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BL
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598607
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b427826
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Brawne, Michael
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| Title & Author
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Architectural thought : : the design process and the expectant eye /\ Michael Brawne
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190 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0750658517
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: 9780750658515
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index
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| Contents
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Time -- Two temples -- Can we describe how we design? -- Three monuments -- Witnesses -- Thinking & drawing -- Was it like this? -- Travel, books & memory -- The vernacular & style -- Materials -- Structure -- Light -- Architecture & language -- Looking at pictures -- The office & the school -- Does it matter? -- Critical innovation
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| Abstract
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"Documenting the thought process and decisions that architects make is a difficult task, but one that is crucial to an understanding of the development of architectural design through the ages. [This book] addresses the deficiency in theoretical coverage of this process. By looking at the practices and buildings of architects past and present, [the author] incorporates history and philosophy in the search for a theory of design. He explores the critical design stage which is at the core of so much architectural activity, and which so strongly determines our attitudes to continuity and innovation, and ultimately the nature of the buildings that are around us. While providing an overview of the processes of architectural thought, Brawne also extends the discussion beyond architecture into other design fields and suggests that the way architects design has implications over a wide range of endeavors"--Inside flap of front cover
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Architectural design
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Architectural design-- History
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Architecture-- Philosophy
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| Dewey Classification
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721.01
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NA2750.B65 2003
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| Parallel Title
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Design process and the expectant eye
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