Christopher Hight

Architectural Principles in the Age of Cybernetics (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, challenging the concepts and categories of architectural history and placing the current debates into a broader cultural and technological context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134173853
• Artikelnr.: 43071385

Autorenporträt

Christopher Hight teaches graduate and undergraduate design and theory at Rice University School of Architecture. He previously taught at the Architectural Association in the Design Research Laboratory and has worked and published internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Phenomenal Origin of Architecture 3. The Structural
Continuities of Classicism 4. Modulor Residues of History 5. A Mid-Century
Renaissance 6. The Schema and the Diagram 7. The Symbolic Strikes Back 8.
Measured Response 9. Reflections of the Modulor 10. Measuring Vortices.
Appendix 1: Notes on Terminology. Appendix 2: Program of the 'Primo
Convegno Internazionale Sulle Proporzioni nelle Arti'