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A revision of the architectural classic on design analysis

Precedents in Architecture, Third Edition provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that illuminates the works of leading architects and aids architects and designers in creating their own designs.

Thirty-one leading architects are represented in this updated Third Edition in examinations of more than 100 structures assessed through a diagrammatic technique that is applicable to any structure. This impressive collection includes sixteen new buildings and eight innovative architects distinguished by the strength, quality, and interest of their designs. Readers will find valuable guidance in analyzing architectural history as an evolutionary process by exploring the commonality of design ideas reflected in a broad range of structures by internationally renowned architects.

Both novices and seasoned professionals will find Precedents in Architecture, Third Edition a very useful tool for enriching their design vocabulary and for the ongoing assessment of buildings found in today's evolving landscape.

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A revision of the architectural classic on design analysis

Precedents in Architecture, Third Edition provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that illuminates the works of leading architects and aids architects and designers in creating their own designs.

Thirty-one leading architects are represented in this updated Third Edition in examinations of more than 100 structures assessed through a diagrammatic technique that is applicable to any structure. This impressive collection includes sixteen new buildings and eight innovative architects distinguished by the strength, quality, and interest of their designs. Readers will find valuable guidance in analyzing architectural history as an evolutionary process by exploring the commonality of design ideas reflected in a broad range of structures by internationally renowned architects.

Both novices and seasoned professionals will find Precedents in Architecture, Third Edition a very useful tool for enriching their design vocabulary and for the ongoing assessment of buildings found in today's evolving landscape.

本书通过建筑总平面图与平、立、剖面图等，集中对勒·柯布西耶。密斯．网尔托、迈耶等100佘位世界著名建筑大师的400余个著名建筑实例进行详细的图解分析。本书所选择的建筑实例均具有重要的历史意义，代表了一个时代、一类功能或一种风格：设计富有创意，具有深厚功力，品位很高。通过对这些建筑的分析比较，发掘出设计构思中的共同属性，体现出建筑的形体构思是超越文化和时代的界限的。本书是研究设计范例的经典之作，是解剖建筑方案的必备工具，它提供了一种对建筑学进行分析思考的方法，可以帮助建筑系的学生们和建筑师们去理解设计大师的作品，同时创造自己的设计。

《世界建筑大师名作图析》（原著第三版）提供了一种建筑分析的语汇，用来阐释重要建筑师的作品，并有助于建筑师和设计师创作出自己的作品。通过适用于任何建筑的图解方法作出评价。这本令人印象至深的第三版在前一版的基础上，增录了16座新建筑，它们来自8位具有原创性的、因其设计实力、质量和兴趣而卓尔不凡的建筑师。通过探索世界知名的建筑师们所映出的众多建筑设计构思的共性，读者将在对建筑历史作为一种演进过程的分析中，找到有价值的指引。

无论是初学者还是经验丰富的职业建筑师，都会发现在眼下变化着的景观之中，本书是一个很有用的充实设计语汇的工具，而且是一个对正在进行的建筑评价的工具。

罗杰.H.克拉克（Roger H.Coark)，国际建筑师协会会员，北卡罗来纳州立大学设计学院（北卡罗来纳州，罗利市）建筑学教授，业已获得了50多个设计奖项，经常在专业杂志上发表文章，曾与人合著《动态建筑》（Kinetic Architecture)。

迈克尔.波斯（Michael Pause），博士，北卡罗来纳州立大学设计学院艺术与设计教授，也是一位色彩、光线、构图和住宅设计的专家顾问。