The Dancing Column

The Dancing Column

Author: Joseph Rykwert

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 9780262681018

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Joseph Rykwert is one of the major architectural historians of this century. THE DANCING COLUMN is his most controversial and challenging work to date. A decade in preparation, it is a deeply erudite, clearly written, and wide-ranging deconstruction of the system of column and beam known as the "orders of architecture". Rykwert traces the analogy between columns and/or buildings and the human body. 315 illustrations.


The Serpent Column

The Serpent Column

Author: Paul Stephenson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0190209062

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Paul Stephenson twists together multiple strands to relate the cultural biography of a unique monument, the Serpent Column, which stands today in Istanbul 2,500 years after it was raised at Delphi.


YRIA

YRIA

Author: CHRIS BLENCOWE

Publisher: Sidewalk Editions

Published: 2013-10-30

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 099267610X

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The Parthenon: in the brilliance of its siting, astonishing constructional precision and refinements, remains one of the greatest enigmas in architecture. It exemplifies an ‘elusive quality’ which transcends history and can also be identified in certain key works of the modern era. ‘YRIA - the guiding shadow’ is the account of a search - in time and place - for the origins of this luminous artistic and architectural mode. The thread is followed through the work of visionary artists and architects of recent times and illuminated by a comprehensive text, numerous sketches and high quality photographs. Written primarily for the adventurous reader with an interest in Art and Architecture, History and Mythology, Poetry and Philosophy - as an account of architectural beginnings revealed by recent archaeological discoveries, this book will also interest the specialist.


Primitive

Primitive

Author: Jo Odgers

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1134172451

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This innovative, illustrated edited edition brings together a collection of authors to chart the rise, fall and possible futures of the word primitive.


Chora, Volume Six

Chora, Volume Six

Author: Alberto Pérez Gómez

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0773538585

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An interdisciplinary collection of essays in the history and philosophy of architecture.


Unexpected Affinities

Unexpected Affinities

Author: Pablo Meninato

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-23

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1351104942

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While the concept of "type" has been present in architectural discourse since its formal introduction at the end of the eighteenth century, its role in the development of architectural projects has not been comprehensively analyzed. This book proposes a reassessment of architectural type throughout history and its impact on the development of architectural theory and practice. Beginning with Laugier's 1753 Essay on Architecture, Unexpected Affinities: The History of Type in the Architectural Project from Laugier to Duchamp traces type through nineteenth- and twentiethth-century architectural movements and thoeries, culminating in a discussion of the affinities between architectural type and Duchamp's concept of the readymade. Includes over sixty black and white images.


Analogical Thinking in Architecture

Analogical Thinking in Architecture

Author: Jean-Pierre Chupin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-07-27

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1350343633

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This book provides an in-depth exploration of the rich and persistent use of analogical thinking in the built environment. Since the turn of the 21st century, “design thinking” has permeated many fields outside of the design disciplines. It is expected to succeed whenever disciplinary boundaries need to be transcended in order to think “outside the box.” This book argues that these qualities have long been supported by “analogical thinking”-an agile way of reasoning in which think the unknown through the familiar. The book is organized into four case studies: the first reviews analogical models that have been at the heart of design thinking representations from the 1960s to the present day; the second investigates the staying power of biological analogies; the third explores the paradoxical imaginary of "analogous cities" as a means of integrating contemporary architecture with heritage contexts; while the fourth unpacks the critical and theoretical potential of linguistic metaphors and visual comparisons in architectural discourse. Comparing views on the role of analogies and metaphors by prominent voices in architecture and related disciplines from the 17th century to the present, the book shows how the “analogical world of the project” is revealed as a wide-open field of creative and cognitive interactions. These visual and textual operations are explained through 36 analogical plates which can be read as an inter-text demonstrating how analogy has the power to reconcile design and theories.