The Architecture of the Facade

ISBN-13: 9781138851719 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 304 str.

Randall Korman

Opis

The Architecture of the Facade provides a comprehensive study of the façade as both a physical and cultural artifact, highlighting its significance as a critical component of the civic realm and arguing for the restoration of the façade as a subject of study within academia and an aspiration within the profession at large.

Spis treści

1. A History of the Facade in Twelve Buildings  2. Notes Towards a Difficult Definition  3. Phenomenology and the Facade  4. The Phenomenon of the Wall   5. The Phenomenon of the Frame  6. The Outside, the Inside and the In-between  7. The Repetitive Bay  8. Representation, Abstraction, and Meaning  9. Transparency, Translucency and Opacity  10. Proportion and the Search for a Cosmic Connection  11. Precedent and Invention  12. The City and the Facade

O autorze

Randall Korman is an architect and emeritus professor at Syracuse University. Korman joined the faculty at Syracuse University in 1977 and retired in 2018. He has also been a visiting faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Texas, and Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan. In the spring of 2009, he was invited to be the Batza Distinguished Visiting Professor at Colgate University. His research interests have focused principally on the phenomenon of the architectural facade. He has lectured widely on the subject, most recently in Spain, Norway, and China.