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020			_a978-041583253
040			_aLOC _c
041			_2Eng
050			_aNA2760 .M4413 1989 _b1
082			_a720 _b1
100			_aPierre Von Meiss
245			_aElements of Architecture: From Form to Place
250			_a2nd Ed.
260			_aLondon ; New York, _b Van Nostrand Reinhold, _c1990
300			_av,383p. _c23 cm.
521			_aModernity 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.
942			_2ddc _n1 _cAT _e2nd Ed. _h720
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