Simon Unwin

Curve (eBook, ePUB)

possibilities and problems with deviating from the straight in architecture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. This Notebook considers the various authorities to which architects look for the generation of their curves. It also considers the aspirations curves manifest in architectural form.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351695534
• Artikelnr.: 68440347

Autorenporträt

Simon Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Although retired, he continues to teach at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff University, Wales, where he taught for many years. His books are used in schools of architecture around the world and have been translated into various languages.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction - Instruments of Curvature. Architecture's Innate
Orthogonality. The Ever-Present Melody. Movement Curves. Structural Curves.
Curves from Straight Lines. Curves from Nature. Orchestrating Curves.
Endword. Bibliography. Index.