Main entry:

Tavares, André, 1976- author.

Title & Author:

The anatomy of the architectural book / André Tavares.

Publication:

[Montreal] : Canadian Centre for Architecture ; Zurich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2016]
©2016

Description:

388 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Features numerous illustrations of architectural books from the collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Published also in Portuguese by the Canadian Centre for Architecture and Dafne Editora as: Uma anatomia do livro de arquitectura.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : Cross-section through an endless library -- Part I. Colorful crossroads: from paper to the Crystal Palace -- Modern clumsiness: building Befreites Wohnen and Sigfried Giedion's loom -- Part II. Texture: reading with hands -- Surface: even pages talk to odd pages -- Rhythm: dynamics of content -- Structure: architectural frameworks -- Scale: objects without size -- Epilogue : Hugo's prophecy.

Summary:

"The Anatomy of the Architectural Book examines approaches to structuring, constructing and designing architecture books and traces how they have changed over time. The discipline has been exposed to debates, just as building construction has been exposed to the charms of book making. Examining the crossovers between book culture and building culture makes the axes visible along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back - from the celebration of specific architectural practices to the production of unique books, using pages and print to convey architectural ideas. Dissecting a wealth of books through five conceptual tools - texture, surface, rhythm, structure and scale - André Tavares analyzes the material qualities of books in order to assess their crossovers with architectural knowledge. The detailed history of Sigfried Giedion's Befreites Wohnen and the two incarnations of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park and Sydenham provide a background that confront us not only with the rise of the industrialized book but also with the configuration of the book as a unique visual device. Richly illustrated with samples from the library of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the volume discusses a wide range of authors, including Vitruvius, William Morris, Gottfried Semper, El Lissitzky and Le Corbusier."--Publisher.

ISBN:

9783037784730 (hd. bd.)
3037784733 (hd. bd.)

Subject:

Architectural writing History.
Architecture Historiography.
Architecture Philosophy History.
Art publishing History.
Book design History.
Architecture Art d'écrire Histoire.
Architecture Historiographie.
Art Édition Histoire.
Livres Conception graphique Histoire.
Architectural writing.
Architecture Philosophy.
Art publishing.
Book design.
Architektur
Buchgestaltung
Arkitektur och litteratur.
Arkitektur och filosofi.
Historieskrivning teori, filosofi.
Architectural literature
Architecture Bibliography.
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Centre canadien d'architecture issuing body

Holdings:

Location: Library cage cca productions 292043
Call No.: Z5941 .T3 2016
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage cca productions 292391
Call No.: Z5941 .T3 2016
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library study room cca productions 292392
Call No.: Z5941 .T3 2016
Copy: c. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 292393
Call No.: Z5941 .T3 2016
Copy: c. 4
Status: Available