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Entwurf einer architektonischen Gebäudelehre. English
Thinking design : blueprint for an architecture of typology / Andreas Lechner ; translation, proofreading, Kimi Lum.
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Title:[Entwurf einer architektonischen Gebäudelehre. English]
Thinking design : blueprint for an architecture of typology / Andreas Lechner ; translation, proofreading, Kimi Lum.
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Variant Title:Blueprint for an architecture of typology
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Author/Creator:Lechner, Andreas, author.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Lum, Kimi, translator.
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Published/Created:Zurich : Park Books, [2021]
©2021
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) reference (non-circulating)Where is this?
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Call Number: NA2750 .L4313 2021
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) reference (non-circulating)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Architectural design--Classification.
Architectural design--History.
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Edition:1st edition.
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Description:457 pages : illustrations, plans ; 32 cm + 1 supplement (29 pages)
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Summary:However disparate the style or ethos, beneath architecture's pluralism lies a number of categorical typologies. In Thinking Design, Austrian architect Andreas Lechner has condensed his profound typological understanding into a single book. Divided into three chapters -Tectonics, Type, and Topos - Lechner's book reflects upon twelve fundamental typologies: theater, museum, library, state, office, recreation, religion, retail, factory, education, surveillance, and hospital. Encompassing a total of 144 carefully selected examples of classic designs and buildings, ranging across an epic sweep from antiquity to the present, the book not only explains the fundamentals of collective architectural knowledge but traces the interconnected reiterations that lie at the heart of architecture's transformative power. As such, Thinking Design outlines a new building theory rooted in the act of composition as an aesthetic determinant of architectural form. This emphasis on composition in the design process over the more commonplace aspects of function, purpose, or atmosphere makes it more than a mere planning manual. It reveals also the cultural dimension of architecture that gives it the ability to transcend not only use cycles but entire epochs. Each example is meticulously illustrated with a newly drawn elevation or axonometric projection, floor plan, and section, not only invigorating the underlying ideas but also making the book an ideal comparative compendium. Andreas Lechner runs his own architecture and research practice in Graz, Austria, and teaches as an associate professor at Graz University of Technology's Faculty of Architecture.
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Notes:Translated from the German.
Supplement entitled: Counterintuitive typologies : appendix.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9783038602460 (English edition ; hardbound)
3038602469
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: Tectonics
Links between Forms and Function
Teaching Design
-between Practice and Theory
Project Selection and Concept
Design of Practices and Competencies
Mediums of Screening
-Plans, Drawings, Sketches
Selective Attention
-Increasing Knowledge
Type
Character, Type, and Model
Durand's Architectural Typological World Atlas
Fitness and Economy
Style and Typification
Types and Diagrams
Topos
Commonplace Places?
Traditional City of Architecture
Architectural Form and the Modern Commercial City
Commercial, Nostalgic, and Retroactive Types
Citta diffusa, Infrastructures, and "Stims".