Architectural details : a visual guide to 2000 years of building styles / by Emily Cole, general editor
Contributor(s): Cole, Emily [editor]
Language: English Publisher: East Sussex, UK : Ivy Press, 2014Description: 352 pages: illustrations (color) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781782401698Subject(s): Architecture -- Details -- HistoryDDC classification: 720.9 Summary: Do you know a Doric column when you see one? Of course. But what about an entablature, a hypostyle, a pylon, or a pagoda? This book renders accessible, to students and non-students alike, the vast range of architectural terminology used to describe buildings. The chronological arrangement of the book allows the reader to place elements, forms, techniques and styles firmly within their context.0Beautifully engraved plates of great works of architectural history accompany the text to illustrate the architecture of civilisations from around the world and throughout history, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 720.76 B212 2005 Architectural exam review: Nonstructural topics / | 720.76 B212 2005 Architectural exam review: graphic divisions / | 720.76 Oh1 2004 Architecture exam : structural topics / | 720.9 Ar252 2014 Architectural details : a visual guide to 2000 years of building styles / | 720.9 Ar253 2014 Architecture : the whole story / | 720.9 B211 2012 Key buildings from prehistory to the present : plans , sections and elevations / | 720.9 Uf3 2011 Automobile architecture / |
Do you know a Doric column when you see one? Of course. But what about an entablature, a hypostyle, a pylon, or a pagoda? This book renders accessible, to students and non-students alike, the vast range of architectural terminology used to describe buildings. The chronological arrangement of the book allows the reader to place elements, forms, techniques and styles firmly within their context.0Beautifully engraved plates of great works of architectural history accompany the text to illustrate the architecture of civilisations from around the world and throughout history, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution
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