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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.

本書通過建築總平麵圖與平、立、剖麵圖等，集中對勒·柯布西耶。密斯．網爾托、邁耶等100佘位世界著名建築大師的400餘個著名建築實例進行詳細的圖解分析。本書所選擇的建築實例均具有重要的曆史意義，代錶瞭一個時代、一類功能或一種風格：設計富有創意，具有深厚功力，品位很高。通過對這些建築的分析比較，發掘齣設計構思中的共同屬性，體現齣建築的形體構思是超越文化和時代的界限的。本書是研究設計範例的經典之作，是解剖建築方案的必備工具，它提供瞭一種對建築學進行分析思考的方法，可以幫助建築係的學生們和建築師們去理解設計大師的作品，同時創造自己的設計。

《世界建築大師名作圖析》（原著第三版）提供瞭一種建築分析的語匯，用來闡釋重要建築師的作品，並有助於建築師和設計師創作齣自己的作品。通過適用於任何建築的圖解方法作齣評價。這本令人印象至深的第三版在前一版的基礎上，增錄瞭16座新建築，它們來自8位具有原創性的、因其設計實力、質量和興趣而卓爾不凡的建築師。通過探索世界知名的建築師們所映齣的眾多建築設計構思的共性，讀者將在對建築曆史作為一種演進過程的分析中，找到有價值的指引。

無論是初學者還是經驗豐富的職業建築師，都會發現在眼下變化著的景觀之中，本書是一個很有用的充實設計語匯的工具，而且是一個對正在進行的建築評價的工具。

羅傑.H.剋拉剋（Roger H.Coark)，國際建築師協會會員，北卡羅來納州立大學設計學院（北卡羅來納州，羅利市）建築學教授，業已獲得瞭50多個設計奬項，經常在專業雜誌上發錶文章，曾與人閤著《動態建築》（Kinetic Architecture)。

邁剋爾.波斯（Michael Pause），博士，北卡羅來納州立大學設計學院藝術與設計教授，也是一位色彩、光綫、構圖和住宅設計的專傢顧問。