02640nam 2200601Ia 450 991045729830332120200520144314.01-136-42888-71-280-96641-697866109664170-08-047200-1(CKB)1000000000350595(EBL)288855(OCoLC)476042586(SSID)ssj0000105303(PQKBManifestationID)11128294(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105303(PQKBWorkID)10100800(PQKB)10474805(MiAaPQ)EBC288855(Au-PeEL)EBL288855(CaPaEBR)ebr10169910(CaONFJC)MIL96641(EXLCZ)99100000000035059520040422d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArchitectural model as machine[electronic resource] /Albert C. SmithBoston Elsevier20041 online resource (179 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-47341-3 0-7506-5634-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Architectural Model as Machine A New View of Models from Antiquity to the Present Day; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Define/Divine/Design; CHAPTER 2 The changing mechanism of the scale model; CHAPTER 3 Scale model as machine; CHAPTER 4 Machine as scale model machine; CHAPTER 5 Pandora and the modern scale model machine; Bibliography; IndexThis book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the history and significance of models in architecture from the magic of the Egyptian scale model to the present day.Through this description of the relationship between architecture and the scale model, Smith demonstrates the most effective process between concept and 'machine', between the idea and the final building. The great value of this book is to reveal the nature of the scale model and to unlock the tremendous poArchitectural modelsArchitectural designElectronic books.Architectural models.Architectural design.720/.22/8Smith Albert C.PhD.64614MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457298303321Architectural model as machine1956672UNINA