Sources of architectural form: a critical history of the western design theory Softcover - 1995
by Gelernter, Mark
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- Title Sources of architectural form: a critical history of the western design theory
- Author Gelernter, Mark
- Binding Softcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester : Manchester University Press, Manchester
- Date 1995
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 362125
- ISBN 9780719041297 / 0719041295
- Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.7 x 0.9 in (23.62 x 17.02 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Architectural design - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94-12283
- Dewey Decimal Code 720.1
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From the rear cover
Sources of Architectural Form provides a critical history of Western architecture theory from the ancient world to the present day. It focuses on design theory's central question: how does the architect generate architectural form? Theorists necessarily tackle this fundamental question in order to explain a number of puzzling issues including the origins of style, the persistence of tradition and the role of genius.
This book describes the major design theories in eight chronological periods, conveying their flavour with contemporary quotations. Each theory is analysed for its strengths and weaknesses. Gelernter identifies an important relationship between theories of design and theories of knowledge, and so explains and analyses each period's dominant epistemological concepts. Contemporary theorists of education are also examined, as many theorists from Vitruvius to Gropius included precepts for teaching as integral components of their ideas.