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Foreword | xxvii | |
Introduction | 1 | |
About This Book | 2 | |
How This Book Is Organized | 3 | |
Icons Used in This Book | 5 | |
Where to Go from Here | 5 | |
Part 1 | Knowing and Appreciating Architecture | 7 |
Chapter 1 | Knowing When a Building Is Just a Building and When It's Architecture | 9 |
The Beauty of Form Meets Function | 10 | |
Why Is Architecture Important? | 10 | |
What Makes Architecture Good? | 11 | |
How to Spot Good Architecture | 12 | |
Where Can You See Architecture? | 13 | |
If You Do Go ... | 14 | |
Chapter 2 | How to Look at a Building | 15 |
Space: Solids and Voids | 15 | |
Scale and Proportion: Size Matters | 17 | |
Weight and Mass: It Ain't Heavy, It Just Looks That Way | 20 | |
The Elements of Design | 21 | |
Chapter 3 | Building Your Architectural Vocabulary | 27 |
Defining Architectural Style | 27 | |
Essential Elements of Architecture | 31 | |
Part II | Nuts and Bolts: Looking at How Architecture Is Designed and Built | 37 |
Chapter 4 | How Buildings Are Born | 39 |
In the Beginning: The Program | 39 | |
Different Building Types and the Evolution of Style | 40 | |
Using the Past to Design the Future | 43 | |
Chapter 5 | Just What Do Architects Do, Anyway? | 47 |
The Roles They Are A-Changin' | 48 | |
How Architects Get to Be Architects | 51 | |
What Architects Really Do from 9 to 5 | 52 | |
Okay, Now Do It Like I Drew It | 57 | |
Chapter 6 | A Simple Structure: How Buildings Stand Up | 61 |
May the Force Be with It: Carrying the Loads | 62 | |
Structural Forces: How a Building Gets Stressed | 63 | |
Posts and Lintels: Trabeated Systems | 64 | |
Watch Those Curves: Arcuated Systems | 66 | |
New Shapes for Modern Structures | 67 | |
Part III | Western Architecture: A Survey of the Most Important Structures | 71 |
Chapter 7 | Gimme Shelter: Prehistoric Structures and the Ancient World | 73 |
From Tipis to Tombs: Prehistoric Architecture | 74 | |
Ancient Pyramids: Stairways to Heaven | 77 | |
Mythology Comes to Life: The Aegean | 83 | |
Chapter 8 | Acropolis Now: Classical Greece and Rome | 85 |
The Greeks: Pursuit of Perfection | 85 | |
The Etruscans: Prelude to Rome | 92 | |
The Romans: Structural Revolution | 93 | |
Chapter 9 | Domes, Arches, and Vaults, Oh My: Byzantine and Medieval Architecture | 99 |
Early Christian Churches | 99 | |
Aspiring to New Heights: Byzantine Churches | 100 | |
The Middle Ages: Not as Dark as You Think | 103 | |
Roman Glory Lives On: Romanesque Churches | 105 | |
The Super Church: Gothic Cathedrals | 107 | |
Chapter 10 | Beauty Meets Mathematics and Drama: From Renaissance to Rococo | 113 |
The Renaissance: A Classical Revival with Some Mathematical Stuff | 114 | |
Bridges to the Baroque: Mannerism | 118 | |
Here Come the Drama Kings: The Baroque | 119 | |
Early Funhouses: The Rococo | 124 | |
Chapter 11 | Revivals Everywhere: The Classical and Gothic Are New Again | 127 |
Rage Against the Baroque: Classical Revivals | 128 | |
Playing on Your Emotions: Romanticism | 133 | |
Coming Full Circle: Beaux-Arts Eclecticism | 137 | |
Chapter 12 | Here Comes the Industrial Age: Perfab Is Here to Stay | 141 |
Mass Production Begins: Materials Get a Revamp | 141 | |
Managing the Forces: Enter the Engineer | 142 | |
Chapter 13 | Flying High and Close to the Sun: Skyscrapers! | 149 |
Buildings Go Up, the Sky Falls Down: The First Skyscrapers | 149 | |
Chicago's Steel Skeletons | 150 | |
A Skyscraper State of Mind: Rise of the New York Skyline | 155 | |
More Recent Skyscapers | 158 | |
Chapter 14 | Mother Nature versus the Machines: Modern Styles | 161 |
All You Need Is Art: Arts and Crafts for Everyday People | 162 | |
A Modern Style Takes Root: Art Nouveau and Its Architects | 162 | |
Mother Nature's Out the Door: More "isms" and Other Styles | 165 | |
Modernism Gets Real: The International Style | 171 | |
Chapter 15 | The Only Constant Is Change: From Modern Purism to Postmodern Pluralism | 177 |
Modernism Gets a Makeover by Late Modern Masters | 178 | |
Lotsa Concrete, Folks: The New Brutalism Branch of Modernism | 180 | |
The Modernism Backlash: Postmodernism and the Past to the Rescue | 181 | |
Modernism with a Postmodernist Twist | 185 | |
New Directions for a New Millennium | 189 | |
Part IV | Eastern Architecture: A Survey of the Most Important Structures | 193 |
Chapter 16 | China and Japan: Traditions in Wood | 195 |
Chinese Architecture: The Basics | 196 | |
Japanese Architecture: Chinese Refinements | 200 | |
Chapter 17 | More Than the Taj Mahal: Architecture in India | 205 |
Early Temples and Shrines | 206 | |
India's Influence on Southeast Asia | 207 | |
The Islamic Golden Age, Mughal Style | 210 | |
Spoils of the British Empire: West Meets East | 212 | |
Contemporary Architecture in India | 214 | |
Chapter 18 | The Islamic World | 217 |
Bow and Pray to Mecca | 217 | |
Royal Calling Cards: Middle Eastern Mosques | 219 | |
Mosques for All Seasons: African Mosques | 221 | |
The Moors Create Their Own Style in Spain | 222 | |
Part V | Arranging the Present and Saving the Past | 225 |
Chapter 19 | Understanding Urban Design | 227 |
The First Cities of Humankind | 227 | |
Ancient Greek and Roman Town Order: Hooked on a Classic | 228 | |
Medieval Towns: Defense and Commerce | 230 | |
The Ideal Cities of the Renaissance | 230 | |
Royal Bombast and Power: Baroque Grand Plans | 233 | |
Cities in the Age of Enlightenment | 234 | |
American Cities: Growing on the Grid | 235 | |
Staying Connected: Urban Growth Explosion | 237 | |
Modern Cities of Tomorrow: The 'Burbs | 239 | |
Postwar Plans: From Sprawl to Smart Growth | 240 | |
Chapter 20 | Historic Preservation: Saving the Past for the Future | 243 |
Just How Far Should It Go? | 243 | |
The Gold Standards of Architectural Rescue | 244 | |
The Upside of Preservation | 247 | |
Patriotism Saves the Day (And a Few Buildings, Too!) | 248 | |
The Face of Preservation Today | 249 | |
Part VI | The Part of Tens | 253 |
Chapter 21 | The Ten Most Fascinating Architects Working Today | 255 |
Tadao Ando | 255 | |
Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio | 256 | |
Frank Gehry | 257 | |
Zaha Hadid | 257 | |
Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron | 258 | |
Rem Koolhaas | 258 | |
Daniel Libeskind | 259 | |
Jean Nouvel | 259 | |
Renzo Piano | 260 | |
Antoine Predock | 261 | |
Chapter 22 | Ten Architectural Masterpieces | 263 |
The Parthenon | 263 | |
The Pantheon | 264 | |
Chartres Cathedral | 265 | |
Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio | 266 | |
Katsura Palace | 266 | |
San Ivo della Sapienza | 267 | |
Altes Museum | 268 | |
Thomas Crane Library | 269 | |
Villa Savoye | 269 | |
Seagram Building | 270 | |
Chapter 23 | Ten Amazing Items of Trivia That'll Impress All Your Friends! | 271 |
One of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World Is Still Around! | 271 | |
French Gothic Cathedral Collapses! | 272 | |
World's Largest Art Gallery Is Russian! | 272 | |
Disney Steals Design from Bavarian Castle! | 273 | |
Women Join All-Male Architecture Profession! | 273 | |
Architect Murdered by Jealous Husband! | 274 | |
Hotel Survives Worst Japanese Earthquake of the Twentieth Century! | 274 | |
New York City Home to the World's Largest Gothic Cathedral! | 275 | |
Famous Architect Disqualified for Using the Wrong Ink! | 276 | |
Skyscraper Resembles Chippendale Furniture! | 276 | |
Chapter 24 | The Top Ten Skyscrapers | 279 |
Chrysler Building: Art Deco Fantasy | 279 | |
Empire State Building: New York's Highest | 280 | |
Lever House: Cleaning Up the Avenue | 280 | |
John Hancock Center: "Big John" | 281 | |
Sears Tower: Office in a Tube | 282 | |
Boston's Hancock Tower: Blowing in the Wind | 282 | |
Hong Kong Shanghai Bank: High-Tech Beauty | 283 | |
Petronas Towers: The World's Tallest | 284 | |
World Trade Towers: An Icon Destroyed | 284 | |
Index | 287 |
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