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This book explains why scale models are important to the design
process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the history and
significance of models in architecture from the magic of the
Egyptian scale model to the present day. Through this description
of the relationship between architecture and the scale model, Smith
demonstrates the most effective process between concept and
'machine', between the idea and the final building. The great value
of this book is to reveal the nature of the scale model and to
unlock the tremendous potential of this design tool as a thinking
and communicative advice. His chronological analysis goes on from
Egypt through Rome to the relationship between the Greek paradigm
scale model and then on to Medieval and Renaissance models. It
concludes with the models of the Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi,
the Russian Constructivists, the American architect Louis Khan and
finally looks at the role of scale models in the present day
through the work of the Polish/American architect Daniel Libeskind
and the American Frank Gehry.
Developing Your Design Process is your primary source for
acquiring knowledge of how and why you design. It will help you
understand how architects think as well as learn why you should
educate yourself about design culture. You'll explore the spark of
imagination that leads to a strong concept, realize the importance
of sketching and rough drafts, focus your original concept to make
your abstract idea visible, and finally step away for a moment to
critically question your concept by identifying its strengths and
weaknesses. You'll also be introduced to the language of design,
architectural terminology, historic precedents, and designers, in
addition to the why, what, and how of the design process.
The book is illustrated throughout with international examples
of work by professionals and students in the discipline of
architecture, and other related design professions.
Developing Your Design Process is your primary source for
acquiring knowledge of how and why you design. It will help you
understand how architects think as well as learn why you should
educate yourself about design culture. You'll explore the spark of
imagination that leads to a strong concept, realize the importance
of sketching and rough drafts, focus your original concept to make
your abstract idea visible, and finally step away for a moment to
critically question your concept by identifying its strengths and
weaknesses. You'll also be introduced to the language of design,
architectural terminology, historic precedents, and designers, in
addition to the why, what, and how of the design process.
The book is illustrated throughout with international examples
of work by professionals and students in the discipline of
architecture, and other related design professions.
This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important
to the design process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the
history and significance of models in architecture from the magic
of the Egyptian scale model to the present day. Through this
description of the relationship between architecture and the scale
model, Smith demonstrates the most effective process between
concept and 'machine', between the idea and the final building. The
great value of this book is to reveal the nature of the scale model
and to unlock the tremendous potential of this design tool as a
thinking and communicative advice. His chronological analysis goes
on from Egypt through Rome to the relationship between the Greek
paradigm scale model and then on to Medieval and Renaissance
models. It concludes with the models of the Spanish architect
Antonio Gaudi, the Russian Constructivists, the American architect
Louis Khan and finally looks at the role of scale models in the
present day through the work of the Polish/American architect
Daniel Libeskind and the American Frank Gehry.
An understanding of architects' character traits can offer
important insights into how they design buildings. These traits
include leadership skills necessary to coordinate a team, honest
and ethical behavior, being well educated and possessing a
life-long love of learning, flexibility, resourcefulness, and
visionary and strategic thinking. Characteristics such as these
describe a successful person. Architects also possess these traits,
but they have additional skills specifically valuable for the
profession. These will include the ability to question the use of
digital media, new materials, processes, and methods to convey
meaning in architectural form. Although not exhaustive, a
discussion of such subjects as defining, imaging, persuading, and
fabricating will reveal representational meaning useful for the
development of an understanding of architects' character. Through
the analogies and metaphors found in Greek myth, the book describes
the elusive, hard-to-define characteristics of architects to engage
the dilemmas of a changing architectural landscape. Building the
Architect's Character: Explorations in Traits examines traditional
and archetypal characteristics of the successful architect to ask
if they remain relevant today.
An understanding of architects' character traits can offer
important insights into how they design buildings. These traits
include leadership skills necessary to coordinate a team, honest
and ethical behavior, being well educated and possessing a
life-long love of learning, flexibility, resourcefulness, and
visionary and strategic thinking. Characteristics such as these
describe a successful person. Architects also possess these traits,
but they have additional skills specifically valuable for the
profession. These will include the ability to question the use of
digital media, new materials, processes, and methods to convey
meaning in architectural form. Although not exhaustive, a
discussion of such subjects as defining, imaging, persuading, and
fabricating will reveal representational meaning useful for the
development of an understanding of architects' character. Through
the analogies and metaphors found in Greek myth, the book describes
the elusive, hard-to-define characteristics of architects to engage
the dilemmas of a changing architectural landscape. Building the
Architect's Character: Explorations in Traits examines traditional
and archetypal characteristics of the successful architect to ask
if they remain relevant today.
Title: Correspondence of Palestine tourists: comprising a series of
letters by George A. Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Paul A. Schettler, and
Eliza R. Snow, of Utah: mostly written while traveling in Europe,
Asia and Africa in the years 1872 and 1873.Author: George Albert
SmithPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph
Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana,
1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and
other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to
the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of
discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the
U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans,
slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana
offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03235200CollectionID:
CTRG00-B452PublicationDate: 18750101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: xiv, 386 p.; 23 cm
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