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Experiencing Architecture, second edition by Rasmussen, Steen Eiler, 1898-1990 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Widely regarded as a classic in the field, Experiencing Architecture explores the history and promise of good design. Generously illustrated with historical examples of designing excellence -- ranging from teacups, riding boots, and golf balls to the villas of Palladio and the fish-feeding pavilion of Beijing's Winter Palace -- Rasmussen's accessible guide invites us to appreciate architecture not only as a profession, but as an art that shapes everyday experience. In the past, Rasmussen argues, architecture was not just an individual pursuit, but a community undertaking. Dwellings were built with a natural feeling for place, materials and use, resulting in****"a remarkably suitable comeliness." While we cannot return to a former age, Rasmussen notes, we can still design spaces that are beautiful and useful by seeking to understand architecture as an art form that must be experienced. An understanding of good design comes not only from one's professional experience of architecture as an abstract, individual pursuit, but also from one's shared, everyday experience of architecture in real time -- its particular use of light, color, shape, scale, texture, rhythm and sound. Experie

Author

Rasmussen, Steen Eiler, 1898-1990

Publisher

Cambridge [Mass.] M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Published

1964

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262180030

Subjects

Architecture, Art, Arts

Rating

3.97 / 5 (1,021 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13