Analysing Architecture

Name: Analysing Architecture
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780367524432
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The universal language of place-making

By Simon Unwin

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Analysing Architecture provides a clear and accessible introduction to architectural study, dissecting examples from various periods and regions to reveal fundamental design strategies. Using detailed illustrations and drawings, the book explores how architecture shapes human interaction with space and offers new chapters on spatial organisation themes such as axis, grid, and hidden elements. This fifth edition is fully revised, making it an essential guide for beginners seeking insights into architectural analysis and design.
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Ideal for architecture students and beginners seeking a foundational understanding of architectural analysis and design principles through practical examples and accessible explanations.

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Now in its fifth edition, Analysing Architecture has become internationally established as the best introduction to architecture. Aimed primarily at those studying architecture, it offers a clear and accessible insight into the workings of this rich and fascinating subject. With copious illustrations from his own notebooks, the author dissects examples from around the world and all periods of history to explain the underlying strategies in architectural design and show how drawing may be used as a medium for analysis.

In this new edition, Analysing Architecture has been revised and expanded. Notably, the chapter on ‘How Analysis Can Help Design’ has been redeveloped to clearly explain this crucially important aspect of study to a beginner readership. Four new chapters have been added to the section dealing with Themes in Spatial Organisation, on ‘Axis’, ‘Grid’, ‘Datum Place’ and ‘Hidden’. Material from the 'Case Studies' in previous editions has been redistributed amongst earlier chapters. The ‘Introduction’ has been completely rewritten, and the format of the whole book has been adjusted to allow for the inclusion of more and better illustrative examples.

Works of architecture are instruments for managing, orchestrating, and modifying our relationship with the world around us. They frame just about everything we do. Architecture is complex, subtle, frustrating… but ultimately extremely rewarding. It can be a difficult discipline to get to grips with; nothing in school quite prepares anyone for the particular demands of an architecture course. But this book will help.

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Praised as one of the best introductory books on architecture, Andrew Higgott describes it as "probably the best introductory book on architecture." Another reader on Goodreads.com calls it "a truly amazing book on how to analyse a building" and a must-read for aspiring architects.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367524432

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 December 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 5th edition

Illustration: 951 Line drawings, black and white; 951 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 1200g

Pages: 326

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About the Author

Simon Unwin is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee, Scotland. He has lived in Great Britain and Australia, and taught or lectured on his work in China, Israel, India, Sweden, Turkey and the United States. Analysing Architecture’s international relevance is indicated by its translation into various languages and its adoption for architecture courses around the world. Now retired, Simon Unwin continues to teach at The Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff, UK.