Paperback
300 illustrations
216 pages
270 x 210 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 732 3
$29.95
Published September 2011
Contents
Fireplace/Floor/Wall/Column and beam/Door/Window/Brick/Staircase/Classical Orders/Arch/Vault/Dome/ Arcade/Courtyard/Atrium/Platform/Basilica/Humanism/Proportion/Form/Ornament/Ideal/Module /Grid/Symmetry /Commodity, firmness and delight/Particularity/Architect/Orthographic projection/Perspective projection/Composition/Utopia/Style/Palladianism/Corridor/Primitive hut/Genius loci/Scenography/Picturesque/Gothic revival/Beaux-Arts/Iron/Steel/Glass/Roof lighting/Structural frame/Central heating/Electric lighting/Lift/Reinforced concrete/Art of building/Tectonic form/ Polychromy/Conservation/Empathy/Air conditioning/Form follows function/Zeitgeist/Space/Modernity/In the nature of materials/Cladding/Organic architecture/Ornament is crime/Free plan/Architectural promenade/Five points of a new architecture/Abstraction/Transparency/Axonometric projection/Collage/Layering/International style/Less is more/Regionalism/ Flexibility/Béton brut/Morphology/Additive composition/Servant and served spaces/Postmodernism/Complexity and contradiction/Shed/Type/Context/Place/Phenomenology/Skin/Computer-aided design/Rainscreen cladding/Community architecture/Universal design/Design and build/Passive design/Sustainability/Deconstruction/Bigness/Fold/Parametric design/Everyday
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This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general reader.
Starting with the basic building 'components' of door, window, column and beam and the Classical orders, it then goes on to explore historical movements such as the Picturesque and Beaux-Arts, innovative materials such as steel and reinforced concrete, technical innovations, such as the lift and electric lighting, through to modern movements such as Universal Design and Deconstruction.
Arranged in a broadly chronological order, the ideas are presented through fascinating text and arresting visuals, 100 Ideas that Changed Architecture explores when each idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.
Richard Weston is a Professor at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. Previous books include the monograph Alvar Aalto, winner of the 1995 Sir Banister Fletcher Prize, and the definitive monograph on the Danish architect Jørn Utzon. His other books include 'The House in the Twentieth Century' (2001), 'Materials, Form and Architecture' (2003) and 'Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century', 2nd edition (2010), all published by Laurence King.
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