Curve: possibilities and problems with deviating from the straight in architecture

ISBN-13: 9781138045941 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 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. This Notebook considers the various authorities to which architects look for the generation of their curves. It also considers the aspirations curves manifest in architectural form.

Spis treści

Preface.  Introduction – Instruments of Curvature.  Architecture’s Innate Orthogonality.  The Ever-Present Melody.  Movement Curves.  Structural Curves.  Curves from Straight Lines.  Curves from Nature.  Orchestrating Curves.  Endword.  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.