Beyond buildings
Subtitle: designed spaces as visual persuasion
By: by J. Donald Ragsdale
Contributors: Brandau-Brown, Frances E., author
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781443856348
Subjects: Communication in architecture; Architectural design; Philosophy; Landscape architecture; Architecture and society; Visual communication; Park; Platz; Stadtgestaltung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Description: "This book focuses specifically on the designed spaces which are a part of buildings as well as spaces, such as parks and gardens, which have been created as means of visual influence in and of themselves"--Page xiii.
Notes: "Abbreviated versions of Chapter Two and Seven of this book have appeared previously"--Page xi.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Three approaches to studying space as visual persuasion; title: Beyond buildings : pleasure gardens and parks; title: City parks; title: National Parks; title: Zoological gardens and amusement parks / J. Donald Ragsdale and Frances E. Brandau-Brown; title: Hallowed ground : battlefields, cemeteries, and monuments; title: Urban design in the ancient city / J. Donald Ragsdale and Frances E. Brandau-Brown; title: Urban design in the modern city; title: Interior spaces; title: Reflections on the visual persuasiveness of structures and spaces.