Building time : architecture, event, and experience

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Label

Building time : architecture, event, and experience

Title remainder

architecture, event, and experience

Statement of responsibility

David Leatherbarrow

Creator

• Leatherbarrow, David,
• Leatherbarrow, David,

Author

• Leatherbarrow, David,
• Leatherbarrow, David,

Subject

• Architecture -- Environmental aspects
• Architecture -- Environmental aspects
• Architecture -- Philosophy
• Architecture -- Philosophy
• Architecture -- Philosophy
• Bo and Wohlert (Firm)
• Ellrichshausen, Pezo von
• Fehn, Sverre, 1924-2009
• Fehn, Sverre, 1924-2009
• Fehn, Sverre, 1924-2009
• Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976
• Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976
• Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976
• Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519
• Maes, Nicolaes, approximately 1634-1693
• Maes, Nicolaes, approximately 1634-1693
• Maes, Nicolaes, approximately 1634-1693
• Menzel, Adolph, 1815-1905
• Menzel, Adolph, 1815-1905
• Menzel, Adolph, 1815-1905
• Moneo, José Rafael
• Moneo, José Rafael
• Moneo, José Rafael
• Siza, Álvaro, 1933-
• Siza, Álvaro, 1933-
• Siza, Álvaro, 1933-
• Time -- Social aspects
• Time -- Social aspects
• Time -- Social aspects
• Wang, Shu, 1963-
• Architectural design -- Philosophy
• Wang, Shu, 1963-
• Wang, Shu, 1963-
• Architectural design -- Philosophy
• Architectural design -- Philosophy
• Architecture -- Environmental aspects

Language

eng

Summary

"While most books on architecture concentrate on spatial themes, 'Building time' explores architecture's temporal dimensions. Through a series of close readings of buildings, both contemporary and classic, it shows why an understanding of time is critical to understanding good architecture. All buildings exist in time. Even if designed for permanence, they change, slowly but inevitably. They change use, they accrue history and meaning, they decay. Meanwhile, the sun traces a path in time through a building, as do the movements of the human body from room to room. Time, this book argues, is the framework for our spatial experience of architecture, and a key dimension of a building's structure and significance. Examining works by distinctive modern architects--from Eileen Gray to Álvaro Siza and Wang Shu--'Building time' is a book for theorists, designers, and anyone who wants to understand our experience of architecture. Through it, theorists will find a way to rethink the fundamental premise of design work, while designers will rediscover the order and ideas that shape the world around them--its buildings, interiors, and landscapes."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper

Biographical or historical data

David Leatherbarrow. Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plans

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography