Understanding architecture : an introduction to architecture and architectural history / Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch

By:

Conway, Hazel

Contributor(s):

Roenisch, Rowan

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge, 2008. London :Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 285 pISBN:

9780415320597

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720 CON-U

Contents:

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--

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	720 CON-U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		003270

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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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