The Puzzle of Architecture
The Puzzle of Architecture
$35.00
BOYD, Robin.
Melbourne University Press, 1965
SKU 88416
In Australia's Home and The Australian Ugliness he linked local architecture with contemporary history, sociology and enthusiasms, and gave many reads a new view of their environment. In this book the view is expanded to embrace the whole field of world architecture in the twentieth century: modern architecture as it has developed since the beginning of the century, as it is understood internationally in the 1965, and as it promises to be in the future.
The reader is shown how the architect deals with the artistic and technological problem set by a client; and the history of artistic and technical developments this century is presented by describing the search for a functional, monumental, transcendental design: the search for an ideal architecture for these times. The book is illustrated throughout with delightful line drawings by the author.
HB protected in acetate, DJ in poor condition, inside pages are like-new.
188pp. / color illus. / English
Melbourne University Press, 1965
SKU 88416
In Australia's Home and The Australian Ugliness he linked local architecture with contemporary history, sociology and enthusiasms, and gave many reads a new view of their environment. In this book the view is expanded to embrace the whole field of world architecture in the twentieth century: modern architecture as it has developed since the beginning of the century, as it is understood internationally in the 1965, and as it promises to be in the future.
The reader is shown how the architect deals with the artistic and technological problem set by a client; and the history of artistic and technical developments this century is presented by describing the search for a functional, monumental, transcendental design: the search for an ideal architecture for these times. The book is illustrated throughout with delightful line drawings by the author.
HB protected in acetate, DJ in poor condition, inside pages are like-new.
188pp. / color illus. / English
