Courtyards: Intimate Outdoor Spaces - Hardcover

Keister, Douglas

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ISBN 10: 1586855409 ISBN 13: 9781586855406

Verlag: Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 2005

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Striking full-color photography complements a study of the use of the courtyard in indoor and outdoor design, capturing a diverse array of examples that range from ancient Rome and medieval Europe to modern-day San Diego, tracing the history of the design style, and explaining how a courtyard can set the mood and tone of any structure.

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Few architectural elements are more closely associated with comfort, protection, and security than the courtyard-an outdoor living space that is partially or fully enclosed by walls or buildings. The courtyard became a major architectural design element almost as soon humans began constructing permanent buildings.
Scholars tell us that courtyards have been around since at least 3000 b.c. The earliest civilizations in China, the Middle East, and North Africa all had courtyards. Protection was the primary function of these early courtyards, with high walls providing a shield from the weather and a barrier to marauding animals and unwanted human visitors. In later western culture, the requirements of a courtyard were looser, and any area that was partially or entirely enclosed by walls or buildings could be called a courtyard.
Today, defining a courtyard seems to depend on the elements it contains and the feelings it evokes rather than the architecture that surrounds it. The basic elements of a courtyard have always been water, walls, and sky combined to convey qualities of intimacy, security, and quiet.

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• Verlag: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1586855409
• ISBN 13: 9781586855406
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 149