Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of Form

By Geoffrey Baker

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This is an explanation of the nature and role of architecture by reference to the work of several important contemporary theorists. It establishes the importance of such key issues in design as the Genius Loci, or spirit of place, the existence of what can best be termed forces which effect design and the essential characteristics of form, including such issues as geometry, structure, axes, surface treatment and rhythm.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0747600414

ISBN13:9780747600411

Release Date:April 1989

Publisher:Van Nostrand Reinhold

Length:285 Pages

Weight:2.45 lbs.

Dimensions:8.3" x 11.8"

Related Subjects

Architecture Drafting & Presentation Education & Reference Humanities Reference Study & Teaching

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