Building time : architecture, event, and experience / David Leatherbarrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leatherbarrow, David, author.

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

Architectural design--Philosophy.

Architectural design.

Time--Social aspects.

Time.

Architecture--Environmental aspects.

Ellrichshausen, Pezo von.

Fehn, Sverre, 1924-2009.

Fehn, Sverre.

Gray, Eileen, 1878-1976.

Gray, Eileen.

Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.

Leonardo.

Maes, Nicolaes, approximately 1634-1693.

Maes, Nicolaes.

Menzel, Adolph, 1815-1905.

Menzel, Adolph.

Moneo, José Rafael.

Siza, Álvaro, 1933-.

Siza, Álvaro.

Wang, Shu, 1963-.

Wang, Shu.

Bo and Wohlert (Firm).

Physical Description:

xiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 271 pages : illustrations (black and white), plans ; 25 cm

Manufacture:

Printed in India.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.

Biography/History:

David Leatherbarrow. Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary:

"While most books on architecture concentrate on spatial themes, 'Building time' explores architecture's temporal dimensions. Through a series of close readings of buildings, both contemporary and classic, it shows why an understanding of time is critical to understanding good architecture. All buildings exist in time. Even if designed for permanence, they change, slowly but inevitably. They change use, they accrue history and meaning, they decay. Meanwhile, the sun traces a path in time through a building, as do the movements of the human body from room to room. Time, this book argues, is the framework for our spatial experience of architecture, and a key dimension of a building's structure and significance. Examining works by distinctive modern architects--from Eileen Gray to Álvaro Siza and Wang Shu--'Building time' is a book for theorists, designers, and anyone who wants to understand our experience of architecture. Through it, theorists will find a way to rethink the fundamental premise of design work, while designers will rediscover the order and ideas that shape the world around them--its buildings, interiors, and landscapes."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Introduction

1.1. Making Space for Time

The Time of the World

The Time of the Body

The Time of the Project

Structure and Approach

pt. Two The Time of the World

2.1. Day Time: Adolph Menzel's Balcony Room

Forces at Play

Changing Circumstances

2.2. Well-Timed Openings: Eileen Gray's Tempe a Pailla

In the Blink of an Eye

A Solar-Site-Plan

Scheduling Plan Positions

Timely Adjustments

Good Timing

2.3. Tempered Terrain: Sverre Fehn's Villa Busk

Vestiges as Clues

Past as Prologue

Lasting Impressions

Pre-Recordings and Recordings

2.4. World Rhythms: Alvaro Siza's Swimming Pools at Leca da Palmeira

The Vocation of Construction Materials

Potentialities

pt. Three The Time of the Body

3.1. Taking Steps: Nicolaes Maes' The Eavesdropper

One Moment among Many

Again and Again

3.2. Pacing and Spacing: Bo and Wohlert's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

A Museum without Walls

Landscape Configuration

Landscape Movement

Viewing Distance and Angle

3.3. Wandering Sites: Wang Shu's Hangzhou Guest House

The Time of Spatial Passage

Non-synchronic Passage

Distances and Depth

Depth and Duration

3.4. Pedestrian Rhythms: Alvaro Siza's Swimming Pools at Leca da Palmeira

Pacing

Opportune Beginnings

Still There

pt. Four The Time of the Project

4.1. Past and Present Possibilities: Leonardo da Vinci's Adoration of the Magi

The Time of Given Conditions

Project vs. Product

Project Making Prospects

Anachronisms

4.2. Proposing Precedents: Rafael Moneo's Museo National de Arte Romano de Merida

Converging Parallels

Time and Again

No Longer and Not Yet

4.3. Recalling Future Projects: Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Poli House

From Time to Time

Bloodlines

Intentions

Two as One

Recollection Forward

4.4. Project Rhythms: Alvaro Siza's Swimming Pools at Leca da Palmeira

Before the Beginning

Is That How Projects Begin, Destructively?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

9781350165199

1350165190

9781350165182

1350165182

OCLC:

1147896089

Publisher Number:

99985843142