Architectural Principles in the Age of Cybernetics

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Hight teaches graduate and undergraduate design and theory at Rice University School of Architecture. He previously taught at the Architectural Association in the Design Research Laboratory and has worked and published internationally. Klappentext A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, challenging the concepts and categories of architectural history and placing the current debates into a broader cultural and technological context. Zusammenfassung A theoretical history of anthropomorphism and proportion in modern architecture, challenging the concepts and categories of architectural history and placing the current debates into a broader cultural and technological context. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Phenomenal Origin of Architecture 3. The Structural Continuities of Classicism 4. Modulor Residues of History 5. A Mid-Century Renaissance 6. The Schema and the Diagram 7. The Symbolic Strikes Back 8. Measured Response 9. Reflections of the Modulor 10. Measuring Vortices. Appendix 1: Notes on Terminology. Appendix 2: Program of the 'Primo Convegno Internazionale Sulle Proporzioni nelle Arti'

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hight, Hight Christopher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.2007
• EAN: 9780415384810
• ISBN: 978-0-415-38481-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Theory of architecture, Civil engineering, surveying and building