Architectonics of Humanism - Couverture souple

March, Lionel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471977543 ISBN 13 : 9780471977544

Editeur : Wiley-Academy, 1998

Synopsis

A reinterpretation of the architectural principles (the architectonics) of the Renaissance period, this text presents views on the use of symmetry and proportion in Alberti and Palladio, with the help of illustrations and examples. The subsequent development of the Renaissance tradition into the 20th century, in the light of this evaluation, leads away from Le Corbusier and the French school (Wittkower's position) and towards its continuation and transformation in the Viennese and Chicago practices exemplified by Frank Lloyd Wright and the American school.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Lionel March, former Rector at the Royal College of Art, London, is currently Professor of Design and Computation at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and teaches the fundamentals of architectonics. He is closely associated with advances in shape grammars and computation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His previous books include The Geometry of Environment with Philip Steadman, and edited volumes: The Architecture of Form, Urban Space and Structures with Leslie Martin, and most recently R M Schindler: Composition and Construction with Judith Sheine. Widely regarded as ′the founder of the morphological field in architectural research′, March is editor of the journal Planning and Design.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Reinterpreting the architectural principles of the Renaissance period.

This book presents a fresh viewpoint on the use of symmetry and proportion in Alberti and Palladio with the help of new illustrations and examples. Covering the evolution of the Renaissance tradition into the twentieth century, this book offers a new evaluation which veers from Le Corbusier and the French school and moves toward the continuation and transformation in the Viennese and Chicago practices exemplified by Frank Lloyd Wright and the American school.

Lionel March (Los Angeles, CA) is a practicing architect and an avid follower of the Modernist tradition in architecture. He also teaches at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCLA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Academy
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471977543
• ISBN 13: 9780471977544
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible