Author : Cyril M. Harris
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 26,25 MB
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0486132110
This massive compendium contains over 2,000 line drawings, and clear, concise definitions for over 5,000 important terms relating to the architectural achievements of a great variety of world cultures, ancient to modern.
Author : Rachel Carley
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 25,34 MB
Release : 1997-03-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780805045635
Visual presentation of the many types of houses built in America from the earliest Indian dwellings to designs for futuristic homes.
Author : Ernest Burden
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 11,10 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780471371175
The complete visual guide to the elements of architectural design ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN A PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCEBOOK SECOND EDITION With over 3,000 photographs and illustrations! This book offers quick access to thousands of ideas, terms, and photographs related to the essentialelements of architectural design. Comprehensive and easy to use, it combines the best features of a dictionary, photographic guide, and textbook-making information simple to find. It lets you search visually (through the photographs), alphabetically (by index), or by general subject (through chapter headings). Throughout, chapters are arranged to cover different aspects of architectural design, establishing a solid framework that puts information into a physical, historical, and conceptual context. No other reference covers the subject with so much flexibility and from so many perspectives in a single volume. Ideal for long-term use as a study aid or refresher, or as a springboard for design inspiration, Elements of Architectural Design, Second Edition is an essential resource for the desktop. * Traditional and contemporary styles * Work of famous architects * Different building types and uses * Elements of form and composition * Materials and their use in structures * Building components and details * Clear definitions of terms
Author : Cyril M. Harris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 20,44 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780393731033
Defines and illustrates architectural terms relating to building style, structural components, and architectural ornaments.
Author : John Theodore Haneman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2012-09-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0486139042
Sourcebook of inspiration for architects, designers, others. 1880 line drawings on 70 plates. Bibliography. Captions.
Author : Francis D. K. Ching
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0470648856
The classic, bestselling reference on architecture now revised and expanded! An essential one-volume reference of architectural topics using Francis D.K. Ching's signature presentation. It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, hand-rendered drawings. From Arch to Wood, every concept, technology, material and detail important to architects and designers are presented in Ching's unique style. Combining text and drawing, each term is given a minimum double-page spread on large format trim size, so that the term can be comprehensively explored, graphically showing relations between concepts and sub-terms A comprehensive index permits the reader to locate any important word in the text. This long-awaited revision brings the latest concepts and technology of 21st century architecture, design and construction to this classic reference work It is sure to be by the side of and used by any serious architect or designer, students of architecture, interior designers, and those in construction.
Author : Anthony Sutcliffe
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,32 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300110065
London is one of the world’s greatest cities, and its architecture is a unique heritage. The Tower of London is an urban castle unique in Europe, St Paul’s is one of the world’s greatest domed cathedrals, and the squares and crescents of the West End inspired Haussmann’s Paris. In London, it is the variety of the streets, buildings, and parks that strikes the visitor. No king or government has ever set its mark here. Private ownership has shaped the city, and architects have served a wide variety of clients. London’s Classical era produced an elegant townscape between 1600 and 1830, but medieval, Tudor, and Victorian London were a potpourri of buildings large and small, each making its own design statement. In London: An Architectural History Anthony Sutcliffe takes the reader through two thousand years of architecture from the sublime to the mundane. With over 300 color illustrations the book is intended for the general reader and especially those visiting London for the first time.
Author : Cyril M. Harris
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 18,71 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Updated and expanded, this Fourth Edition of the most trusted reference in architecture offers the most comprehensive coverage of architectural and construction terms available. This classic dictionary now features nearly 25,000 definitions (including 2,800 new terms), 2,500 illustrations (including 200 new illustrations), and maintains its extraordinary visual appeal and easy-to-read page design.Prepared by a renowned architectural editor in association with expert contributors and incorporating the work of many standards groups, the book presents clear, concise definitions of terms in nearly 80 working areas. The Fourth Edition covers new industry terms which have emerged due to changes in engineering and building technologies, organizations, materials, and legal developments, and has been expanded to include more historic architectural styles. New terms include:LegalArchitectural Barriers ActWheelchair AccessibleMaterialsFibrous ConcreteLatex MortarPolymer-Based StuccoConcrete Compliance ConformityRefractory MortarOrganizationsBuilding Research Establishment (formerly Building Research Station) of Great BritainASTMHistoric Architectural StylesAnglo-PalladianismFrench VictorianIsabellinoMudajarMozarabicNeo-Rococo
Author : Tom Wolfe
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 2009-11-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 142992425X
After critiquing—and infuriating—the art world with The Painted Word, award-winning author Tom Wolfe shared his less than favorable thoughts about modern architecture in From Bauhaus to Our Haus. In this examination of the strange saga of twentieth century architecture, Wolfe takes such European architects as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Bauhaus art school founder Walter Gropius to task for their glass and steel box designed buildings that have influenced—and infected—America’s cities.
Author : Cyril M. Harris
Publisher : New York ; Montreal : McGraw-Hill
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 22,95 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
This compendium by a noted architectural historian contains over 2,000 line drawings, and clear, concise definitions for over 5,000 important terms relating to the architectural achievements of a great variety of world cultures, ancient to modern. Includes cutaway views, close-ups of intricate details, precisely rendered plans for many famed structures.
