Understanding architecture : an introduction to architecture and architectural history / Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2008. London :Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 285 pISBN: - 9780415320597
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| 720 BEN-L Letters to a young architect / | 720 BIR-E Extensions of time / | 720 COL-N Negotiating the planning maze / | 720 CON-U Understanding architecture : | 720 COO-D Design quality manual : improving building performance / | 720 COS-W What architecture means : | 720 DET Detail annual 5 |
1 Introduction-- 2 Architecture and building-- 3 Architectural history-- 4 Space and function-- 5 Drawings and models-- 6 Materials and construction-- 7 The exterior-- 8 Styles and periods-- 9 Site and place-- 10 Sources--
A comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the environment. This new edition brings in the new emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, urban regeneration and cultural identity, in order to take a holistic approach to the subject of architecture. Highly illustrated, this book enables the reader to make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by understanding
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