Contents HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK 06 INTRODUCTION 08 4 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 Placing Architecture 12 History and Precedent 34 Construction 62 Site 14 A Timeline of Materials Orientation 22 Architectural Influences 36 Elements of Construction 7 Climate 24 The Ancient World 38 Prefabrication Materials 26 The Classical World 42 Reinvention 80 Places and Spaces 28 The Medieval World 46 Sustainability 82 Understanding the City 30 The Renaissance Innovative Materials 84 Understanding Landscape 32 The Baroque and the Enlightenment 5 Modernism 56QC Preflight Point 3rd 11 11 p4 Job no : 76451 Title : The Fundamentals of Architecture Client : AVA Scn : #175 Size : 200(w)230(h)mm Co : M11 C0 (All To Spot)(Coagl)__LC Dept : DTP D/O : 07.05.07(Job no:76451C2 D/O : 01.06.07 Co: CM11) 76451_CTP_001-051.qxd 6/1/07 2:03 PM Page 4 3rd p4 (Job no:76451C2 D/O : 01.06.07 Co: CM11) 4 Contents The Fundamentals of Architecture CHAPTER 1 Placing Architecture 12 Site 14 Orientation 22 Climate 24 Materials 26 Places and Spaces 28 Understanding the City 30 Understanding Landscape 32 CHAPTER 2 History and Precedent 34 A Timeline of Architectural Influences 36 The Ancient World 38 The Classical World 42 The Medieval World 46 The Renaissance 48 The Baroque and the Enlightenment 52 Modernism 56 CHAPTER 3 Construction 62 Materials 64 Elements of Construction 72 Prefabrication 78 Reinvention 80 Sustainability 82 Innovative Materials 84 HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS BOOK 06 INTRODUCTION 08 Contents 76451_CTP_001-051.qxd 6/1/07 2:03 PM Page 4