Metaphoric Architecture by Michael C. Abrams - 9781032585406

Metaphoric ArchitectureTransforming Ideas into 3D Form\nAuthor(s): Michael C. Abrams\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032585406, 978-1032585406\nSynopsis\nMetaphoric Architecture focuses on a fundamental but often challenging part of the beginning design phaseshow to take an abstract idea and transform it into a three-dimensional object, space, or building.\n\nThrough media experimentation, analysis of innovative case studies, and hands-on exercises, Abrams guides the reader through the early stages of design, which include site and precedent analysis, among other initial approaches. To comprehend design thinking, the visual arts, music, and film are examined in relation to architecture. Chapters demonstrate how abstract ideas inspired by paintings, music, and films, can be utilized in the spatial design process and transformed into habitable spaces. There are 22 exercises that increase in complexity to strengthe.