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Available
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Publication
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1979.
Description
"This is an introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design, updated with new information on emerging trends and recent developments. The book is a visual reference that helps both students and professionals understand the vocabulary of architectural design by examining how space and form are ordered in the environment"--
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LibraryThing member janemarieprice
This is a good overview of architecture. It is great for anyone just beginning in the field or someone who is interested in architecture and wants to learn more. It covers a variety of topics with beautiful illustrations.
LibraryThing member sarah-e
Required as a textbook, and it saved me more than once. As a person with minimal spatial and visually artistic sensibilities, eventually I ran for the hills, as far from an architecture degree as I could. This book was so nice to look at that I kept it even after I changed my major.
LibraryThing member Ylle
This books provides a system for thinking about architecture, a brilliant introduction to a whole new world. Highly recommended!
LibraryThing member archidose
The form and layout (from landscape to portrait, and from handwritten to a Ching-like font) may have changed since the first edition in 1979, but the focus on "the basic elements, systems, and orders that constitute a physical work of architecture" remains. Like Ching's "Building Construction
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Illustrated," this one is indispensable for beginning students in architecture. Show Less
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394 p.; 28 cm
ISBN
0442215355 / 9780442215354