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    The experience of architecture / Henry Plummer.

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    • Title:The experience of architecture / Henry Plummer.
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    • Author/Creator:Plummer, Henry, 1946- author.
    • Published/Created:New York : Thames & Hudson Inc., 2016.
      ©2016

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Architecture--Details.
      Architecture--Human factors.
      Architecture--Psychological aspects.
    • Description:287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 27 cm
    • Summary:How does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space to lead into another, affect us? This book aims to understand how these everyday acts are influenced by architectural form, a concept that is vital for all architects to grasp if our buildings are to be anything more than a commercial or aesthetic enterprise. It considers how specific built elements and volumes can sustain or deny our powers of decision. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of our daily interactions with architecture, looking at stairs, floors and paths, moving interior spaces, perception and perspective, transparency and the relationship between a building and its setting. This book is not just for architects and designers engaged in the production of space, but for all those who seek a richer understanding of their place in the built world.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780500343210
      0500343217
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Floors of Agility
      Docile Effect Of Flat Ground
      Vernacular Stairs And Footpaths
      Gravitational Currents
      Acrobatic Staircases
      Sprightly Japanese Floor
      Vertiginous Edges
      Sky Cities And Residential Eyries
      Graceful Flight Of Ramps
      Catwalks: From The Eiffel Tower To Arne Jacobsen's Stairways
      2. Mechanisms Of Transformation
      Interplay And Discovering The Self
      Red Herrings Of Machine Architecture
      Modest Sliding Screens Of Japan
      Simple But Rewarding Vernacular Devices
      Genealogy Of Modern Kineticism
      Mechanical Marvels Of The Maison De Verre
      Poetic Mutations Of Carlo Scarpa
      Tom Kundig's `Gizmos' And Steven Holl's `Hinged Space'
      3. Spaces Of Versatility
      Ambiguity
      Double-Perspective In 20Th-Century Poetry And Painting
      Freedom Of Elbow Room
      Composite Staircases
      Italian Piazzas, Both Grand And Intimate
      Wright's `Sovereignty Of The Individual'
      Polyvalent Forms Of Herman Hertzberger
      Maurice Smith's Spatial Collages
      Giancarlo De Carlo's Participatory Architecture
      Binary Values Of Aldo Van Eyck
      4. Depths Of Discovery
      Secrets Of Residual Space
      Japanese Grilles And Blinds
      Forest-Like Ventures
      Mystery Of Shadows
      Fogged Images In Translucent Walls
      Intricacy And Patina
      Tiny Immensity
      Spatial Elasticity Of Sir John Soane
      Enigmatic Details Of Carlo Scarpa
      Primorial Journey
      Compelling Glimpse
      Enfilades And Receding Thresholds
      5. Fields Of Action
      Painterly Images Of A Pervious World
      Under Construction And In Ruin
      Field Of Forces In Science And Art
      Open-Form Cities
      Stone Forests
      Interlaced Webs Of Iron And Glass
      Interfolding Space From Wright To Kappe
      Construction Of Holes
      Three-Dimensional Habitable Fields Of Maurice Smith
      Japanese Spatial Lattice.
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