| Description |
xiv, 356 pages : illustrations, plans ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-350) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : architectural theory is everybody's business -- Introduction : contours of theoretical development -- I. Underpinnings (relevant to all theory) -- Of architecture and architects -- Standards of judgment and design justifications -- The uses of the past -- II. Conventions (theory before 1800) -- Images of the ideal and classical design method -- The orders : evolving rules for formal beauty -- The alternative aesthetic : breaking the rules -- Proportion : the orders and architectural spaces -- III. Principles (theory from 1800-1965) -- Rational design method -- Generative planning as the basis of design -- Honest structure as the framework of design -- Truth to the medium : using materials -- Decoration and the integrity of design -- Restoration : the care of inherited buildings -- Design of cities -- IV. Convolutions (theory since 1965) -- Rationales beyond rationalism -- New directions in design method -- Time line of treatises / by John Hearn. |
| Subject |
Architecture as Topic -- Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
0262582279 (pbk. alk. paper) |
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