The fundamentals of architecture / Lorraine Farrelly.
Language: English Publication details: Lausanne : AVA Academia, 2007. Description: 176 p. : ill. (principalement en coul.) ; 23 cmISBN: 9782940373482; 2940373485Subject(s): Design architectural | Architectural design | ArchitectureLOC classification: NA 2500 .F37 2007| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | NA 2500 .F37 2007 | Not for loan | 002171 |
Bibliogr.: p. 168-169.
How to get the most out of this book. Introduction. Placing architecture: Site; Orientation; Climate; Materials; Places and spaces; Understanding the city; Understanding landscape. History and precedent: A timeline of architectural influences; The ancient world; The classical world; The medieval world; The Renaissance; The Baroque and the Enlightenment; Modernism. Construction: Materials; Elements of construction; Prefabrication; Reinvention; Sustainability; Innovative materials. Representation: CAD drawing; Sketching; Scale; Orthographic projection; Perspective; Three-dimensional images; Physical modelling; CAD modelling; Layout and presentation; Storyboarding; Portfolios. Contemporary ideas: Universal ideas and principles; Functionalism; Sculpturalism; Monumentalism; Zeitgeist. Realisation: The project timeline; The project; Contributors and their roles; The brief; The concept; Site analysis; The design process; Detail development. The finished building. Conclusion. Bibliography and webography. Glossary. Picture credits. Index. Acknowledgements.
Introduces methods to consider and explain the process of architecture from initial ideas and concepts, how these ideas are informed by understanding site, context and historical precedent, the development of the structure, the materials and the relationship of these design ideas to the building process.