Main entry:

Leatherbarrow, David, author.

Title & Author:

Building time : architecture, event, and experience / David Leatherbarrow.

Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
Printed in India.
©2021

Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 271 pages : illustrations (black and white), plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-267) and index.
(from table of contents) Making Space for Time -- Day Time: Adolph Menzel's "Balcony Room" -- Well-Timed Openings: Eileen Gray's Tempe à Pailla -- Tempered Terrain: Sverre Fehn's Villa Busk -- World Rhythms: Álvaro Siza's swimming pools at Leça da Palmeira -- Taking Steps: Nicolaes Maes' "The Eavesdropper" -- Pacing and Spacing: Bo and Wohlert's "Louisiana Museum" -- Wandering Sites: Wang Shu's Hangzhou guest House -- Pedestrian Rhythms: Álvaro Siza's swimming pools at Leça da Palmeira -- Past and Present Possibilities: Leonardo da Vinci's "Adoration of the Magi" -- Proposing Precedents: Rafael Moneo's "Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de Mérida" -- Recalling Future Projects: Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Poli House -- Project Rhythms: Álvaro Siza's swimming pools at Leça da Palmeira.

Summary:

"While most books on architecture concentrate on spatial themes, 'Building time' explores architecture's temporal dimensions. Through a series of close readings of buildings, both contemporary and classic, it shows why an understanding of time is critical to understanding good architecture. All buildings exist in time. Even if designed for permanence, they change, slowly but inevitably. They change use, they accrue history and meaning, they decay. Meanwhile, the sun traces a path in time through a building, as do the movements of the human body from room to room. Time, this book argues, is the framework for our spatial experience of architecture, and a key dimension of a building's structure and significance. Examining works by distinctive modern architects--from Eileen Gray to Álvaro Siza and Wang Shu--'Building time' is a book for theorists, designers, and anyone who wants to understand our experience of architecture. Through it, theorists will find a way to rethink the fundamental premise of design work, while designers will rediscover the order and ideas that shape the world around them--its buildings, interiors, and landscapes."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.

Biographical note:

David Leatherbarrow. Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

ISBN:

9781350165199 (hardback)
1350165190 (hardback)
9781350165182 (paperback)
1350165182 (paperback)
(ePub)
9781350165212
(PDF)
9781350165205

Subject:

Ellrichshausen, Pezo von.
Fehn, Sverre, 1924-2009.
Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.
Maes, Nicolaes, approximately 1634-1693.
Menzel, Adolph, 1815-1905.
Moneo, José Rafael.
Siza, Álvaro, 1933-
Wang, Shu, 1963-
Bo and Wohlert (Firm)
Architecture Philosophy.
Architectural design Philosophy.
Time Social aspects.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Architecture Philosophie.
Design architectural Philosophie.
Temps Aspect social.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
architectural theory.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309453
Call No.: BIB 254707
Status: Available