252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
326 Pages
by
Routledge
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This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a ‘joined up’ approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of a building, the authors show the practical implications of the utility value of buildings. Starting by looking at how the relationship between form and function has been dealt with by different approaches to... Read more
Preface; 1. Functional Quality of Buildings;
2. Function and Form; 3. Programme of Requirements; 4. From Brief to Design; 5. Evaluating Buildings; 6. Quality Assessment: methods of measurement; Bibliography; Index.
2. Function and Form; 3. Programme of Requirements; 4. From Brief to Design; 5. Evaluating Buildings; 6. Quality Assessment: methods of measurement; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Theo JM van der Voordt
“Explicitly addressed to students ... succeeds in driving home the point that,...form that poorly serves function is no tonic, architectural or otherwise, for anyone.” – Civil Engineering
