Bibliograph

Ideas that shaped buildings, Fil Hearn

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Ideas that shaped buildings, Fil Hearn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-350) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ideas that shaped buildings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52092110

Responsibility statement

Fil Hearn

Table Of Contents

Preface : architectural theory is everybody's businesss -- 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 / John Hearn

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