"What constitutes good architecture?" is a question Werner Blaser was always asked by friends, readers, companions and students. In this comprehensive work the author sets out on a search for the answer to that question. This volume is not only a fascinating study about quality in architecture, but also a comprehensive overview of architectural history. By analysing special buildings, different aspects and interconnections become clear, which by themselves or in combination define an architectural quality. Drawing on ...
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"What constitutes good architecture?" is a question Werner Blaser was always asked by friends, readers, companions and students. In this comprehensive work the author sets out on a search for the answer to that question. This volume is not only a fascinating study about quality in architecture, but also a comprehensive overview of architectural history. By analysing special buildings, different aspects and interconnections become clear, which by themselves or in combination define an architectural quality. Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, the author vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception.
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New. 2012. Bilingual. Hardcover. Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, Werner Blaser vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception. Num Pages: 176 pages, 170 Colour. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 245 x 17. Weight in Grams: 926. 176 pages, 170 Colour. Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, Werner Blaser vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AM. Dimension: 226 x 245 x 17. Weight: 926......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New. As architect, designer and especially author, Swiss master Werner Blaser has always asked, "What is good architecture? " In this copiously illustrated, comprehensive book, Blaser-author of books on Mies Van Der Rohe, Aalto, Meier, Piano, Jahn and Ando, among many others-offers his answer. Drawing on photographs from his impressive archive, which he accompanies with short explanatory texts, Werner Blaser vividly demonstrates the basic foundations of architecture and perception. In a few fascinating sections, for example, he describes the relation between the Finnish landscape and the works of Aalto; shows how Calatravas uses natural principles in his architecture; reveals how Piano works with light. He also considers traditional Chinese and Indian architecture, and the relation between archetype and image and the element of silence. A brilliant summing-up by one of architecture's great thinkers.
