1st Edition
Curve possibilities and problems with deviating from the straight in architecture
By Simon Unwin
Copyright 2019
192 Pages
482 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
482 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
192 Pages
482 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They can be thought of as addenda to the foundation volume Analysing Architecture , which first appeared in 1997 and has subsequently been enlarged in three further editions. Examining these extra themes as a series of Notebooks, rather than as... Read more
Preface. Introduction – Instruments of Curvature. Architecture’s Innate Orthogonality. The Ever-Present Melody. Movement Curves. Structural Curves. Curves from Straight Lines. Curves from Nature. Orchestrating Curves. Endword. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Simon Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Although retired, he continues to teach at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff University, Wales, where he taught for many years. His books are used in schools of architecture around the world and have been translated into various languages.
