Architecture – A Historical Perspective

Pavlos Lefas

Published by JOVIS 2015

Architecture – A Historical Perspective

Pavlos Lefas

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783868598940

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This history-by-theory and theory-by-history book helps its reader make sense of the chaotic multitude of world architecture through time. In contrast to other history books this book is brief but to the point, perceiving architecture as part of human civilisation. Its’ focus on issues such as: “is concept and form or matter the most important ‘component’ of architecture?”, “how close is architecture to spectacle?”, “is less really more?” makes it a good reading for both freshmen students of architecture and the reader who wants to get a grasp of what architecture is–and has been–really about.

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Pavlos Lefas

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
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Are There Archetypes in Architecture? The Terra Amata Huts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Architecture and Place Mesopotamia: The Oval Temple Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Concept and Matter The Giza Pyramids Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
The Magic of the City Ur: Igmil-Sins’s House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Architecture and Identity The Temple of Amun at Karnak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
New Ideas or Changing Preferences? The Acropolis of Athens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Sine Qua Non The Great Roman Aqueducts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Architecture Takes Control Inventing Interior Space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Issues of Scale Angkor Wat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Regularity and Irregularity Medieval Cities and Gothic Cathedrals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Architecture and Mathematics The Alhambra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Architecture and Utopia The Forbidden City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Architecture and Oblivion The Great Temple of Tenochtitlan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Tradition and Innovation Sant’Andrea in Mantua Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Less is More The Rock Garden of Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
The Building and its Surroundings The Villa Rotonda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
The Usefulness of Edifices The Great Wall of China Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Managing the Boundaries The Masjed-e Shah in Isfahan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Architecture and Spectacle From Pont Neuf to Vierzehnheiligen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
The Positivistic Approach 1800: The Grid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Architecture and Technology Tall Buildings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
An Architecture for Ordinary People? Modernism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Architecture without Architects The Age of Motorization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Humans and Environment From Vitruvius to Green Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: JOVIS
Audience: Architekten Architekturhistoriker Architekturtheoretiker Architekturinteressierte Architekturstudenten
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: ca. 130 s/w Abb.
Keywords: Architektur; Architekturgeschichte; Geschichtstheorie; Vielfalt in der Architektur

eBook

Published: August 30, 2015
ISBN: 9783868598940