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Site Analysis: Posted to Rethinking the Future: Click here for full review

    • Summary: A must-read for beginners who are new to architecture, like students. Budding architects who have just entered the field of architectural practice will also benefit from this book as it covers a lot of onsite experiences and legal data analysis. …The conventional diagrammatic representation using pen and ink might seem out of date in today’s technologically advancing architectural industry with software tools and model building tools that do the site analysis by digital means. But at the end of the day, the architect alone comes up with design solutions and must not rely upon software tools to do the job. The representation techniques of data and analysis of problems and solutions [apply whether] they are hand done or created digitally. This book helps build a foundation that is essential for the process of design.

 

Site Analysis and Space Adjacency Analysis: Published in the Society of Building Science Educators newsletter in 2014 when ArchiBasics Press first started publishing Edward T. White’s work.

  

Recently Posted Reader Reviews

 

Posted to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6851887-site-analysis

    • Site Analysis: Overall 4.27/5, 123 ratings
      • 6/28/24: 4/5. A very solid explanation on site analysis and diagramming principles. Conni Dawson
      • 12/25/23. 5/5: Very informative handbook, with high-quality nice diagrams that I admire, and I think I’ll come back to it every now and then throughout my career. It’s the best site analysis guide I’ve come across in the past five years of architecture program. Highly recommended for architecture students or recent grads. Zhraa
      • 2/3/23. 5/5. Site Analysis is an essential book in architecture to emphasize the importance of analysis before designing… Andrea Salgado
      • 7/22/22: 5/5. کتابی که نحوه کاربرد نمودارها و اشکال در طراحی معماری را مرحله به مرحله توضیح می دهد.
        پیشنهاد کتاب برای طراحی خوب معماری، مطالعه زمین، ارایه اطلاعات به زبان نمودار، دسته بندی و نمایش آن است.
        کتاب می گوید پس از نمایش اطلاعات با دسته بندی و ترتیب مناسب، فهمی بیشتر از پیش از موقعیت به دست می آید که بدون ارائه تصویری ممکن نیست. این درک عمیق‌تر برای یافتن پاسخ بهینه ضروری است.
        کتاب سرشار شکلهای مختلف برای مواردی از جمله وضعیت رفت و آمد محله، پوشش گیاهی، سازه های همسایه، آلودگی صوتی، شیب زمین و… است که می تواند برای بینندگان الهام بخش باشد.
        کتاب هم چنین اطلاعاتی در زمینه نحوه دسته بندی نمودارها دارد که برگی از کتاب علوم دانش و کتابداری است که به زیبایی در بستر طراحی معماری جای گرفته است. Abdoreza Ershadinia
    • Travel Drawing. Overall 4.25/5 with 12 ratings
      • 8/11/23: 4/5. This book was a great read. The tips and strategies for travel drawing are very helpful, and the drawings in the book are beautiful by themselves and a great visual resource. The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is because the way the text is formatted around the images appears a bit sloppy and can be distracting from the visuals and difficult to read at times. Otherwise, I would recommend to anyone looking to get into travel drawing. Clay
    • Concept Sourcebook. Overall 4.09/5 with 77 ratings
      • simple and spectacular for beginners to understand the process of creating balanced and meaningful forms in architecture. it is all illustrated which make this book so practical. Rama