1. A History of the Facade in Twelve Buildings 2. Notes Towards a Difficult Definition 3. Phenomenology and the Facade 4. The Phenomenon of the Wall 5. The Phenomenon of the Frame 6. The Outside, the Inside and the In-between 7. The Repetitive Bay 8. Representation, Abstraction, and Meaning 9. Transparency, Translucency and Opacity 10. Proportion and the Search for a Cosmic Connection 11. Precedent and Invention 12. The City and the Facade
Biography
Randall Korman is an architect and emeritus professor at Syracuse University. Korman joined the faculty at Syracuse University in 1977 and retired in 2018. He has also been a visiting faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Texas, and Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan. In the spring of 2009, he was invited to be the Batza Distinguished Visiting Professor at Colgate University. His research interests have focused principally on the phenomenon of the architectural facade. He has lectured widely on the subject, most recently in Spain, Norway, and China.
