Understanding Architecture

An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History

Hazel Conway, Rowan Roenisch (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

1994
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-10466-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history. Introducing issues of urbanism, feminism and ethnicity, it covers concerns which are at the forefront of current debates on architecture.

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Understanding Architecture is the first comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history. It explores the experience of architecture in relation to its history and the wider context of cultures, conservation, planning and environmental issues. It introduces issues of urbanism, feminism and ethnicity, concerns which are at the forefront of current debates on architecture.

Inhalt

Foreword Professor Colin Stansfield Smith 1. Introduction 2. What is Architecture? 3. What is Architectural History? 4. Function, Space and the Interior 5. Environment Materials and Construction 6. The Exterior 7. Site and Place 8. Styles and Periods 9. Sources 10. Drawings, Models and Photographs APPENDICES I. Glossary II. Further Reading III. Useful Addresses

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.1994
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Gewicht: 612 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• ISBN-10: 0-415-10466-1 / 0415104661
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-10466-1 / 9780415104661
• Zustand: Neuware