A Theory of Architecture - Softcover

Readers should definitely not pay outrageous prices for the out-of-print first edition of this book! The second edition is available for less than $23, and is more useful because it includes an Index and new pages.

"A Theory of Architecture demonstrates how mathematics and the social sciences offer keys to designing a humane architecture. In this brilliant tome Salingaros explains why many modern buildings are neither beautiful nor harmonious and, alternatively, how architects and patrons can employ scale, materials and mathematical logic to design structures which are exciting, nourishing, and visually delightful. Anyone who is interested in how architecture and culture are intimately linked should put this on their reading list." -- Duncan G. Stroik "In the future this work, along with Christopher Alexander's, will be standard texts for Architecture 101. The text has been handled with great care to help its readers understand the complex issues while at the same time making it accessible to the largest potential audience. It beautifully lays out how we have arrived at a modern world tendency away from living structure and toward non-living structure. I feel fortunate to live in a time that I believe will be the beginning of a great sea change toward living structure and a more wholesome environment. I thank Dr. Salingaros for his efforts toward that movement." -- Dean A. Dykstra