issues as geometry, structure, axes, surface treatment and rhythm. |
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Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of Form Geoffrey Howard Baker No preview available - 1996 |
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Alvar Aalto Andrea Palladio angle architect articulation auditorium axes axial Bacino Basilica and Doge's building Campanile Campo castle Cathedral central centroidal century church circulation column complex configuration contrast Corbusier Corbusier's corner council chamber court courtyard create culture curved Doge's Palace domes dominant dynamism echelon Eisenman elements enclosure energy expression external facade forces Frank Lloyd Wright Genius Loci geometric gives glazed Gothic harmony horizontal lbid Le Corbusier linear longitudinal axis Marco Mark's Meier movement National Gallery Norberg Schulz oblique orthogonal grid Palazzo pavilion Peter Eisenman Piazza Piazzetta plane primary Procuratie Nuove Procuratie Vecchie radial ramp reinforce rhythm rhythmic Richard Meier river RIVER COQUET Robert Venturi role roof route screen secondary sense side Siena space spatial square stair Stirling structure symbolic symmetrical tension thrust Torre del Mangia Town Hall vernacular architecture vertical Villa Capra visual whilst zone