Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of Form

Geoffrey Baker

ISBN 10: 0747600414 / ISBN 13: 9780747600411

Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of Form
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747600414
• ISBN 13: 9780747600411
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This is an explanation of the nature and role of architecture by reference to the work of several important contemporary theorists. It establishes the importance of such key issues in design as the Genius Loci, or spirit of place, the existence of what can best be termed forces which effect design and the essential characteristics of form, including such issues as geometry, structure, axes, surface treatment and rhythm.

About the Author

Geoffrey Baker is a professor in the School of Architecture at Tulane University, New Orleans.