Architectural design /
Ernest Pickering
- Second edition.
- New York : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c1941
- xvii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Part One. THE INFLUENCE ON ARCHITECTURE -- I. General influence -- II. The influences of nature -- III. The influence of man -- PART 2. THE ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE -- IV. The evolution of forms -- V. Plan and volume -- VI. The elements of the visible structure -- PART 3. THE MATERIALS OF ARCHITECTURE -- VII. The nature of materials -- VIII. The materials of nature -- IX. The materials of man -- BOOK TWO: THE DESIGN OF ARCHITECTURE -- Part IV. THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN -- X. The essentials of the structure -- XI. The process of space organization -- XII. The creative principles -- XIII. Plan composition -- XIV. Principles of composition -- Part 5. The process of design -- XV. The scope of design -- XVI. Types of problems -- XVII. The development of the problem.