{"product_id":"building-time-architecture-event-and-experience-9781350165182","title":"Building Time: Architecture, Event, and Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile most books on architecture concentrate on spatial themes, this book explores architecture's temporal dimensions. Through a series of close readings of buildings, both contemporary and classic, it demonstrates the centrality of time in modern architecture, and shows why an understanding of time is critical to understanding good architecture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll buildings exist in time. Even if designed for permanence, they change, slowly but inevitably. They change use, they accrue history and meaning, they decay - all of these processes are inscribed in time. So too is the path traced by the sun through a building, and 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Time \u003c\/i\u003epresents twelve close readings of buildings and artworks which explore this idea. Examining works by distinctive modern architects - from Eileen Gray to  lvaro Siza and Wang Shu - it takes the reader, in some cases literally step-by-step, through a built work, and provides insightful reflections on the importance of 'making space for time' in architectural design. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a book for both theorists and for architectural designers. Through it, theorists will find a way to rethink the fundamental premises and aims of design work, while designers will rediscover the order and ideas that shape the world around them-its buildings, interiors, and landscapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Leatherbarrow\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught architectural design, history, and theory since 1984. In 2020, the AIA and ASCA awarded him the prestigious Topaz Medallion for excellence in architectural education. He lectures widely and holds guest professorships in Denmark and China. His previous publishing includes \u003ci\u003e20th Century Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchitecture Oriented Otherwise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTopographical Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSurface Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mohsen Mostafavi), \u003ci\u003e Uncommon Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoots of Architectural Invention\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Weathering: The Life of Buildings in Time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912836878610,"sku":"9781350165182","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7193db22-6f9f-4165-b013-cc5494e20429.jpg?v=1738778195","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/building-time-architecture-event-and-experience-9781350165182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}