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What is Introduction to Architecture about?

Introduction to Architecture 1 Contents 7 Preface 9 Chapter 1: Introduction: Object, Space, Building, City 11 What Is Architecture? 12 The Scale of Design 16 The Anatomy of This Text 20 Chapter 2: The Beginnings of Architecture: Early History—from Ancient Times to the Renaissance 23 What Is the First Architecture? 23 Early Cultures 24 2500 BCE 24 1500 BCE 26 800 BCE 28 400 BCE 30 1 CE 32 200 CE 34 400 CE 36 600 CE 38 800 CE 40 1000 CE 42 1200 CE 44 Chapter 3: A Concise History: Architecture from the Renaissance to the Contemporary 47 Influences of the Past 47 1400 CE 48 1600 CE:Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc 50 1700 CE 52 1800 CE 54 1900 CE 56 1950 CE 58 Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Architecture: Form 61 Tectonics 62 Characteristics of Form 63 Shape 65 Surface 66 Transformation 68 Dimensional Transformation 70 Subtractive Form 72 Grouping Forms 75 Surface Articulation 76 Form and Movement 80 Proportion and Scale 84 Chapter 5: Fundamentals of Architecture: Space 89 Why Is Space Important in Architecture? 90 Form and Space 91 Form-Defining Space 97 Horizontal Elements Defining Space 98 Base Plane 99 Elevated Base Plane 100 Depressed Base Plane 103 Overhead Plane 106 Vertical E

Author

Ching, Francis D.K.

Language

EN

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2026-03-14