Design strategies in architecture : an approach to the analysis of form / Geoffrey H. Baker.

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Baker, Geoffrey H

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold ; London : Spon, 1996.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 319 p. : illISBN:

0419161309

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Summary: Modern architecture has become extremely complex and its study has been made more difficult by changes in fashion and a proliferation of design modes. In this book, Geoffrey Baker develops a methodology for design analysis that reveals the underlying organization of buildings. Part One explains the nature and role of architecture in a wide-ranging discussion extending from geometry to symbolism. Part Two demonstrates the analytical methodology by reference to cities and works by modern masters such as Aalto, Meier and Stirling. In this second, revised edition, Dr Baker has added a chapter outlining the relationship between some current perceptions of science, art and philosophy, and how these impinge on architecture. The discussion compares Futurism, Constructivism, Suprematisim, High Tech, Deconstruction and the attitude of the avant-garde with the phenomenology of Bachelard and Heiddeger.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Open Collection	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	Open Collection	FCUC Library	729 BAK 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00018658

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Modern architecture has become extremely complex and its study has been made more difficult by changes in fashion and a proliferation of design modes. In this book, Geoffrey Baker develops a methodology for design analysis that reveals the underlying organization of buildings. Part One explains the nature and role of architecture in a wide-ranging discussion extending from geometry to symbolism. Part Two demonstrates the analytical methodology by reference to cities and works by modern masters such as Aalto, Meier and Stirling. In this second, revised edition, Dr Baker has added a chapter outlining the relationship between some current perceptions of science, art and philosophy, and how these impinge on architecture. The discussion compares Futurism, Constructivism, Suprematisim, High Tech, Deconstruction and the attitude of the avant-garde with the phenomenology of Bachelard and Heiddeger.

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