Architecture Books: Architecture - Form, Space, and Order (9780471752165) By Francis D. K. Ching
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- Title: Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
- Author: Francis D. K. Ching
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Published Date: June 2007
- ISBN: 978-0-471-75216-5
- Pages: 448
- Format: Paperback
- Price: United Kingdom USA
- Superb visual reference to the principles of architecture
- Classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design for more than 40 years
- Features expanded sections on circulation, light, views, and site context, along with new considerations of environmental factors, building codes, and contemporary examples of form, space, and order.
- Helps both students and practicing architects understand the basic vocabulary of architectural design by examining how form and space are ordered in the built environment
- Shows the relationship between fundamental elements of architecture through the ages and across cultural boundaries
- Encourages the reader to look critically at the built environment and promotes a more evocative understanding of architecture
- Companion CD-ROM that brings the book's architectural concepts to life through three-dimensional models and animations created by Professor Ching
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Francis Ching - The bestselling author of numerous books on architecture and design, including A Global History of Architecture, Architectural Graphics, A Visual Dictionary of Architecture, Interior Design Illustrated, and Building Construction Illustrated, all published by Wiley. He is a registered architect and Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. |
- Preface
- Introduction
- Primary Elements
- Form
- Form & Space
- Organization
- Circulation
- Proportion & Scale
- Principles
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