Geddes Fit

An Architect's Manifesto
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4454-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 136 Seiten

Robert Geddes is an architect, urbanist, and teacher. He is dean emeritus of the Princeton School of Architecture; Henry Luce Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Urbanism, and History at New York University; and a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and the National Academy of Design. The American Institute of Architects honored his professional firm for its 'design quality, respect for the environment, and social concern.'

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geddes, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architekturtheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

The Origin of Architecture Is Nature 11

The Task of Architecture Is Function & Expression 36

The Legacy of Architecture Is Form> 70

Notes 101

Index 107

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Geddes (1923–2023) was an architect, urbanist, and teacher. He was dean emeritus of the Princeton School of Architecture; Henry Luce Professor Emeritus of Architecture, Urbanism, and History at New York University; and a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and the National Academy of Design. The American Institute of Architects honored his professional firm for its "design quality, respect for the environment, and social concern."