Shadow: The Architectural Power of Withholding Light

ISBN-13: 9780367442569 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 184 str.

Simon Unwin

Opis

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. Shadows may be insubstantial but they are, nevertheless, an important element in architecture. Sometimes shadow can be the substance of architecture.

Spis treści

Preface  Introduction – Our World of Shadow  Shadow Types  Drawing Shadow – Sciagraphy  Drawing with Shadow  Practical Shadow  Problematic Shadow  Shadow Container  Contained Shadow  Shadow Threshold  Narrative Shadow  Regional Shadow  Stage Set for Shadow  Shadow and Time  Japanese Shadow  Islamic Shadow  Le Corbusier – Architect of Shadow  Endnote  Acknowledgements  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Simon Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Although retired, he continues to teach at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff University, Wales, where he taught for many years. His books are used in schools of architecture around the world and have been translated into various languages.