Publisher's Synopsis
This book is the author's most classic text. At the height of his creativity, in 1968, he was invited to lecture at Rice University. From light and shadow, art and creativity, the greatest deficiencies of today's architecture, to how to think about the architectural design of a monastery, to the distinction between scientists and artists, to the three main directions of architectural study, this is the most profound and insightful reflection on architectural space and architectural education. He is good at inspiring students to ask questions throughout the book: What is a school? What is a library? What is a street? What is a place? Through continuous questioning, he brings the concept of design back to the nature of the problem, and through eight timeless questions, such as "Predicting Future Architecture" and "How to Think about Problems", he leads the readers to discover the way of thinking about architectural design.
