Common architecture /

What is the common value of architecture? The first description that come to mind is something normal, ordinary or rational. These keywords are pointing toward the opposite of newness. A brave jump of logic would make out that architecture does not need to call for newness. On the contrary, one must...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim, Sunwoo (Architect) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Novato, California : ORO Editions, [2025].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Blockbuster architecture vs. common architecture
  • The role of architecture and architects
  • The beginning of common architecture: types and examples
  • Common media of architecture: form & drawing
  • What is type?
  • Values of type
  • Typological approach
  • Examples of typological approach
  • Complementarity between types and examples
  • Characteristics of example approach
  • Robert Venturi's example approach
  • J.N.L. Durand's example approach
  • Inception of design: typological and example approach
  • Epilogue: Philosophical aspect of architecture.