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Moffett, Kenneth M.,

Forming and centering : foundational aspects of architectural design / Kenneth M. Moffett. - 1 online resource (296 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nearly every work of architecture can be characterized by specific approaches to forming and centering. An awareness of these underpinnings would facilitate a more informed approach to architectural design problems, as well as a deeper understanding of the central issues (and flaws) embodied by completed works of architecture. But the addressing of such topics has generally remained multifarious and diverse: more in the nature of a collection of independent issues than an overarching analytical argument. In this book, fresh looks at such issues are assembled and recast into a fully integrated narrative, based on two foundational and complementary aspects of architectural design: those that give shape and those that give focus - forming and centering.

ISBN: 9781786358288 (e-book)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architectural design.
Architecture, Buildings--General.
Theory of architecture.

LC Class. No.: NA2750 / .M64 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 729

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 72.01