Story of architecture / by Patrick Nuttgens

By:

Nuttgens, Patrick

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Phaidon Press, 2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 352 p. : col. ill., charts, mapsISBN:

9780714836164
0714836168
071483615x

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.9 NUT-S

Summary: This work is a general introduction to architecture told through a narrative sequence of 21 chapters, each charting a stage in the devlopment of architecture. These chapters divide the text into natural study units covering the entire world and the whole of human architectural history. Without using technical language, Patrick Nuttgens draws on his own architectural experience to enable the reader to enter the mind of the architects - trying always to answer the simple question such as: "Why is it like that?"

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Books	Library, SPAB J-1	Non Fiction	720.9 NUT-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 1	Available	000660
Books	Library, SPAB J-1	Non Fiction	720.9 NUT-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 2	Available	005746
Books	Library, SPAB J-1	Non Fiction	720.9 NUT-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 3	Available	005747

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work is a general introduction to architecture told through a narrative sequence of 21 chapters, each charting a stage in the devlopment of architecture. These chapters divide the text into natural study units covering the entire world and the whole of human architectural history. Without using technical language, Patrick Nuttgens draws on his own architectural experience to enable the reader to enter the mind of the architects - trying always to answer the simple question such as: "Why is it like that?"

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