ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE 2nd revised edn

ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE 2nd revised edn

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Modernity has opened the way towards a grand
diversity of form. However, even if architecture is a cultural
phenomenon, this does not mean it is a product of fashion – it is not
ephemeral enough for that. An architect just starting out is best
advised to aim for the essential, or to rediscover certain time-tested
certainties before transgressing them.

The first part of
this work explores the means of compositional architecture, followed by
the interpretation of the relationships between space, light, and place.
Four or five thousand years of history has shown the resilience of
certain fundamental principles intrinsic to our disciple that organizes,
in three dimensions, the vital space of man.

In the second
part, the author provides certain keys to managing the relationship
between form, material and construction, keeping in mind that the need
to build has never been sufficient, in itself, to design the form of the
house or the city.

Neither dictionary, nor encyclopedia, this
work attempts to fill a gap: it proposes an introduction to
architectural design and criticism, considered in the light of our time.

Praised by critics and used as a book of reference in numerous
schools, the first edition of this book has been translated into
English, Italian, German, Korean and Chinese.