Marco Frascari´s Dream House: A Theory of Imagination
Marco Frascari
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Description for Marco Frascari´s Dream House: A Theory of Imagination
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, 23 colour illustrations, 71 colour line drawings. BIC Classification: AMA; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This previously unpublished work is essential reading for anyone who has followed Marco Frascari's scholarship and teachings over the last three decades. It also provides the perfect introduction for anyone new to his writings. As ever, Frascari does not offer prescriptive tools and frameworks to enact his theories of drawing and imagination; instead, he teaches how to build one's own through individual practice. An illuminating introduction places the text in a wider context, providing the reader with a fascinating and important context and understanding to this posthumous work. Frascari's sketchbooks are reproduced faithfully in full colour to provide the reader ... Read more
This previously unpublished work is essential reading for anyone who has followed Marco Frascari's scholarship and teachings over the last three decades. It also provides the perfect introduction for anyone new to his writings. As ever, Frascari does not offer prescriptive tools and frameworks to enact his theories of drawing and imagination; instead, he teaches how to build one's own through individual practice. An illuminating introduction places the text in a wider context, providing the reader with a fascinating and important context and understanding to this posthumous work. Frascari's sketchbooks are reproduced faithfully in full colour to provide the reader ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138189652
SKU
V9781138189652
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Marco Frascari
Marco Frascari (1945-2013) was a dedicated teacher of architecture, an extraordinary storyteller, and an eminent thinker and theorist of architecture. He was the Director of the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, since 2005. From 1997 to 2005 he held the chair of G. T. Ward Professor at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center at Virginia Tech, ... Read more
Reviews for Marco Frascari´s Dream House: A Theory of Imagination
'This book presents the architect, scholar and teacher, Marco Frascari's offering to architecture. It achieves a rare unity of theory with design exploration and project design in both text and image. Beginning students will receive a comprehensive view of what design entails and advanced architects will enjoy following the paths traced out by his winged compass, the golden instrument of ... Read more