Randall Korman

The Architecture of the Facade

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Produktbeschreibung

The Architecture of the Facade provides a comprehensive study of the faà ade as both a physical and cultural artifact, highlighting its significance as a critical component of the civic realm and arguing for the restoration of the faà ade as a subject of study within academia and an aspiration within the profession at large.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 178mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 940g
• ISBN-13: 9781138851719
• ISBN-10: 113885171X
• Artikelnr.: 60012071

Autorenporträt

Randall Korman is an architect and emeritus professor at Syracuse University. Korman joined the faculty at Syracuse University in 1977 and retired in 2018. He has also been a visiting faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Texas, and Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, Japan. In the spring of 2009, he was invited to be the Batza Distinguished Visiting Professor at Colgate University. His research interests have focused principally on the phenomenon of the architectural facade. He has lectured widely on the subject, most recently in Spain, Norway, and China.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A History of the Facade in Twelve Buildings 2. Notes Towards a Difficult
Definition 3. Phenomenology and the Facade 4. The Phenomenon of the Wall
5. The Phenomenon of the Frame 6. The Outside, the Inside and the
In-between 7. The Repetitive Bay 8. Representation, Abstraction, and
Meaning 9. Transparency, Translucency and Opacity 10. Proportion and the
Search for a Cosmic Connection 11. Precedent and Invention 12. The City and
the Facade