1st Edition

Design Strategies in Architecture An Approach to the Analysis of Form

By Geoffrey H. Baker Copyright 1997
352 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

352 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

Modern architecture has become extremely complex and its study has been made more difficult by changes in fashion and a proliferation of design modes. In this book, Geoffrey Baker develops a methodology for design analysis that reveals the underlying organisation of buildings. Part One explains the nature and role of architecture in a wide-ranging discussion extending from geometry to symbolism.... Read more
Foreword. Prologue. Part One: Principles of analysis. The role of architecture. Aspects of form. The analysis of architecture. Part Two: Analytical studies. The village and city in history. Analytical studies of buildings. Science philosophy art and architecture.

Biography

Geoffrey H. Baker