How To Read Modern Buildings
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How To Read Buildings
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Author : Carol Davidson Cragoe
language : en
Publisher: Herbert Press
Release Date : 2018-03-08
How To Read Buildings written by Carol Davidson Cragoe and has been published by Herbert Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-08 with categories.
How to Read Buildings is a practical primer to looking at architecture and all the elements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes to columns and porticos - all facets of buildings are included. Each chapter takes an architectural element and looks at its variety across various historical periods and geographical locations. Examples are shown through dozens of fine engravings with extended captions, creating a dip-in read and an effective I-Spy guide. Additional sections look at the clues offerred by history, geography and religion (with a timeline showing how and where architectural elements have been introduced), and at the significance of the ornaments.
How To Read Skyscrapers
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Author : Edward Denison
language : en
Publisher: Ivy Press
Release Date : 2019-05-30
How To Read Skyscrapers written by Edward Denison and has been published by Ivy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-30 with Architecture categories.
Throughout history, the story of the skyscraper has been defined by our desire for ascendance—politically, militarily, economically, religiously, culturally, and, of course, physically. These spectacular superstructures epitomise more than architectural aspiration, they excite the imagination and inspire awe. The scope of the book is deliberately broad with a thematic first section and a geographical second section. Conceptual chapters, introduce the origins of our desire to build high and explore the skyscraper’s role in fuelling our imaginations through different modes of cultural expression. How To Read Skyscrapers offers a deep and rich understanding of the skyscraper by providing a comprehensive account of this unique and captivating building-type, from its origins in myth and legend to its future potential in satisfying humankind’s needs and aspirations.
How To Read Houses
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Author : Will Jones
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black Visual Arts
Release Date : 2013
How To Read Houses written by Will Jones and has been published by A&C Black Visual Arts this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Architecture, Domestic categories.
How to Read Houses is an insider's guide to recognising and appreciating the diversity of domestic architecture that reflects the location, the fashion and the technological savoir-faire of the age - from Tudor timber-frames to the truly unconventional. Houses are arranged by period and style, including Renaissance, Neoclassical, Arts and Crafts, Modernist and many more besides. Featured houses range from Sutton House in London to Port Sunlight in Merseyside; from St Fagans in Cardiff to Hill House in Glasgow.Compact enough to travel with you, yet comprehensive enough to provide real answers, with real examples, this handy reference guide:- provides an understanding of the architectural vocabulary along with the visual clues that identify any house style and its historical context- enhances the appreciation of visits to landmark houses and lays the foundations for an architectural exploration of your own home or area- explores the main architectural styles, as well as the materials and components of a house through beautifully rendered illustrations, photographs of classic examples and the words of a friendly expert.
The Elements Of Modern Architecture
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Author : Antony Radford
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2014-06-17
The Elements Of Modern Architecture written by Antony Radford and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-17 with Architecture categories.
Fifty of the world's greatest modern buildings, from 1950 to the present, dissected and analyzed through specially commissioned freehand drawings After a period in which computation-derived architecture—driven by digital design tools, data analysis, and new formal expression—has thrived, students and their teachers have returned to age-old techniques before employing the digital tools that are a part of every architect’s studio. Tired of the perfectly rendered screen image, architects are making presentations that are clearly the work of the hand and the mind, not the computer. This ambitious publication, organized chronologically, is aimed at a new generation of architects who take technology for granted, but seek to further understand the principles of what makes a building meaningful and enduring. Each of the fifty works of architecture is presented through detailed consideration of its site, topology, and surroundings; natural light, volumes, and massing; program and circulation; details, fenestration, and ornamentation. Over 2,500 painstakingly hand-drawn images of the buildings of the past seven decades help readers return to the core values of understanding site and creating buildings: looking with the eyes, engaging through direct physical experience, and constructing by hand.
Words And Buildings
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Author : Adrian Forty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Words And Buildings written by Adrian Forty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Architecture categories.
Available again, a wholly original study of the complex relationship between architecture and language that has changed and enriched the way we think and talk about architecture.The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar they direct the ways we think of and live with buildings. This groundbreaking book is the first thorough examination of the complex relationship between architecture and language as intricate social practices. Six rigorously argued chapters investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, masculine and feminine architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture, and the social properties of architecture. There follows a vocabulary of key words such as Character, Form, History and Space, locating each words modern meaning within an historical and theoretical framework, and setting out clearly its development and relevance for architects, historians, philosophers, critics and the users of the buildings themselves. Architects should be made to read Words and Buildings Architecture Today Unusually clear and accessible Students of all kinds will love this book The Architectural Review A forceful, clear and sophisticated exposition of the role of conceptual thought in architectural discourse The Architects Journal
Modern Architecture
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Author : Alan Colquhoun
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2002-04-25
Modern Architecture written by Alan Colquhoun and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-25 with Architecture categories.
This new account of international modernism explores the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assesses its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined shedding new light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Alan Colquhoun explores the evolution of the movement fron Art Nouveau in the 1890s to the megastructures of the 1960s, revealing the often contradictory demands of form, function, social engagement, modernity and tradition.
How To Read New York
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Author : Will Jones
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2012-02-21
How To Read New York written by Will Jones and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-21 with Architecture categories.
Essential reading for both native New Yorkers and tourists alike, How to Read New York unveils the boundless diversity of Gotham’s architectural wonders. Covering every era of New York architecture—from what remains of the colonial days to the latest postmodern skyscraper—this unique guidebook illuminates the fascinating architectural and urban history of New York. Organized chronologically and by architectural style, the book covers key highlights of the built environment from the Battery to Inwood. Many of the skyline’s most iconic buildings are included, along with many lesser-known buildings that are architecturally interesting. Charmingly illustrated with 430 line drawings and vintage engravings that bring old New York to life, the book concludes with a map section that suggests themed walking tours.
Reading Architecture
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Author : Angeliki Sioli
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-09
Reading Architecture written by Angeliki Sioli and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-09 with Architecture categories.
Why write instead of draw when it comes to architecture? Why rely on literary pieces instead of architectural treatises and writings when it comes to the of study buildings and urban environments? Why rely on literary techniques and accounts instead of architectural practices and analysis when it comes to academic research and educational projects? Why trust authors and writers instead of sociologists or scientists when it comes to planning for the future of cities? This book builds on the existing interdisciplinary bibliography on architecture and literature, but prioritizes literature’s capacity to talk about the lived experience of place and the premise that literary language can often express the inexpressible. It sheds light on the importance of a literary instead of a pictorial imagination for architects and it looks into four contemporary architectural subjects through a wide variety of literary works. Drawing on novels that engage cities from around the world, the book reveals aspects of urban space to which other means of architectural representation are blind. Whether through novels that employ historical buildings or sites interpreted through specific literary methods, it suggests a range of methodologies for contemporary architectural academic research. By exploring the power of narrative language in conveying the experience of lived space, it discusses its potential for architectural design and pedagogy. Questioning the massive architectural production of today’s globalized capital-driven world, it turns to literature for ways to understand, resist or suggest alternative paths for architectural practice. Despite literature’s fictional character, the essays of this volume reveal true dimensions of and for places beyond their historical, social and political reality; dimensions of utmost importance for architects, urban planners, historians and theoreticians nowadays.
From Bauhaus To Our House
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Author : Tom Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2009-11-24
From Bauhaus To Our House written by Tom Wolfe and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-24 with Architecture categories.
After critiquing―and infuriating―the art world with The Painted Word, the award-winning author Tom Wolfe shares his less-than-favorable thoughts about modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our House. In this examination of the strange saga of twentieth-century architecture, Wolfe takes such European architects as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Bauhaus art school founder Walter Gropius to task for their glass-and-steel-box buildings that have influenced (and infected) America’s cities.