Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the design process -- Influences and inspiration -- Doing design -- Case studies.

"Designing Architecture is an indispensable tool to assist both students and young architects in formulating an idea, transforming it into a building, and making effective design decisions. This book promotes integrative and critical thinking in the preliminary design of buildings to inspire creativity, innovation, and design excellence. This compendium of individual wisdom and collective experience offers explicit guidance to students and young professionals on how to approach, analyze, and execute specific tasks; develop and refine a process to facilitate the best possible design projects; and create meaningful architectural form.Here the design process - from orchestrating client participation to finalizing schematic design - is explored and illuminated. The following material is presented to make the book a useful didactic tool for professional development: explicit strategies for doing design rather than simply reviewing principles and precedents; creative ideas in approaching and framing problems in design terms; specific methods to translate ideas to culturally significant, socially responsive, and environmentally sensitive buildings; techniques to integrate all levels of cognition from analysis to epiphany; counsel on developing a personalized process for engaging design projects; case studies augment the text and chronicle fascinating applications of the design process."--Publisher's description.

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