Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Joseph Woods

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9780267298136

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Excerpt from Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 1 of 2 Some persons may deem an apology necessary for the positive tone which the author has adopted in mere matters of Opinion. He had in fact, at first, frequently introduced the expressions, I think, It seems to me, and others similar. The reflection that what ever he could say on such subjects, was necessarily the mere ex pression of his own sentiments, has ultimately induced him to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Joseph Woods

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-18

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780364923320

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Excerpt from Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 2 of 2 Boboli gardens, 110. - Cascine, 110. - Comparison of Florence and Rome, 110.-walk to Bologna, 111.-volcano, 111.-boiling spring, 112. - Cathedral at Modena, 1] 3. - Italian Gothic, 113. - Reggio, 113. - Santa Maria di Consolazione, 113. - Parma, 114. - Cathedral, 114. - Baptistery, 114. - Paintings of Coreggio, 114. - Church of the Steccata, 114. Academy, 115.-palace, 115. - Language, 115. - Po, 116. - Mantua, 116. - Cathedral, 116. - Palazzo del Te, 117. - Church of St. Sebastian, 117. - Sant Andrea, 117. - Fish market, 118.-ponte di Lago Scuro, 118. - Ferrara, 119. - Cathedral, 120. - Echoes, 120. - Journey to Imola, 12l. - Faenza, 121. - Raphael, 121. - Agriculture, &c. 122. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 1 of 2
Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 1 of 2

Author: Joseph Woods

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 9781330093771

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Excerpt from Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece, Vol. 1 of 2 Many books of travels in the south of Europe have been published; some of them written by men of talents and information, who were attached to the fine arts, and to architecture as one of them; and many professional works treating on the architecture of Italy and Greece, of greater or less excellence, have been given to the world; but I do not know that there is any one in which the author, after examining the most celebrated edifices of ancient and modern times, endeavours to explain to what circumstances they owe their power of pleasing; and what are to be considered as defects, tending to diminish that power. The subject has been slightly and incidentally touched upon by more than one traveller, but not treated with that care and detail which it deserves. To the architect, it is of the greatest importance: it is no less than the knowledge of what he is to shun, and what to imitate; by what different modes of building he can produce the same effects, or how, by methods nearly similar, he can produce different effects. In short, in what manner, with means always in some degree limited, either by the nature of the material to be employed, the customs of the country, the expense, or the taste or no taste of the employer, he can produce beauty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Architecture
Architecture

Author: Francis D. K. Ching

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-07-16

Total Pages: 1784

ISBN-13: 1118004825

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A superb visual reference to the principles of architecture Now including interactive CD-ROM! For more than thirty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has been the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. The updated Third Edition features expanded sections on circulation, light, views, and site context, along with new considerations of environmental factors, building codes, and contemporary examples of form, space, and order. This classic visual reference helps both students and practicing architects understand the basic vocabulary of architectural design by examining how form and space are ordered in the built environment.? Using his trademark meticulous drawing, Professor Ching shows the relationship between fundamental elements of architecture through the ages and across cultural boundaries. By looking at these seminal ideas, Architecture: Form, Space, and Order encourages the reader to look critically at the built environment and promotes a more evocative understanding of architecture. In addition to updates to content and many of the illustrations, this new edition includes a companion CD-ROM that brings the book's architectural concepts to life through three-dimensional models and animations created by Professor Ching.

Installations by Architects
Installations by Architects

Author: Sarah Bonnemaison

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2009-08-12

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781568988504

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Over the last few decades, a rich and increasingly diverse practice has emerged in the art world that invites the public to touch, enter, and experience the work, whether it is in a gallery, on city streets, or in the landscape. Like architecture, many of these temporary artworks aspire to alter viewers' experience of the environment. An installation is usually the end product for an artist, but for architects it can also be a preliminary step in an ongoing design process. Like paper projects designed in the absence of "real" architecture, installations offer architects another way to engage in issues critical to their practice. Direct experimentation with architecture's material and social dimensions engages the public around issues in the built environment that concern them and expands the ways that architecture can participate in and impact people's everyday lives. The first survey of its kind, Installations by Architects features fifty of the most significant projects from the last twenty-five years by today's most exciting architects, including Anderson Anderson, Philip Beesley, Diller + Scofidio, John Hejduk, Dan Hoffman, and Kuth/Ranieri Architects. Projects are grouped in critical areas of discussion under the themes of tectonics, body, nature, memory, and public space. Each project is supplemented by interviews with the project architects and the discussions of critics and theorists situated within a larger intellectual context. There is no doubt that installations will continue to play a critical role in the practice of architecture. Installations by Architects aims to contribute to the role of installations in sharpening our understanding of the built environment.