Description
Book Synopsis
Take an expansive and provocative tour of architectural theory and practice, exploring everything from basic concepts to speculative design and subversive interventions.
Universal Principles of Architecture illustrates in 100 concepts the importance, possibilities, challenges, and roles that architecture plays in shaping the world. This radical and perhaps surprising survey is divided into five sections: Archetypes, Methods, Conditions, Relationships, and Imaginaries. And, each of the five sections in the book introduces in 20 principles architecture at different scales and stages of the design process.
Through an inclusive and holistic approach, the book refers to initial design ideas, creative design approaches, reflections on the effects of the built and destroyed environments, and architectural desires and aspirations to transform the world and engage with the cosmos.
Because architecture is the
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"Beautifully illustrated...especially and unreservedly recommended." * Midwest Book Review *
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
How to read Universal Principles of Architecture
ARCHETYPES
METHODS
CONDITIONS
RELATIONSHIPS
IMAGINARIES
GLOSSARY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX
