These are divided into subsections that generally make reference to the analytical framework of Analysing Architecture. Each of the twenty buildings included occupies its own chapter and are bookended by a thoughtful Introduction and Endword. The trio focuses on three aspects of learning – theory ( Analysing Architecture), examples ( Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand) and practice ( Exercises in Architecture: Learning to Think as an Architect).Īs in his first book, Twenty Buildings… is straightforwardly structured. It is the second in a trilogy targeted at introducing readers to how to look at and learn the nature – and potential – of architecture. At a time when meaningful analyses of the built environment seems to be suffering from extreme attrition, Simon Unwin’s Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is an informative and insightful testing of the powerful conceptual framework he put forth in his well-known Analysing Architecture.
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