Stephen Grabow, Kent Spreckelmeyer

The Architecture of Use (eBook, ePUB)

Aesthetics and Function in Architectural Design

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzes ten buildings embodying the human experience and clarifies that function in architecture is a generative force in determining built form.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135016456
• Artikelnr.: 41774751

Autorenporträt

Stephen Grabow is Professor of Architecture at the University of Kansas. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Fulbright Commission. He was educated in architecture at the University of Michigan and at Pratt Institute, in landscape architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and holds a doctorate in urban planning from the University of Washington.

Kent Spreckelmeyer is Professor of Architecture at the University of Kansas. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and the recipient of a Kemper Teaching Fellowship and numerous grants in the field of healthcare planning. He was educated in architecture at the University of Kansas and at University College, London and holds a doctorate in architecture from the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The Art of Use Foreword: The Use of Art Juhani Pallasmaa 1.
Introduction 2. The Architecture of Health: The Paimio Sanatorium 3. The
Shape of Work: The Larkin Office Building 4. Homo Ludens: The Amsterdam
Orphanage 5. The Form of Commerce: The National Farmers Bank 6. The
Structure of Memory: The Trenton Bath House 7. The Function of Wisdom:
Mount Angel Abbey Library 8. An Architecture for Liberal Religion: Unity
Temple 9. Street-Corner Musicians: The Berlin Philharmonie 10. Pictures at
an Exhibition: The Louisiana Museum 11. Community and Privacy: Siedlung
Halen 12. Conclusion Acknowledgments Bibliography Illustration Credits
Index