The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... building arena . Financiers will only fund buildings they can resell in the event of default . Developers only build buildings for a known market . Building legislation and the approval processes are geared to having buildings conform ...
... building arena . Financiers will only fund buildings they can resell in the event of default . Developers only build buildings for a known market . Building legislation and the approval processes are geared to having buildings conform ...
Page 227
... building's function : a church to have splendor ; a palace to have magnificence ; buildings for the poor , like a hospital , to " retain something of poverty . " For Laugier decorum was tied to status ; a building had to be ...
... building's function : a church to have splendor ; a palace to have magnificence ; buildings for the poor , like a hospital , to " retain something of poverty . " For Laugier decorum was tied to status ; a building had to be ...
Page 363
... building , and why the classical portico is needed to mediate an otherwise insignificant human entrance to a large building . The key to the architectural meaning of scale takes the idea of a ladder or stair from which the term derives ...
... building , and why the classical portico is needed to mediate an otherwise insignificant human entrance to a large building . The key to the architectural meaning of scale takes the idea of a ladder or stair from which the term derives ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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