[PDF.35nc] How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture

How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture

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 | #249252 in Books |  2005-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.70 x1.00 x11.10l,2.32 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent introduction to architecture|By A. Maturin|The underlying premise of this book is that architecture is an imitation and application of the principles of nature. To build is not merely to impose our will on nature. It is to cooperate with nature.

Shelter is a natural human need. Building is the art of meeting that need. It does so, according to Allen, by fol|From Library Journal|With its homespun drawings and offerings of architectural wisdom for lay readers, this book is like a Whole Earth Catalog building course. In this update of his 1980 edition, however, Allen (architecture, Yale) manages to explain with brevit

Illustrated with hundreds of illuminating line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building's function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies--and why some buildings do this so much better than others.
Drawing on things he's learned from the many buildings he himself designed (and in some cases built with his own hands), Edward Allen explains complex phenomena such as the role of ...

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