UNIT ONE 1
Text What a Building is 1
Reading Material A Facades 6
Reading Material B Internal Space 8
UNIT TWO 11
Text Making Architectural Judgements 11
Reading Material A Criteria for Evaluating Proposed Architecture 17
Reading Material B The Midland Bank and Carpenter Center 19
UNIT THREE 22
Text The Legacy of Modernism in New Classicism 22
Reading Material A The Classical Reality 28
Reading Material B What the Classical Can Do for the Modern 30
UNIT FOUR 33
Text The Skyscraper 33
Reading Material A Going Taller 39
Reading Material B The Impact of Tall Buildings Pedostrian Needs 41
UNIT FIVE 44
Text Safety in Design 44
Reading Material A Choice of Basic Variables 49
Reading Material B Loads 51
UNIT SIX 54
Text On Design 54
Reading Material A Design Methods 60
Reading Material B Architects and Internet 63
UNIT SEVEN 66
Text Masonry: Reaching New Heights 66
Reading Material A Building Code: Checking Out the New Regulations 72
Reading Material B Means of Escape 75
UNIT EIGHT 79
Text Green Buildings 79
Reading Material A Organic Architecture: Subtlety and Power 85
Reading Material B Is Intelligent the Opposite of Clever 87
Text The Ornamental Aesthetics 89
UNIT NINE 89
Reading Material A The Ornamental Aesthetics (Ⅱ) 95
Reading Material B The Ornamental Aesthetics (Ⅲ) 97
UNIT TEN 100
Text On Garden 100
Reading Material A The Oriental Influence 106
Reading Material B Gardens of the VILLAD'ESTE 107
UNIT ELEVEN 110
Text Aesthetic Plans of Furniture Arrangement 110
Reading Material A The Ornamental Impulse 116
Reading Material B The Rise of Interior Decoration 118
UNIT TWELVE 121
Text A Theory of Landscape Architecture 121
Reading Material A Elements of Landscape Architectural Design 127
Reading Material B Office Landscape 129
Text Urban Sense 132
UNIT THIRTEEN 132
Reading Material A Urban Design and the Physical Environmen——conventional concerns in Urban Design 138
Reading Material B The Practice and Problems of Town Planning 140
UNIT FOURTEEN 143
Text Evaluation Methods in Urban and Regional Planning 143
Reading Material A Underlying Issues in Evaluation 149
Reading Material B Variables for Application of Techniques 151
Text Fatal Remedies——The Sources of Ineffectiveness in Planning 153
UNIT FIFTEEN 153
Reading Material A Sieber's Mechanisms for Planning Failure 159
Reading Material B Commentary on Sieber's Mechanisms 162
UNIT SIXTEEN 165
Text The Two Paradigms of Zoning 165
Reading Material A Visions of the City of the Future 171
Reading Material B Reflections on the Future Residential Landscape ——Low-rise/High-density as a Planning Ⅰ deal 173
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 176
Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference 185
Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises 208