100 Ideas That Changed Architecture

Starting with the basic building 'components' of door, window, column and beam and the Classical orders, the book then goes on to explore historical movements such as the Picturesque and Beaux-Arts, innovative materials such as steel and reinforced concrete, technical innovations, such as the lift and electric lighting, through to modern movements such as Universal Design and Deconstruction.

Ideas discussed explain how things that we see as standard, in modern-day architecture, came to be. For example: Why the invention of central heating allowed the 'Free Plan' to develop (because architects were liberated from the restraints of building rooms with fireplaces). As well explaining ideas in day-to-day domestic architecture, Richard Weston also examines ideas that shape landscapes, communities and public buildings and spaces: The Grid, Conservation and Sustainability are all also discussed.

The book is arranged in a broadly chronological order and each idea is put into context with a variety of arresting images. 100 Ideas That Changed Architecture explores when each idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.

100 Ideas That Changed Fashion also available, plus 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design and 100 Ideas That Changed Film coming in 2012.

About the author:
Richard Weston is a Professor at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. Previous books include the monograph Alvar Aalto, winner of the 1995 Sir Banister Fletcher Prize, and the definitive monograph on the Danish architect Jørn Utzon. His other books include The House in the Twentieth Century (2001), Materials, Form and Architecture (2003) and Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century, 2nd edition (2010), all published by Laurence King.

Richard Weston
100 Ideas That Changed Architecture
300 colour illustrations
270 x 210 mm, 216 pages
PAPERBACK
ISBN – 978 1 85669 732 3
£19.95

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