DESIGN STRATEGIES IN ARCHITECTURE an approach to the analysis of form

• Main Author: Baker, Geoffrey H (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Van Nostrand Reinhold 1996
• Edition: Second edition
• Subjects: Architecture
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• Physical Description: xx, 319 pages illustrations 20 cm
• ISBN: 0419161309; 9780419161301

Modern architecture has become extremely complex and its study has been made more difficult by changes in fashion and a proliferation of design modes. In this book, Geoffrey Baker develops a methodology for design analysis that reveals the underlying organisation of buildings. Part One explains the nature and role of architecture in a wide-ranging discussion extending from geometry to symbolism. Part Two demonstrates the analytical methodology by reference to cities and works by modern masters such as Aalto, Meier and Stirling.