Reading architecture : a visual lexicon / Owen Hopkins.
This innovative and unique book is a visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming all the visible architectural features so that, unlike other architectural dictionaries, the reader doesn't have to know the name before looking it up. Clear line drawings and extensive colour photograph...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Laurence King,
2012.
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| Summary: | This innovative and unique book is a visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming all the visible architectural features so that, unlike other architectural dictionaries, the reader doesn't have to know the name before looking it up. Clear line drawings and extensive colour photographs illustrate each of the main building types, from forts to churches, stately homes to skyscrapers. The individual structural elements and materials common to all buildings are then explained, whether in Classical, Gothic or Modernist style, before delving into the inner architectural details such as doors and windows, roofs and staircases. A comprehensive glossary completes the book. An original and accessible take on the architectural dictionary, this book takes you on a visual tour of the buildings around us, and will be useful not only to students but to anyone with a general interest in architecture. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations (some color), plans (some color. |
| ISBN: | 1780672047 9781780672045 9781780673820 1780673825 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |