Theorizing Built Form and Culture: The Legacy of Amos Rapoport (Routledge Research in Architecture)

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Apply cutting-edge spatial design techniques. If you’re a design professional who wants to expand your horizons, Katherine Benzel’s The Room in Context will inspire you with new ways of thinking about rooms and their spatial relationship with the buildings, landscapes and cities in which we live and work. You’ll discover scores of ideas for designing beyond the boundaries of your specific field. . .master the relational aspects of design. . .deal with the issues of social use, spatial relationships and humanistic goals. . .explore new ways of working with shape, light, color, and materials. . .tackle the “hows” and “whys” of environmental design. . .and then see how to apply these insights to create healthy buildings and outdoor spaces. Case studies of buildings, rooms, and social use bring Benzel’s original concepts vividly to life!