Research Catalog

Title

Analysing Architecture / Simon Unwin.

Author

Unwin, Simon, 1952-

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

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Details

Description

208 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

"Analysing Architecture offers a unique 'notebook' of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author's original drawings, examples are drawn from across architectural history (from primitive places to late twentieth-century structures) to illustrate analytical themes and to show how drawing can be used to study architecture. Simon Unwin clearly identifies the key elements of architecture and conceptual themes apparent in buildings. He describes ideas for use in the active process of design. Breaking down the grammar of architecture into themes and 'moves', Unwin exposes its underlying patterns to reveal the organisational strategies that lie beneath the superficial appearances of buildings. Exploring buildings as results of the interaction of people with the world around them, Analysing Architecture offers a definition of architecture as 'identification of place' and provides a greater understanding of architecture as a creative discipline. This book presents a powerful impetus for readers to develop their own capacities for architectural design." --

Subject

• Architectural design
• Architectural design
• Architektur
• Design
• Bouwkunst
• Ontwerpen
• Architecture

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-202) and index.

Contents

[Table of Contents] -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Architecture as 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 -- Temples and Cottages -- Geometry in Architecture -- Space and Structure -- Parallel Walls -- Stratification -- Transition, Hierarchy, Heart -- Postscript -- Case Studies -- Fitzwilliam College Chapel -- The Schminke House -- Merrist Wood -- The Vanna Venturi House -- The Woodland Chapel -- Select Bibliography and References -- Index.

ISBN

• 0415144779
• 9780415144773
• 0415144787
• 9780415144780

LCCN

96034005

OCLC

• ocm35174980
• 35174980
• SCSB-2120286

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library