Architectural composition

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 archi...

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Main Author: Krier, Rob (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart, Germany ; London : Edition Axel Menges , c2010
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245 1 0 |a Architectural composition   |c Rob Krier 
260 |a Stuttgart, Germany ;   |a London :   |b Edition Axel Menges ,   |c c2010 
300 |a 320 p., [24] folded p. of plates :   |b ill. (some col.) ;   |c 26 cm. 
500 |a German ed. published with title: U?ber architektonische Komposition 
500 |a Includes index 
500 |a Originally published in 1988 
505 0 |a 1. Function, construction and architectural form -- 2. On architectonic form -- 3. The elements of architecture -- 4. On Proportions -- 4. Essays on architecture 
520 |a 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 
650 0 |a Architectural design 
650 0 |a Architecture   |x Composition, proportion, etc. 
650 0 |a Architecture   |x Philosophy 
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