"Sources of Architectural Form" provides a critical history of
Western architecture theory from the ancient world to the present
day. It focuses on design theory's central question: how does the
architect generate architectural form? Theorists necessarily tackle
this fundamental question in order to explain a number of puzzling
issues including the origins of style, the persistence of tradition
and the role of genius.
This book describes the major design theories in eight
chronological periods, conveying their flavour with contemporary
quotations. Each theory is analysed for its strengths and
weaknesses. Gelernter identifies an important relationship between
theories of design and theories of knowledge, and so explains and
analyses each period's dominant epistemological concepts.
Contemporary theorists of education are also examined, as many
theorists from Vitruvius to Gropius included precepts for teaching
as integral components of their ideas.
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