Download or read book From Idea to Building written by Michael Brawne and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both for architects and for general readers concerned with the effect of the built environment, explores how the design process influences the architectural outcome of a building, and how it fits into the overall artistic and technological state of the society. Draws on recent work in the philosophy of architecture and on case studies, many of them Brawne's own projects. Highly illustrated. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR