Main entry:

Lang, Jon T.

Title & Author:

Functionalism revisited : architectural theory and practice and the behavioral sciences / Jon Lang, Walter Moleski.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.

Description:

xix, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Architectural theory and functional theory -- The inheritance : architectural practice and architectural theory today -- A framework for theory in architecture -- Creating a theory of functionalism. Concepts of function in architecture -- Experiencing architecture : the foundation for a theory of functionalism -- Functionalism updated -- The functions of the built environment : theory and practice -- Basic functions -- The accommodation of activities : behaviour settings and architecture -- Shelter and salubrious environments -- Physical and psychological safety and security -- Architecture, financial security, and profit -- Identity and community -- Identity, individualism, and the unique -- Buildings as signs and status symbols -- Advanced functions -- The cognitive function of architecture : the environment as a source of learning -- Experiential aesthetics and intellectual aesthetics -- Externalities : buildings in context -- The function of the new as a shaper of its environment -- Conclusion. Architectural theory, functional theory, and design methodology.

ISBN:

9781409407010 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1409407012 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Functionalism (Architecture)
Architecture and society.
Fonctionnalisme (Architecture)
Architecture et société.
functionalism.

Added entries:

Moleski, Walter.

Architectural theory and practice and the behavioral sciences

Holdings:

Location: Library main 274528
Call No.: BIB 208316
Status: Available