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Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture - Structure, Architecture and Culture (Paperback)
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Model Perspectives: Structure, Architecture and Culture - Structure, Architecture and Culture (Paperback)
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This book contains a unique collection of various perspectives on
the relationship between structures and the forms and spaces of
architecture. As such it provides students and professionals alike
with an essential sourcebook that can be mined for visual
inspiration as well as for textually rich and authoritative insight
into the links between structure, architecture, and cultural
context. The chapters address fundamental structural elements and
systems: columns, walls, beams, trusses, frames, tensile
structures, arches, domes and shells. Each chapter is subdivided
into two parts: * The essays - introduce the chapters with the
reprinting of a curated set of essays and excerpts by various
authors that uniquely address how particular structural elements or
systems relate in essential fashion to architectural design
concepts. * The model studies - physical models of the overall
structural systems of several notable contemporary buildings from
Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia are illustrated
with large photographs, detail close-ups, and views of their
external forms and internal spaces that establish the exceptional
qualities of these projects in connecting structural form to
architectural design objectives. Mosaic layouts complete the
chapters with a collection of photographs of yet more models whose
particular details and unique features serve to extend the visual
repertoire of the structural type being considered. The
combination, juxtaposition and mutual positive reinforcement of
these two collections, one largely textual and the other image
based, provides the reader with unique and multifaceted insights
into how structural forms and systems can be related to
architectural design intentions. Conveyed by a strong and
deliberate graphical design format, this assembly of materials gets
to the very essence of structures within the context of
architecture, and will inspire students and practitioners alike to
make strategic design decisions for their own projects.
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