Introduction to Architecture

Francis D.K. Ching is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Washington and a registered architect. He is the author or coauthor of numerous architecture and design books, including Architectural Graphics; Building Construction Illustrated; Architecture: Form, Space, and Order; A Visual Dictionary of Architecture; A Global History of Architecture; Interior Design Illustrated; and Design Drawing.James F. Eckler is the Architecture Program Director of the Marywood University School of Architecture. In addition to teaching, Professor Eckler is actively engaged in research concerning the culture of place in the urban environment and architecture's role in the development of community. He is also the author of Language of Space and Form.

• Preface vii1 Introduction: Object, Space, Building, City 12 The Beginnings of Architecture: Early History—From Ancient Times to the Renaissance 133 A Concise History: Architecture from the Renaissance to the Contemporary 374 Fundamentals of Architecture: Form 515 Fundamentals of Architecture: Space 796 Fundamentals of Architecture: Order 1257 Elements of Architecture: Types, Systems, and Components That Inform Design 1658 The Design Process: Tools and Techniques for Generating Ideas 1999 Materials of Architecture: Their Qualities, Characteristics, and Behaviors 23110 Methods of Construction 24911 Building Structure: Resisting the Forces That Act against Buildings 28112 Building Systems 29913 Architectural Practice and Communication 32114 Allied Disciplines: Interior Design 34915 Allied Disciplines: Urbanism 373Glossary 409Index 415