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Author: Alexis Gregory (Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9781138925199
ISBN 10: 1138925195
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 22 July 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The successful translation of a design from idea to built reality is among the architect's most challenging and complex tasks. Through a series of detailed case studies, Comprehensive Tectonics by Alexis Gregory skillfully demystifies this process, explaining the priorities and decisions that inform the selection of materials and clearly illustrating their assembly from foundation to roof. Scott Murray, Architect Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign In the spirit of Ed Ford's Modern Details Series, the Birkhauser Details Book Series, and Detail Magazine is Gregory's contemporary addition to the art and science of detailing. How a building turns a corner, touches the ground and reaches for the sky is presented through richly illustrated case studies that demonstrate that detailing has just as much design agency as form making and that spatial polemics and means and methods is one and the same when making architecture. Ryan E. Smith, Director & Professor, School of Design & Construction, Washington State University
"""The successful translation of a design from idea to built reality is among the architect’s most challenging and complex tasks. Through a series of detailed case studies, Comprehensive Tectonics by Alexis Gregory skillfully demystifies this process, explaining the priorities and decisions that inform the selection of materials and clearly illustrating their assembly from foundation to roof."" Scott Murray, Architect, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ""In the spirit of Ed Ford’s Details of Modern Architecture series, the Birkhauser Details book series, and Detail magazine is Gregory’s contemporary addition to the art and science of detailing. How a building turns a corner, touches the ground and reaches for the sky is presented through richly illustrated case studies that demonstrate that detailing has just as much design agency as form-making and that spatial polemics and means and methods are one and the same when making architecture."" Ryan E. Smith, Director & Professor, School of Design & Construction, Washington State University ""Expertly organized and presented, Comprehensive Tectonics: Technical Building Assemblies from the Ground to the Sky is unreservedly recommended for community, architectural firm, and academic library Architectural Materials and Methods collections and supplementary studies curriculum lists"" Library Bookwatch, The Architecture Shelf, Midwest Book Review"
The successful translation of a design from idea to built reality is among the architect's most challenging and complex tasks. Through a series of detailed case studies, Comprehensive Tectonics by Alexis Gregory skillfully demystifies this process, explaining the priorities and decisions that inform the selection of materials and clearly illustrating their assembly from foundation to roof. Scott Murray, Architect Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Author Information
Alexis Gregory is an Associate Professor at Mississippi State University in Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA.
