Curve : possibilities and problems with deviating from the straight in architecture / Simon Unwin.

Main entry:

Unwin, Simon, 1952- author.

Title & Author:

Curve : possibilities and problems with deviating from the straight in architecture / Simon Unwin.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Description:

viii, 184 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Analysing architecture notebooks

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Instruments of curvature -- Architecture's innate orthogonality -- The ever-present melody -- Movement curves -- Structural curves -- Curves from straight lines -- Curves from nature -- Orchestrating curves.

Summary:

Each of these 'Analysing Architecture Notebooks' is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They can be thought of as addenda to the foundation volume Analysing Architecture, which first appeared in 1997 and has subsequently been enlarged in three further editions. Examining these extra themes as a series of Notebooks, rather than as additional chapters in future editions, allows greater space for more detailed exploration of a wider variety of examples, whilst avoiding the risk of the original book becoming unwieldy.00Curve is a divisive issue in architecture. Some see curves as expensive and decadent; others as an expression of transcendence - a way that the human mind can express its freedom from quotidian constraints. Yet others use curves to emulate some of the most beautiful forms in nature. This Notebook considers the various authorities to which architects look for the generation of their curves. It also considers the aspirations curves manifest in architectural form.

ISBN:

9781138045941 hardcover alkaline paper
1138045942 hardcover alkaline paper
9781138045958 paperback alkaline paper
1138045950 paperback alkaline paper
electronic book
9781315171661
electronic publication
9781351695534
9781351695541
Mobipocket electronic book
9781351695527

Subject:

Architectural design.
Curvature.
Design architectural.
Courbure.

Added entries:

Analysing architecture notebooks.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305374
Call No.: BIB 251198
Status: Available

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