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Classic readings in architecture / Jay M. Stein, Kent F. Spreckelmeyer [editors].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1999.ISBN:
  • 0070614156
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720 21
LOC classification:
  • NA2550
Partial contents:
Reading 1. "Book I" - The Ten Books on Architecture / Vitruvius (Marcus Pollio) -- Reading 2. "Cultural Transformations" and "Territorial Transformations" - Modern Architecture: A Critical History / Kenneth Frampton -- Reading 3. "The Architecture of Utopia" - The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays / Colin Rowe -- Reading 4. "The Architecture of Community" - The New Urbanism / Vincent Scully, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown -- Reading 5. "Historical and Other Precedents: Towards an Old Architecture" - Learning from Las Vegas / Steven Izenour -- Reading 6. "Architects and Their Symbols" - Built Environment / Geoffrey Broadbent -- Reading 7. "Historicism and the Limits of Semiology" - Essays in Architectural Criticism / Alan Coiquhoun -- Reading 8. "Experiential Context of the Aesthetic Process" - Journal of Architectural Education / James Marston Fitch -- Reading 9. "Listing as Design Methodology" and "Asymmetry and Dissonance" - The Modern Language of Architecture / Bruno Zevi -- Reading 10. "A Breath of Intelligence" - The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment / Reyner Banham -- Reading 11. "Some Characteristics of a New Concept of Technology" - Journal of Architectural Education / Peter McCleary -- Reading 12. "Form-Resistant Structures" - Why Buildings Stand Up / Mario Salvadori -- Reading 13. "The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered" - Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings / Louis Sullivan -- Reading 14. "The Power of Place: A Proposal for Los Angeles" - The Public Historian / Dolores Hayden -- Reading 15. "The Need for Aged Buildings" - The Death and Life of Great American Cities / Jane Jacobs -- Reading 16. "Retrospect and Prospect" - The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects / Lewis Mumford -- Reading 17. "Return to the Agora" - City: Rediscovering the Center / William H. Whyte -- Reading 18. "The American Public Space" - The Public Interest / J. B. Jackson -- Reading 19. "The Waste of Place" - Wasting Away / Kevin Lynch -- Reading 20. "On Values" - Design with Nature / Ian McHarg -- Reading 21. "The House as Symbol of Self" - Designing for Human Behavior / Clare Cooper Marcus -- Reading 22. "The Anthropology of Space: An Organizing Model" - The Hidden Dimension / Edward T. Hall -- Reading 23. "On the Cultural Responsiveness of Architecture" - Journal of Architectural Education / Amos Rapoport -- Reading 24. "Space-Time" - Design Awareness / Robert Sommer -- Reading 25. "Goodness of Fit" - Notes on the Synthesis of Form / Christopher Alexander -- Reading 26. "A Priori Knowledge and Heuristic Reasoning in Architectural Design" - Journal of Architectural Education / Peter Rowe -- Reading 27. "Toward a Marriage of Artistry and Applied Science in the Architectural Design Studio" - Journal of Architectural Education / Donald A. Schon -- Reading 28. "The Cardboard House" - The Future of Architecture / Frank Lioyd Wright -- Reading 29. "Accommodating Human Unsettlement" - Town Planning Review / R. Buckminster Fuller -- Reading 30. "Design: Inquiry and Implication" - Journal of Architectural Education / Donlyn Lyndon -- Reading 31. "Design Responsibility: Five Myths and Six Directions" - Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change / Victor Papanek -- Reading 32. "Architecture and the Daedalean Risk" - Architects and Firms: A Sociological Perspective on Architectural Practice / Judith R. Blau -- Reading 33. "Challenges to Architecture" - Architectural Practice: A Critical View / Robert Gutman -- Reading 34. "Some Shifts in Building Design and Their Implications for Design Practices and Management" - Journal of Architectural and Planning Research / David S. Haviland -- Reading 35. "Built Environment Evaluation: Conceptual Basis, Benefits and Uses" - Journal of Architectural and Planning Research / Wolfgang F. E. Preiser and Ernest L. Boyer -- Reading 36. "A Profession in Perspective" - Building Community: A New Future for Architecture Education and Practice.
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Reading 1. "Book I" - The Ten Books on Architecture / Vitruvius (Marcus Pollio) -- Reading 2. "Cultural Transformations" and "Territorial Transformations" - Modern Architecture: A Critical History / Kenneth Frampton -- Reading 3. "The Architecture of Utopia" - The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays / Colin Rowe -- Reading 4. "The Architecture of Community" - The New Urbanism / Vincent Scully, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown -- Reading 5. "Historical and Other Precedents: Towards an Old Architecture" - Learning from Las Vegas / Steven Izenour -- Reading 6. "Architects and Their Symbols" - Built Environment / Geoffrey Broadbent -- Reading 7. "Historicism and the Limits of Semiology" - Essays in Architectural Criticism / Alan Coiquhoun -- Reading 8. "Experiential Context of the Aesthetic Process" - Journal of Architectural Education / James Marston Fitch -- Reading 9. "Listing as Design Methodology" and "Asymmetry and Dissonance" - The Modern Language of Architecture / Bruno Zevi -- Reading 10. "A Breath of Intelligence" - The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment / Reyner Banham -- Reading 11. "Some Characteristics of a New Concept of Technology" - Journal of Architectural Education / Peter McCleary -- Reading 12. "Form-Resistant Structures" - Why Buildings Stand Up / Mario Salvadori -- Reading 13. "The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered" - Kindergarten Chats and Other Writings / Louis Sullivan -- Reading 14. "The Power of Place: A Proposal for Los Angeles" - The Public Historian / Dolores Hayden -- Reading 15. "The Need for Aged Buildings" - The Death and Life of Great American Cities / Jane Jacobs -- Reading 16. "Retrospect and Prospect" - The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects / Lewis Mumford -- Reading 17. "Return to the Agora" - City: Rediscovering the Center / William H. Whyte -- Reading 18. "The American Public Space" - The Public Interest / J. B. Jackson -- Reading 19. "The Waste of Place" - Wasting Away / Kevin Lynch -- Reading 20. "On Values" - Design with Nature / Ian McHarg -- Reading 21. "The House as Symbol of Self" - Designing for Human Behavior / Clare Cooper Marcus -- Reading 22. "The Anthropology of Space: An Organizing Model" - The Hidden Dimension / Edward T. Hall -- Reading 23. "On the Cultural Responsiveness of Architecture" - Journal of Architectural Education / Amos Rapoport -- Reading 24. "Space-Time" - Design Awareness / Robert Sommer -- Reading 25. "Goodness of Fit" - Notes on the Synthesis of Form / Christopher Alexander -- Reading 26. "A Priori Knowledge and Heuristic Reasoning in Architectural Design" - Journal of Architectural Education / Peter Rowe -- Reading 27. "Toward a Marriage of Artistry and Applied Science in the Architectural Design Studio" - Journal of Architectural Education / Donald A. Schon -- Reading 28. "The Cardboard House" - The Future of Architecture / Frank Lioyd Wright -- Reading 29. "Accommodating Human Unsettlement" - Town Planning Review / R. Buckminster Fuller -- Reading 30. "Design: Inquiry and Implication" - Journal of Architectural Education / Donlyn Lyndon -- Reading 31. "Design Responsibility: Five Myths and Six Directions" - Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change / Victor Papanek -- Reading 32. "Architecture and the Daedalean Risk" - Architects and Firms: A Sociological Perspective on Architectural Practice / Judith R. Blau -- Reading 33. "Challenges to Architecture" - Architectural Practice: A Critical View / Robert Gutman -- Reading 34. "Some Shifts in Building Design and Their Implications for Design Practices and Management" - Journal of Architectural and Planning Research / David S. Haviland -- Reading 35. "Built Environment Evaluation: Conceptual Basis, Benefits and Uses" - Journal of Architectural and Planning Research / Wolfgang F. E. Preiser and Ernest L. Boyer -- Reading 36. "A Profession in Perspective" - Building Community: A New Future for Architecture Education and Practice.