Architecture. Form, space, composition. Chin F.

Francis D.K. Chin - the world -famous architect, an honorary professor of the University of Washington in Seattle. The author of books on architecture, which have become classic and translated into many languages.

For more than forty years, this beautifully illustrated book has been considered a classic of publications about architecture and design. Here is the supplemented fourth edition in which you will find expanded sections about the movement of people in space, about light, about window openings and much more. In addition, new information about the influence of the environment on the principles of construction and modern examples of forms of organization of space are presented here.

The book presents the main elements and principles of architectural design, which have been applied throughout the history of mankind, historical samples, unquenchable time and not knowing cultural boundaries. Although the comparison of styles may sometimes seem inconsistent, different examples have been selected consciously to encourage the reader, on the one hand, to see something in common in the structures that are unlike the structures and to focus, on the other hand, the differences reflecting the time and place of their construction.

This canine allowance will be useful to both students and already practicing architects. It will help to understand the basics of architectural design and see with your own eyes how form and space are combined in construction.