Exterior Design in Architecture

By Yoshinobu Ashihara

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442212038
• ISBN13: 9780442212032
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

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"These are exterior spaces - and this book is a complete handbook for the architect on the subject of exterior design. Both the theory and practice of designing exterior space-the city placid, the exterior of and setting for a building or group of buildings, the garden, the courtyard, and others-are discussed here in a thoroughly professional approach. Through the imaginative use of illustrations and striking visual-image examples, the author communicates a basic feeling for the concepts of exterior design as well as a clear understanding of the specifics. When architects create space, not with umbrellas or rugs, but with architectural materials, floors, walls, and ceilings are all important elements. Suppose, for example, that we have built a brick wall on ordinary ground where the sunshine sparkles... Exterior design and architecture is a practical handbook. It deals with the realities of design-the problems involved, the approach is possible, and examples what has been done in the field".