Main entry:

Krier, Rob.

Title & Author:

Architectural composition / Rob Krier.

Publication:

Stuttgart ; London : Edition Axel Menges, ©2010.

Description:

320 pages, [24] folded pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Originally published in 1988.
German ed. published with title: Über architektonische Komposition.
Includes bibliographical references (page 316) and index.
Function, construction and architectural form -- On architectonic form -- The elements of architecture -- On Proportions -- Essays on architecture.
Translated into English by Romana Schneider and Gabrielle Vorreiter.

Summary:

Rob Krier is a unique voice in today's architectural discourse through his commitment to developing a relevant and pragmatic theory of architecture based on his own experience and observations of architectural practice and opposed to the easy, abstract theorising so common in contemporary architectural writing. Together with his brother Leon, he has perfected a form of presentation in which the potency of his thinking finds its perfect counterpoint in detailed drawings and sketches which argue his case visually through the power of example. Following the success of his widely acclaimend "Urban Space", a work which looked at the problems of our cities from a historical, theoretical and practical standpoint, Krier now applies his particular, highly influential mode of didactic criticism to contemporary architecture in continuing search for fundamental architectural truths.

ISBN:

9783936681390
3936681392

Subject:

Krier, Rob 1938-2023
Krier, Rob.
Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Architectural design.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Design architectural.
Architecture Philosophie.
House and Home.
Zeichnung
Figur

Added entries:

Schneider, Romana, translator.
Vorreiter, Gabrielle, translator.
Über architektonische Komposition.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282862
Call No.: BIB 220716
Status: Available