Main entry:

McCarter, Robert, 1955- author.

Title & Author:

Understanding architecture : a primer on architecture as experience / Robert McCarter, Juhani Pallasmaa.

Publication:

London : Phaidon Press Limited ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press Inc., 2012.
©2012

Description:

447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
"Intended both as an introductory text for students as well as an accessible read for a general audience, Understanding Architecture presents a new way of understanding and experiencing architecture. Organised into 12 chapters based on key architectural themes, this comprehensive primer offers a personal 'field trip' to 72 buildings from around the world and throughout history-- from the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House."--Dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Space -- Existential and Architectural Space -- Time -- The space of time -- Matter -- Matter, hapticity and time -- Gravity -- force, form and structure -- Light -- Materiality and tactility of light -- Silence -- The silent voice of architecture -- Dwelling -- Architecture, dwelling and home -- Room -- The rooms of memory -- Ritual -- The form of ritual -- Memory -- Memory and the lifeworld -- Landscape -- The internalized landscape -- Place -- The power of place.
Dust jacket.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material.

Summary:

This book explores 72 buildings from around the world and throughout history and enables readers to experience the projects through text, photos and drawings; the perfect introduction to reading architectural plans. Intended both as an introductory text for students and professionals in the field as well as an accessible read for the general public, Understanding Architecture addresses the basic principles of architecture. The volume is organized in 12 series of chapters based on a key architectural themes - including space, time, matter, gravity, light, silence, dwelling, ritual, memory, landscape, and place. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay, and includes a wide variety of historical examples from around the world, followed by in-depth analysis of 6 key buildings that further exemplify the theme of that chapter. By combining a broad historical sweep with a jargon-free architectural study of space and the direct experience of architecture, this volume is a unique introduction to the experience of architecture.

ISBN:

9780714848099 (hardcover)
0714848093 (hardcover)

Subject:

Architecture.
architecture (discipline)
Architektur
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Added entries:

Pallasmaa, Juhani, author.
Pallasmaa, Juhani author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280234
Call No.: BIB 216802
Status: Available