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Basic Theory of Architecture - Slideshare
This ppt deals with basics theory of architecture.
http://www.slideshare.net/muyora/basic-theory-of-architecture
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Thematic Theories of Architecture
Thematic theories are treatises which aim at the fulfilment of one principal goal, usually at the cost of other customary goals of building. Theories which aim at fulfilling simultaneously several goals, perhaps all the goals that are known, are discussed on the page Theories of architectural synthesis.
http://www2.uiah.fi/projekti/metodi/13k.htm
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Architecture Theory since 1968 - The MIT Press
In the discussion of architecture, there is a prevailing sentiment that, since 1968, cultural production in its traditional sense can no longer be understood to rise spontaneously, as a matter of social course, but must now be constructed through ever more self-conscious theoretical procedures.
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/architecture-theory-1968
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Popular Architectural Theory Books - Goodreads
Books shelved as architectural-theory: Atlas of Novel Tectonics by Jesse Reiser, The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius, Complexity and Contradiction...
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/architectural-theory
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Theory of Architecture - Britannica
The art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/architecture/Theory-of-architecture
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Theory of Architecture - Wikiversity
The study of Architecture will not be complete without an exposure to some theory of architecture although many architects shun theory.
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Theory_of_Architecture
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History and Theory of Architecture and Urbanism I, World Architecture (Global Settlements) - Artstor
This curriculum guide is global in focus, including both Western and non-Western developments, covering the time period from prehistory to the medieval era. The survey highlights a variety of aspects of the built environment such as architecture, urban settlements, and landscapes. Coursework investigates monumental civic architecture, religious structures, as well as domestic buildings, the urban form, and architectural theory.
http://www.artstor.org/node/history-and-theory-architecture-and-urbanism-i-world-architecture-global-settlements-0
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Unified Architectural Theory: Chapter 1 - ArchDaily
Architecture is a human act that invades and displaces the natural ecosystem. Biological order is destroyed every time we clear native plant growth and erect buildings and infrastructure. The goal of architecture is to create structures to house humans and their activities. Humans are parts of the earth's ecosystem, even though we tend to forget that.
http://www.archdaily.com/429404/unified-architectural-theory-chapter-1
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Architectural Theory Review - Taylor and Francis Online
An architectural theory review.
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ratr20?cookieSet=1
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Wiley: Forty Ways to Think About Architecture: Architectural History and Theory Today
How do we think about architecture historically and theoretically? Forty Ways to Think about Architecture provides an introduction to some of the wide-ranging ways in which architectural history and theory are being approached today.
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118822617.html
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Philosophy of Architecture: Philosophy and the Tradition of Architectural Theory (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
While philosophy of architecture is relatively new as a growing sub-discipline, we can look to a two-millennia old tradition of theoretical treatises in architecture (in the West; other traditions are older still) as raising key conceptual issues.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/architecture/tradition.html
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Why is Architectural Theory so Hard to Read? - Archinect
I just finished my first year of M. Arch education. While everything is new and exciting...I have been really struggling to understand why almost every single text on architecture theory I've been given or come across seems like it was written for a PHD student.
http://archinect.com/forum/thread/50789135/why-is-architectural-theory-so-hard-to-read
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Architectural Theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Architectural theory is the act of thinking, discussing, and writing about architecture. Architectural theory is taught in most architecture schools and is practiced by the world's leading architects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_theory
