Architecture: Form, Space, & Order

by Francis D.K. Ching
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
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132 ratings, 4.08 average rating, 15 reviews (more data...)
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published
June 29th 2007 (first published 1996) by Wiley

binding
Paperback, 448 pages

isbn
0471752169    (isbn13: 9780471752165)

description
A superb visual reference to the principles of architecture

Now including interactive CD-ROM!

For more than thirty years, the beautifully il...more




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Don
06/22/08
Don rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2008
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order serves as an excellent introduction to architectural design. Ching starts with the most basic elements of geometry--points, lines, planes, volumes--and demonstrates how they can be combined and organized to create architectural forms. The book is composed mostly of illustrations with short sections of text. Each topic is introduced, discussed, and illustrated with both simple drawings and schematics along with renderings of famous architectural landmarks that ...more
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Indri
03/13/09
Indri rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0471286168)

bookshelves: architecture-building
Read in January, 1996
Hm, sebenernya saya punya edisi yang lebih bagus karena tulisan tangan semua.
Must have architect book, where you learn about basic path, scheme, order of building.
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Satitiwikan sunowo
bookshelves: ihavereadit
never aclaimed that you know or ever learning architecture if you never read...i mean really read this book. this book is like the first book to every architect or architact student in the world.

a very nice book with alot of sketch that visually fun to read. easyly understood. and it become the stong influence to all the architect hand writings. i should say this book is a legendary book
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Kezia paramita
Read in January, 2005
recommended to Kezia by: om djon-sardjono hadidjojo
recommends it for: semua arsitek yang baru menjejakkan kaki di bangku perkuliahan
manstab abis

alkitabnya mr itut >wkwk

this is a piece of heaven handy sketch, marvellous, how many world's architecture is re-drawn, n how to present it all..

dasar2 arsitektur jg ada disini

in other word, this book is also the bible of mine ,, one for all
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Ameru
04/06/08
Ameru rated it: 3 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0471286168)

bookshelves: terjemahan
ini kitab dewa-nya anak arsitek... kenapa ya? menarik juga, jadi kedoktrin kalo baca ini (sebenernya bukan baca, soalnya banyak gambarnya...)
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Juanita
Read in October, 2005
all things bout concept, n composistion, ordering principles..erghh..too many...
this an arch's god book ^^
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Windry
06/23/07
Windry rated it: 3 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0471286168)

bookshelves: architecture, nonfiction
yah, buku dasar sekali bagi para arsitek ^^ tapi terkadang jika ide tersendat, ada gunanya buka-buka buku ini lagi
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Mohammad Fahmi
Read in June, 2006
THIS IS A BEST BOOK TO LEARN AN BECOME AN ARCHITECT...:)
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Pei
09/18/07
Pei rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0471286168)

bookshelves: currently-reading
when are you truly done reading this?!?!
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Wanda
08/20/07
Wanda rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0471286168)

bookshelves: architecture
Read in September, 2002
recommends it for: architect
a must known and read book for architect!!!
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Poe Putri
bookshelves: architecture
Read in August, 2000
recommends it for: all
architects' -must have- book..
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Nana1234
mmmm da best one ;)
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Daniel Evans
necessity (for me)
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Alex
09/07/07
Alex added it (review of isbn 0471286168)

cool
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kanu
09/03/07
kanu rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0471286168)

my bible!
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