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More About This Title Compositions in Architecture
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Use the patterns of architectural composition to inspire creative design
In Compositions in Architecture, Don Hanlon offers students an excitingly original path to dis-covering architectural composition, one that avoids the traditional either/or choice between theory and practice. By exploring the underlying patterns of organization in architecture, this book enables the reader to connect architectural theory with the design process. And by relating what happens in the design studio with how the architect thinks about architectural composition, the approach spurs creative thinking.
With examples that range across diverse cultures and historical periods—from the famous to the obscure—the author reveals the universal compositional strategies that can be used to solve particular architectural problems. Readers will explore:
The five formal properties of composition—number, geometry, proportion, hierarchy, and orientation
How the plan conveys the central organizing strategy of a building
Typological similarities of architectural forms that cut across cultural, social, historical, and geographic boundaries
Enriched by a graphic approach that will appeal to visual learners, Compositions in Architecture reveals the formal structures in architecture throughout the world as well as through the ages and inspires architects to turn abstract ideas into real-world design.
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PREFACE vii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER ONE FIVE FORMAL PROPERTIES OF A COMPOSITION 3
CHAPTER TWO NOTES ON THE PLAN 21
CHAPTER THREE TYPE 29
CHAPTER FOUR THE SQUARE 53
CHAPTER FIVE LAYERING 79
CHAPTER SIX LINEAR FORMS 110
CHAPTER SEVEN CORE AND SHELL 141
CHAPTER EIGHT FRAME AND OBJECT 157
CHAPTER NINE CLUSTERS 178
CHAPTER TEN SUBTRACTIVE SPACES AND THE DEEP WALL 242
CHAPTER ELEVEN ARTICULATED SKIN 258
CHAPTER TWELVE METAMORPHOSIS 280
CHAPTER THIRTEEN DEFORMATION 291
CONCLUSION 318
GLOSSARY 319
BIBLIOGRAPHY 321
INDEX OF BUILDINGS 325