Exercises in Architecture

Architecture is a doing word. You can learn a great deal about the workings of architecture through analyzing examples but a fuller understanding of its powers and potential comes through practice, by trying to do it... _x000D_ _x000D_ The book offers twelve exercises, each divided into a short series of tasks aimed at developing a particular theme or area of architectural capacity. The exercises deal with themes such as place-making, learning through drawing, framing, light, aleatoric design, uses of geometry, stage setting, eliciting emotional responses, the genetics of detail and so forth.