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Analysing architecture /

By: Unwin, Simon, 1952-.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003, (2005)Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 255 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415306841 (hb); 9780415306843:; 041530685X (pb).Subject(s): Architectural design | Architecture -- DetailsDDC classification: 721.01
Contents:
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 -- Geometries of being -- Ideal geometry -- Space and structure -- Parallel walls -- Stratification -- Transition, hierarchy, heart -- Postscript -- Case studies.
Summary: 'Analysing Architecture' presents an introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design, thereby offering a greater understanding of architecture's creative disciplines and allowing readers to develop their own design capacities.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 721.01 UNW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 0052960
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index.

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 -- Geometries of being -- Ideal geometry -- Space and structure -- Parallel walls -- Stratification -- Transition, hierarchy, heart -- Postscript -- Case studies.

'Analysing Architecture' presents an introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design, thereby offering a greater understanding of architecture's creative disciplines and allowing readers to develop their own design capacities.

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