Architectural design [electronic book] / Jane Anderson.

By: Anderson, Jane, B.A., MSc [author].

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BookSeries: Basics architecture: bk. 03.Publisher: Lausanne : AVA Academia, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: online resource (183 pages) : color illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9782940411269 (paperback); 9782940439454 (e-book).Subject(s): Architectural design

Additional physical formats: Print version: Architectural designDDC classification: 729 Online resources: E-book Also available in print form.

Contents:

Introduction -- The design studio -- Emergence of the design studio -- The Bauhaus: preliminary course -- Architectural education -- Architectural Association: student pavilions -- Design studio projects; Zaha Hadid: MAXXI Museum of XXI Century Arts -- Chapter summary -- The design process -- Problem solving -- NL Architects -- Prisma housing -- Developing a concept -- Klein Dytham architecture -- Billboard Building -- Finding a process -- SHoP Architects PC: 290 Mulberry -- Chapter summary -- The design project: Clients, users and brief -- Site, context and place -- Initial ideas -- Development and detail -- Construction and occupation.

Summary: Basics Architecture: Architectural Design explains the mysterious and little-discussed process of designing architectural projects. Through discussion and case studies, it allows the reader to develop a personal approach to architectural design, based on their own values, skills and preoccupations. The architectural design process is as diverse as the people who practice it; every architect follows their own individual design process. Basics Architecture: Architectural Design introduces a number of different processes through examples and case studies. This allows a reader to identify with certain methods that they could develop to respond to their own work, and enables them to develop their own unique approach.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Basics Architecture 03- Architectural Design explains the process of designing architectural projects. It describes the design studio and the activities that take place there. The architectural design process is as diverse as the people who practise it; all architects follows their own individual design process. In this dynamic new text the realities of the design process and the relationship between education and practice are explored in detail. The book introduces a variety of processes through examples and case studies. This allows readers to identify with certain methods with which they could respond to in their own work, and enables them to develop their own unique approach.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basics Architecture: Architectural Design explains the mysterious and little-discussed process of designing architectural projects. Through discussion and case studies, it allows the reader to develop a personal approach to architectural design, based on their own values, skills and preoccupations. The architectural design process is as diverse as the people who practice it; every architect follows their own individual design process. Basics Architecture: Architectural Design introduces a number of different processes through examples and case studies. This allows a reader to identify with certain methods that they could develop to respond to their own work, and enables them to develop their own unique approach.

Also available in print form.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

Many people associate architects with the figure of Howard Roark, the central character in Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead (1943). However, as many students realize when they begin architecture school, reality is nothing like what is presented in the novel. Architectural design is a complicated practice that has many different requirements, complexities, conditions, and rewards. Anderson (Oxford Brookes Univ., UK) offers a wonderful introduction to the challenges that students, practitioners, and clients face when engaged in the design and production of architecture. The range of topics includes architectural education and the student experience, as well as the detailing, construction, and occupation of buildings. Tying these together, Anderson discusses issues architects encounter in designing projects: from the understanding of the site and the development of the design through interactions with clients, the production of models and drawings, and building construction. The book includes contemporary architectural design case studies; interviews with practitioners addressing key architectural ideas and problems faced, and their solutions; and samples of student assignments and projects. This book is an excellent introduction for anyone interested in becoming involved in architectural design. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, professionals/practitioners, and general readers. L. E. Carranza Roger Williams University

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Jane Anderson is the field chair for BA Architecture and Interior Architecture at Oxford Brookes University. She has worked in Germany and the UK and her built works include a low-energy headquarters building for a software company and a variety of educational building types such as a music school, sports hall and nursery.