Ramdan Hours:
Sun - Thu
9.30 AM - 2.30 PM
Iftar in --:--:--
🌙 Maghrib: --:--
Image from Google Jackets

The architecture concept book / James Tait.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2018Description: 280 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0500294135
  • 9780500294130
  • 9780500343364
  • 0500343365
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 720.1 T.J.T
LOC classification:
  • NA2500 .T285 2018
Contents:
Assess : Wonder ; Environment ; Disorder ; Memory ; Function ; Form ; Irony ; Politics -- Analyse : Walk ; Influence ; Reclaim ; Respect ; Obscure ; Heroize ; Improve ; Improvise -- Assemble ; Floor ; Wall ; Structure ; Roof ; Door ; Façade ; Stair ; Services -- Augment : Review ; Diagram ; Optimize ; Economize ; Colour ; Contrast ; Scale ; Craft.
Summary: Inspired by the complexity and heterogeneity of the world around us, and by the rise of new technologies and their associated behaviors, The Architecture Concept Book seeks to stimulate young architects and students to think outside of what is often a rather conservative and self-perpetuating professional domain and to be influenced by everything around them. Organized thematically, the book explores thirty- five architectural concepts, which cover wide- ranging topics not always typically included in the study of architecture. James Tait traces the connections between concepts such as familiarity, control, and memory and basic architectural components such as the entrance, arch, columns, and services, to social phenomena such as gathering and reveling, before concluding with texts on shelter, relaxing, and working. Even in this digital age, Tait insists that we must always think before we design. We must always have a reason to build."--Publisher's description.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Main library B9 Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Architectural) 720.1 T.J.T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00015866

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-273) and index.

Assess : Wonder ; Environment ; Disorder ; Memory ; Function ; Form ; Irony ; Politics --
Analyse : Walk ; Influence ; Reclaim ; Respect ; Obscure ; Heroize ; Improve ; Improvise --
Assemble ; Floor ; Wall ; Structure ; Roof ; Door ; Façade ; Stair ; Services --
Augment : Review ; Diagram ; Optimize ; Economize ; Colour ; Contrast ; Scale ; Craft.

Inspired by the complexity and heterogeneity of the world around us, and by the rise of new technologies and their associated behaviors, The Architecture Concept Book seeks to stimulate young architects and students to think outside of what is often a rather conservative and self-perpetuating professional domain and to be influenced by everything around them. Organized thematically, the book explores thirty- five architectural concepts, which cover wide- ranging topics not always typically included in the study of architecture. James Tait traces the connections between concepts such as familiarity, control, and memory and basic architectural components such as the entrance, arch, columns, and services, to social phenomena such as gathering and reveling, before concluding with texts on shelter, relaxing, and working. Even in this digital age, Tait insists that we must always think before we design. We must always have a reason to build."--Publisher's description.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.