Understanding meaningful environments : architectural precedents and the question of identity in creative design / edited by K. Moraes Zarzar and A. Guney.
Title page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; The use of architectural precedents in creative design; Architecture of place and cognitive biases; Parametric simulation and pre-parametric design thinking; How Lewis Mumford rethought regionalist precedents; The question of identity in design; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: The articulation between formal and informal city; Architectural precedent analysis; Afterword; About the Authors; Figures.
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