Classical Architecture - Couverture rigide

Porphyrios, Demetri

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0856709697 ISBN 13 : 9780856709692

Editeur : Wiley-Academy, 1992

Synopsis

Based on a series of lectures given by the author while he was the Harry Shure visiting Professor in Architecture at the University of Virginia, "Classical Architecture" provides the basis for a deeper understanding of this highly misunderstood subject. Appearing here as "Imitation in Architecture", "From Techne to Tectonics", "The Classical Order", "Character and Style", "Common Sense" and "Tradition and the New", this series represents a carefully considered and yet extremely accessible intellectual argument for the reasons behind the perennial appeal of convention. In a logical progression through the etymological implications of mimesis, or imitation, the author discusses the Aristotlean concept of techne, the fundamental meaning of both Classicism and style, the urban implications of today's pluralism and the true value of tradition. He says, for example - that "The Classical Order sets form over the necessities of shelter and tectonics over the contingencies of construction. It provides a definitive account of the laws of nature as manifested through construction and shelter. Whereas the diversity for the contingent world is constantly on the verge of dissolution and the forms of the real world blossom and wilt, the Classical Order makes us see the immutable laws of nature by means of tectonic fiction". Descriptive photographs and sketches collected from a wide variety of locations visually support the text, which also includes a selection of source material that has been edited especially for this publication.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Demetri Porphyrios has an international reputation as an architect and theorist. He has built in England, Europe, the Middle East and America and has received many awards and honorary degrees for his excellence in architectural and urban design. He was educated at Princeton University where he received his master of Architecture and Ph.D. in the History an dTheory of Architecture. He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and he has been Thomas Jefferson Professor at the University of Virginia and Davenport and Bishop Professoe at Yale University. He has taught at the Architectural Association, the Polytechnci of Central London and the Royal College of Art. He is a Member of the Council of the Green Archaeological Committee (UK), Trustee of the Saint Catherine Foundation, Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Member of Europa Nostra and Member of the Society of Architectural Historians. He has recently been appointed Member of CABE Design Review Committee and in 2005 was awarded the Driehaus International Prize in Architecture. His publications include Sources of Modern Eclecticism; On the Methodology of Architectural History; Classicism is not a Style; Building and Rational Architecture and Classical Architecture.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A perceptive exploration of architecture as the art of building tracing it back to its roots in Ancient Greece and Rome. In a series of tightly argued essays, the author discusses the role of imitation, tectonics, ornament and originality in architecture, demonstrating that the classical is that which speaks of tradition always in a modern voice. 'A work is classical,' Porphyrios writes, 'not because it is immutable, eternal and sacred but because it continually searches for and brings out the new.' Classical Architecture is both a pedagogic and critical book that has implications for our present-day theory of style, our view of history, and for the practice of architecture. It looks at the true meaning of tradition and how it relates to modernity. The extensive appendix brings together some of the most important classical texts relating to architecture. Lavishly illustrated in colour, and featuring numerous line drawings, Classical Architecture, also published in paperback at an accessible price, is an invaluable book for architects, architecture students, readers from a wide range of disciplines, the general public, and indeed anyone who cares about the place of architecture in modern life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Academy
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0856709697
• ISBN 13: 9780856709692
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible