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Interesting addition By Archi Student I only needed this book for a paper but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It made a great addition to my library. Some texts were slightly confusing to grasp so I had to go over them again to fully understand all the details but atleast every passage has a short introduction at the beginning that summarizes the main idea, there by making it easier to understand.

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Delete template? Cancel Delete. Dictionaries define "detail" as a small part in relation to a larger whole. In architecture. In architectural literature, columns and capitals are classified. However, it is possible to observe. Details can be "material. They are the mediate or immediate expressions.

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The "adoration of the joint," in Scarpa's architecture, is a perfect realization ofAlberti's. Each detail tells us the story of its malcing, of its placing, and of its dimensioning. Veneto craftsmanship was active, based on his daily working and dealing with the stonecutters,.

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Architecture is an art because it is interested not only in the original. This occurs through for mal and actual joints. The joint, that is the fertile detail,. By this. The detail is the unit of architectUral. See for the origin of this theory in the eighteenth century: Marco Frascari,.

See for a different approach, but reaching the same conclusion: Roger Scruton, Aesthetics of. A case is the collapse of the Marciana Library in Venice. In his first Venetian buiLding J. For a discussion of the. The French commercial origin of the word, which differentiates between the selling ofslices. Frascari, Marco. Lotman, J. Wittgensrein, Ludwig. Remarks on the Foundation ofMathematics. Ox for d: Photo: Timothy Hursley, Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN X paper: alk. Architecture , Modernth century. L Nesbitt, Kate, NA T45 '. In this influential essay, Frascari privileges the iointthe original detail-as the generator of construction, and there for e of meaning.

The tectonic detail is thus the site of innovation and invention. In this interdisciplinary work, these invented places are categorized according to the different phenomenological experiences they are able to provide. The book explores how such 'cloning spaces' use placemaking and placemarketing in attempt to replicate the characteristics found in urban spaces traditionally viewed as successful, and how these places can affect society's environmental perception.

A range of international empirical studies illustrates how such invented places can be perceived as legitimate urban spaces, and contribute towards the quality of life in today's cities. UnDoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory discusses one of the greatest challenges for twenty-first-century society: what is to be done with the huge stock of existing buildings that have outlived the function for which they were built?

Their worth is well recognised and the importance of retaining them has been long debated, but if they are to be saved, what is to be done with these redundant buildings? This book argues that remodelling is a healthy and environmentally friendly approach. Issues of heritage, conservation, sustainability and smartness are at the forefront of many discussions about architecture today and adaptive reuse offers the opportunity to reinforce the particular character of an area using up-to-date digital and construction techniques for a contemporary population.

Issues of collective memory and identity combined with ideas of tradition, history and culture mean that it is possible to retain a sense of continuity with the past as a way of creating the future. UnDoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory has an international perspective and will be of interest to upper level students and professionals working on the fields of Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Architecture, Conservation, Urban Design and Development.

A Primer on Theory in Architecture discusses how theory is defined in architecture, how it is identified, its location in larger perspectives or worldviews, its relationships to other areas in architecture, and how it can be constructed.

The book explores the definition, elements and characteristics of theory along with subjects associated with theory and how these associations are recognized. In addition, case studies tackle both individual theorists and common approaches to the topic. Aimed at the new student of architectural theory, if you are just beginning to tackle this subject, begin with this book. Polemics and reflections on how to bridge the gap between what architecture actually is and what architects want it to be.

This handbook provides a lucid and comprehensive introduction to this challenging and shifting terrain, and will be of great interest to students, academics and practitioners alike. We have in The Handbook of Architectural Theory an example of the extreme generosity of architectural theory.

It is a volume that designers and scholars of many stripes will welcome. Bringing into dialogue a range of geographically, institutionally and historically competing positions, it examines and explores parallel debates in related fields. Creating openings for future lines of inquiry and establishing the basis for new directions for education, research and practice, the book is organized around specific case studies to provide a critical, interpretive and speculative enquiry into the relevant debates in architectural theory.

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