Introduction to Architecture

1 Introduction:

Object, Space, Building, City 1

2 The Beginnings of Architecture: Early History—From Ancient Times to the Renaissance 13

3 A Concise History: Architecture from the Renaissance to the Contemporary 37

4 Fundamentals of Architecture: Form 51

5 Fundamentals of Architecture: Space 79

6 Fundamentals of Architecture: Order 125

7 Elements of Architecture: Types, Systems, and Components That Inform Design 165

8 The Design Process: Tools and Techniques for Generating Ideas 199

9 Materials of Architecture: Their Qualities, Characteristics, and Behaviors 231

10 Methods of Construction 249

11 Building Structure: Resisting the Forces That Act against Buildings 281

12 Building Systems 299

13 Architectural Practice and Communication 321

14 Allied Disciplines: Interior Design 349

15 Allied Disciplines: Urbanism 373

Glossary 409

Index 415