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Professor Yoshinobu Ashihara, also known as Yoshinobu Ashihara, is one of architecture maestro. Ashihara wrote several masterpieces such as “The Aesthetic Townscape” (winner of the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award), and Read more
Dec
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DK Ching and the Legendary Architecture, Form, Space and Order
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Professor Francis D.K. Ching, also known as F.D.K. Ching, DK Ching, is one of architecture maestro. Many of his masterpieces books have been translated into a number of languages, the books have become standard texts for practicing architects. His basic information about architecture and construction books has been translated around the world for a long time. Read more
Dec
30
Kevin Lynch and the Image of the City Theory
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Professor Kevin Andrew Lynch, known as Kevin Lynch, 1918-1984, is a maestro architect, the urban designer legend. Kevin Lynch is known by the Image of the City theory, (MIT Press, 1960) those are: 1) path, 2) edges, 3) district, 4) nodes, and 5) landmarks. Read more
Dec
30
Hamid Shirvani and the Eight Elements of Urban Design Theory
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Dr. Hamid Shirvani known as an architect and urban designer maestro. He created the urban design legendary theory, that is the eight elements of urban design theory, those are: 1) land use, 2) building form and massing, 3) circulation and parking 4) open space 5) pedestrian ways 6) activity support 7) signage and 8 ) preservation. This theory described in his book: Read more
Dec
29
YB Mangunwijaya , Wastu Citra and Kali Code
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Yusuf Biliarta Mangunwijaya, known as Romo Mangun, born in Ambarawa, 6th of May 1929, is one of Indonesian maestro architect, an author, also a religious Catholic leader. He got his educational background from Seminari Menengah Kotabaru, Yogyakarta (1951), Seminari Menengah Santo Petrus Kanisius, Mertoyudan, Magelang (1952), Filsafat Teologi Sancti Pauli, Kotabaru, Yogyakarta (1953-1959), Teknik Arsitektur, ITB, Read more