Analysing Architecture: The Universal Language of Place-Making

ISBN-13: 9780367524432 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 326 str.

Simon Unwin

Opis

Now in its fifth edition, Analysing Architecture has become internationally established as the best introduction to architecture. Aimed primarily at those studying architecture, it offers a clear and accessible insight into the workings of this rich and fascinating subject.

Spis treści

Preface to this New Edition.  Introduction.  Architecture as Intellectual Structure and 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.  Geometries of Being.  Ideal Geometry.  Themes in Spatial Organisation:  1. Space and Structure.  2. Parallel Walls.  3. Axis.  4. Grid.  5. Datum Place.  6. Stratification.  7. Transition, Hierarchy, Heart.  8. In-between.  9. Inhabited Wall.  10. Hidden.  11. Refuge and Prospect.  Temples and Cottages.  How Analysis Can Help Design.  Postscript.  Acknowledgements.   Bibliography and References.  Index.

O autorze

Simon Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee, Scotland. He has lived in Great Britain and Australia, and taught or lectured on his work in China, Israel, India, Sweden, Turkey and the United States. Analysing Architecture’s international relevance is indicated by its translation into various languages and its adoption for architecture courses around the world. Now retired, Simon Unwin continues to teach at The Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff, UK.