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The room in context : design beyond boundaries / Katherine F. Benzel.

By: Benzel, Katherine F.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1998Description: xii, 388 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 007005956X (acidfree paper).Subject(s): Architecture -- Environmental aspects | Architecture and society | Space (Architecture) | Interior decoration | RoomsDDC classification: 720/.47 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Room's Cohesive Integrity. 1. Visions for the Future, Lessons from the Past. 2. Spatial Relationships. 3. Social Use. 4. Humanistic Goals -- Pt. 2. Synthesis of Separate Scales. 1. The Room and the City. 2. The Room and the Landscape. 3. The Room and the Building -- Pt. 3. Synthesis of Separate Phenomena. 1. The Room and Its Reality. 2. The Room and its Illusion: Part I. The Decorative Program. 3. The Room and its Illusion: Part II. Color. 4. The Room and its Inhabitants. 5. The Room and the Objects Within. 6. Evaluating the Room: Appearance and Experience -- Pt. 4. Integration. 1. Case Study: The Museum of Sydney on the site of the First Government House.
Summary: Katherine Benzel takes you through room design, to buildings, to cities, to landscapes, showing how human life has always flowed through its environment, each space defining, combining, and relating to the next. No room exists in isolation. The Room in Context is a thoughtful, beautiful meditation on the continuity and interrelatedness of the interior space to the building that houses it, and of both to the surrounding landscape and cityscape. Nature is the prototype, in which all parts, from the microscopic to the cosmic, are interdependent in a complex symphony of form and function. Benzel draws on the great design traditions of Europe and Japan, in particular, where Nature is integrated into the world of human habitation. Designers, architects, and urban planners will find this creatively stimulating book a guide to designing interiors that draw their life from their surroundings and the people who inhabit them, and reflect that life back again.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-380) and index.

Pt. 1. The Room's Cohesive Integrity. 1. Visions for the Future, Lessons from the Past. 2. Spatial Relationships. 3. Social Use. 4. Humanistic Goals -- Pt. 2. Synthesis of Separate Scales. 1. The Room and the City. 2. The Room and the Landscape. 3. The Room and the Building -- Pt. 3. Synthesis of Separate Phenomena. 1. The Room and Its Reality. 2. The Room and its Illusion: Part I. The Decorative Program. 3. The Room and its Illusion: Part II. Color. 4. The Room and its Inhabitants. 5. The Room and the Objects Within. 6. Evaluating the Room: Appearance and Experience -- Pt. 4. Integration. 1. Case Study: The Museum of Sydney on the site of the First Government House.

Katherine Benzel takes you through room design, to buildings, to cities, to landscapes, showing how human life has always flowed through its environment, each space defining, combining, and relating to the next. No room exists in isolation. The Room in Context is a thoughtful, beautiful meditation on the continuity and interrelatedness of the interior space to the building that houses it, and of both to the surrounding landscape and cityscape. Nature is the prototype, in which all parts, from the microscopic to the cosmic, are interdependent in a complex symphony of form and function. Benzel draws on the great design traditions of Europe and Japan, in particular, where Nature is integrated into the world of human habitation. Designers, architects, and urban planners will find this creatively stimulating book a guide to designing interiors that draw their life from their surroundings and the people who inhabit them, and reflect that life back again.