The experience of architecture /
How does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space to lead into another, affect us? This book aims to understand how these everyday acts are influenced by architectural form, a concept that is vital for all architects to grasp if our buildings are to be anything more tha...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thames & Hudson,
[2016]
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| Summary: | How does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space to lead into another, affect us? This book aims to understand how these everyday acts are influenced by architectural form, a concept that is vital for all architects to grasp if our buildings are to be anything more than a commercial or aesthetic enterprise. It considers how specific built elements and volumes can sustain or deny our powers of decision. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of our daily interactions with architecture, looking at stairs, floors and paths, moving interior spaces, perception and perspective, transparency and the relationship between a building and its setting. This book is not just for architects and designers engaged in the production of space, but for all those who seek a richer understanding of their place in the built world. |
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| Physical Description: | 287 pages : chiefly color illustrations, plans ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780500343210 0500343217 |