The fundamentals of architecture / Lorraine Farrelly.

1.Placing architecture: Site; Orientation; Climate; Materials; Places and spaces; Understanding the city; Understanding landscape -- 2.History and precedent: A timeline of architectural influences; The ancient world; The classical world; The medieval world; The Renaissance; The Baroque and the Enlightenment; Modernism -- 3.Construction: Materials; Elements of construction; Prefabrication; Reinvention; Sustainability; Innovative materials -- 4.Representation: CAD drawing; Sketching; Scale; Orthographic projection; Perspective; Three-dimensional images; Physical modelling; CAD modelling; Layout and presentation; Storyboarding; Portfolios -- 5.Contemporary ideas: Universal ideas and principles; Functionalism; Sculpturalism; Monumentalism; Zeitgeist -- 6.Realisation: The project timeline; The project; Contributors and their roles; The brief; The concept; Site analysis; The design process; Detail development. The finished building. Conclusion. Bibliography and webography. Glossary. Picture credits. Index.