Design Strategies in Architecture: An Approach to the Analysis of Form

By Geoffrey Baker

Book Overview

This is an explanation of the nature and role of architecture by reference to the work of several important contemporary theorists. It establishes the importance of such key issues in design as the Genius Loci, or spirit of place, the existence of what can best be termed forces which effect design and the essential characteristics of form, including such issues as geometry, structure, axes, surface treatment and rhythm.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747600414
• ISBN13: 9780747600411
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 11.8"