Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of Form

by Geoffrey Baker

Book Overview

Modern architecture has become extremely complex and its study has been made more difficult by changes in fashion and a proliferation of design modes. In this book, Geoffrey Baker develops a methodology for design analysis that reveals the underlying organisation of buildings.
Part One explains the nature and role of architecture in a wide-ranging discussion extending from geometry to symbolism. Part Two demonstrates the analytical methodology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0419161309
• ISBN13: 9780419161301
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.7" x 8.1"