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Understanding architecture : (Record no. 8135)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2012289301
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International Standard Book Number 9780714848099
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International Standard Book Number 0714848093
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Classification number 720
Edition number 23
Item number M.R.U
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name McCarter, Robert,
Dates associated with a name 1955-
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Understanding architecture :
Remainder of title a primer on architecture as experience /
Statement of responsibility, etc Robert McCarter, Juhani Pallasmaa.
264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Phaidon,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2012.
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Extent 447 pages :
Other physical details illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions 28 cm.
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: Architecture as Experience Chapter 1: SPACE Existential and Architectural Space The Pantheon, Rome, Italy Piazza del Campo, Sienna, Italy Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy, Filippo Brunelleschi Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, US, Frank Lloyd Wright Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, France, Le Corbusier Our Mary of the Angels Cathedral, Los Angeles, California, US, Rafael Moneo Chapter 2: TIME The Space of Time Theater at Epidaurus, Greece Palace, Fatehpur Sikri, India Soane House, London, UK, Sir John Soane Castelvecchio Museum, Verona, Italy, Carlo Scarpa Myyrmaki Church and Parish Center, Vantaa, Finland, Juha Leiviska Church on the Water, Hokkaido, Japan, Tadao Ando Chapter 3: MATTER Matter, Hapticity and Time Temples of Amon-Ra and Khonsu, Karnak, Egypt Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice, Italy, Pietro Lombardo Post Office Savings Bank, Vienna, Austria, Otto Wagner German Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Law Courts Extension, Gothenburg, Sweden, Erik Gunnar Asplund St. Petri Church, Klippan, Sweden, Sigurd Lewerentz Chapter 4: GRAVITY Force, Form and Structure Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy Church of Saint Front, Perigueux, France Maison de Verre, Paris, France, Pierre Chareau Exeter Library, Exeter, New Hampshire, US, Louis Kahn DeMenil Gallery, Houston, Texas, US, Renzo Piano Thermal Baths, Vals, Switzerland, Peter Zumthor Chapter 5: LIGHT Material Tactility of Light Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey, Anthemius of Tralles Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France S. Carlo alle Quatro Fontane, Rome, Italy, Francesco Borromini Neresheim Abbey Church, Neresheim, Germany, Balthasar Neumann Church of the Three Crosses, Imatra, Finland, Alvar Aalto Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, US, Louis Kahn Chapter 6: SILENCE The Silent Voice of Architecture The Pyramids, Giza, Egypt Temples at Paestum, Italy Maya City of Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico Cloister, S. Maria della Pace, Rome, Italy, Bramante Chapel and Convent of the Capuchinas, Mexico City, Mexico, Luis Barragan Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, US, Louis Kahn Chapter 7: DWELLING Architecture, Dwelling and Home Dogon Village, Bandiagara, Mali, West Africa Roman Atrium House, Pompei, Italy Villa Rotonda, Vicenza, Italy, Andrea Palladio Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, New York, US, Frank Lloyd Wright Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland, Alvar Aalto Simpson-Lee House, Mount Wilson, NSW, Australia, Glenn Murcutt Chapter 8: ROOM The Rooms of Memory Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy, Michelangelo Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France, Henri Labrouste Karntner American Bar, Vienna, Austria, Adolf Loos Schroeder House, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Gerrit Reitveld Johnson Wax Company Building, Racine, Wisconsin, US, Frank Lloyd Wright Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle, Washington, US, Steven Holl Chapter 9: RITUAL The Form of Ritual Trajan's Market, Rome, Italy, Apollodoros Ise Shrine, Nagoya, Japan Certosa di Firenze, Florence, Italy Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, Antonio Gaudi Grand Central Train Station, New York, US, Warren and Wetmore Villa Savoye, Poissy, France, Le Corbusier Chapter 10: MEMORY Memory and the Lifeworld Palace at Knossos, Crete The Alhambra, Granada, Spain Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Turin, Italy, Guarino Guarini Resurrection Chapel, Turku Cemetery, Finland, Erik Bryggman Brion Cemetery, San Vito in Altivole, Italy, Carlo Scarpa Museum of American Folk Art, New York, US, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Chapter 11: LANDSCAPE The Internalized Landscape Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, Italy Katsura Villa, Kyoto, Japan The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, US, Thomas Jefferson Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, E.G. Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania, US, Frank Lloyd Wright Swimming Pools on the Sea, Leca da Palmeira, Portugal, Alvaro Siza Chapter 12: PLACE The Power of Place The Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Ictinos; landscape, Dimitris Pikionis Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy, Michelangelo Saynatsalo Town Hall, Saynatsalo, Finland, Alvar Aalto Municipal Orphanage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Aldo van Eyck Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia, Jorn Utzon Renovations and Additions to Monte Carasso, Switzerland, Luigi Snozzi Glossary Bibliography
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This book explores 72 buildings from around the world and throughout history and enables readers to experience the projects through text, photos and drawings; the perfect introduction to reading architectural plans. Intended both as an introductory text for students and professionals in the field as well as an accessible read for the general public, Understanding Architecture addresses the basic principles of architecture. The volume is organized in 12 series of chapters based on a key architectural themes - including space, time, matter, gravity, light, silence, dwelling, ritual, memory, landscape, and place. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay, and includes a wide variety of historical examples from around the world, followed by in-depth analysis of 6 key buildings that further exemplify the theme of that chapter. By combining a broad historical sweep with a jargon-free architectural study of space and the direct experience of architecture, this volume is a unique introduction to the experience of architecture.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A unique introduction to architecture through 72 key buildings.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architecture.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architecture
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architecture
Form subdivision Designs and plans.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pallasmaa, Juhani.
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  Dewey Decimal Classification     Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Architectural) Main library Main library B9 18/02/2014 Academic bookshop 599.00 PU   720 M.R.U 00010555 19/02/2025 18/02/2014 Books