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Author Ching, Francis D. K., 1943-

Title Architecture : form, space & order / Francis D.K. Ching.

Publication Info. New York : John Wiley, [1996]
©1996

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  720.1 CHI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  720.1 CHI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  720.1 C44    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xiv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 377) and indexes.
Contents 1. Primary elements -- Point -- Point elements -- Two points -- Line -- Linear elements -- From line to plane -- Plane -- Planar elements -- Volume -- Volumetric elements -- 2. Form -- Properties of form -- Shape -- Primary shapes -- Circle -- Triangle -- Square -- Primary solids -- Regular & irregular forms -- Transformation of form -- Dimensional transformation -- Subtractive form -- Subtractive & additive forms -- Additive form -- Centralized form -- Linear form -- Radial form -- Clustered form -- Grid form -- Formal collisions of geometry -- Circle & square -- Rotated grid -- Articulation of form -- Edges & corners -- Surfaces articulation -- 3. Form & space -- Form & space : unity of opposites -- Form defining space -- Horizontal elements defining space -- Base plane -- Elevated base plane -- Depressed base plane -- Overhead plane -- Vertical elements defining space -- Vertical linear elements -- Single vertical plane -- L-shaped planes -- Parallel planes -- U-shaped planes -- Four planes : closure -- Summary typology : space-defining elements -- Openings in space-defining elements -- Openings within planes -- Openings at corners -- Openings between planes -- Qualities of architectural space -- Degree of enclosure -- Light -- View -- 4. Organization -- Organization of form & space -- Spatial relationships -- Space within a space -- Interlocking spaces -- Adjacent spaces -- Spaces linked by a common space -- Spatial organizations -- Centralized organizations -- Linear organizations -- Radial organizations -- Clustered organizations -- Grid organizations -- 5. Circulation -- Circulation : movement through space -- Circulation elements -- Approach -- Entrance -- Configuration of the path -- Path-space relationships -- Form of the circulation space -- 6. Proportion & scale -- Material proportions -- Structural proportions -- Manufactured proportions -- Proportioning systems -- Golden section -- Regulating lines -- Classical orders -- Renaissance theories -- Modular -- Ken -- Anthropometry -- Scale -- Visual scale -- Human scale -- 7. Principles -- Ordering principles -- Axis -- Symmetry -- Hierarchy -- Datum -- Rhythm -- Repetition -- Transformation
Subject Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc.
Space (Architecture)
Arquitetura (teoria)
ISBN 0471286168 paperback
9780471286165 paperback
0442017928
9780442017927
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