Architectural Type and Character: A Practical Guide to a History of Architecture

Architectural Type and Character

A Practical Guide to a History of Architecture
 
Edition number: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Date of Publication:
 
Normal price:

Publisher's listprice:
GBP 35.99
Estimated price in HUF:
17 383 HUF (16 555 HUF + 5% VAT)
Why estimated?
 
Your price:

15 644 (14 900 HUF + 5% VAT )
discount is: 10% (approx 1 738 HUF off)
The discount is only available for 'Alert of Favourite Topics' newsletter recipients.
Click here to subscribe.
 
Availability:

Estimated delivery time: Currently 3-5 weeks.
Not in stock at Prospero.
Can't you provide more accurate information?
 
  Piece(s)

 
 
 
 
Product details:

ISBN13:9781138584051
ISBN10:1138584053
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:272 pages
Size:229x152 mm
Weight:458 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 144 Illustrations, black & white; 144 Halftones, black & white
572
Category:
Short description:

Architectural Type and Character provides an alternative perspective to the current role given to history in architecture, reunifying architectural history and architectural design to reform architectural discourse and practice.

Long description:

Architectural Type and Character provides an alternative perspective to the current role given to history in architecture, reunifying architectural history and architectural design to reform architectural discourse and practice. Historians provide important material for appreciating buildings and guiding those who produce them. In current histories, a building is the product of a time, its form follows its function, irresistible influences produce it, and style, preferably novel, is its most important attribute. This book argues for an alternative.


Through a two-part structure, the book first develops the theoretical foundations for this alternative history of architecture. The second part then provides drawings and interpretations of over one hundred sites from different times and places.


Architectural Type and Character: A Practical Guide to a History of Architecture is an excellent desk reference and studio guide for students and architectures alike to understand, analyze, and create buildings.

Table of Contents:

PART I 1. The History of Architecture We Have 2. The Alternative: Type, Character, and Style 3. Urbanism 4. The Components and Types of Good Urban Form PART II 5. The Tholos 6. The Temple 7. The Theatre 8. The Regia 9. The Dwelling 10. The Shop 11. The Hypostyle