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Understanding architecture : its elements, history, and meaning / Leland M. Roth and Amanda C. Roth Clark.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, ©2014Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxxvii, 745 p. : ills. (some color), maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780813349039 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.9 23 ROU
Contents:
The Elements of Architecture -- The History and Meaning of Architecture.
Summary: "This bestselling, illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, explaining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in a way that is both accessible and engaging. The long-awaited third edition includes increased global coverage with new mini chapters on Africa, Japan, China, India, and Islamic Architecture; a new chapter covering the future of architecture in the twenty-first century; updated coverage of sustainability and green architecture and its impact on design; an update to the historical survey; and over fifty images in full color. Understanding Architecture continues to be the only text in the field to examine architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement with its straightforward, two-part structure: (1) The Elements of Architecture and (2) The History and Meaning of Architecture. Comprehensive and clearly written, Understanding Architecture is a classic survey of Western architecture. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Seminar Library, Department of Architecture General Stacks 720.9 ROU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0075205
Books Books Central Library, SUST General Stacks 720.9 ROU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 0077741

Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-683) and index.

The Elements of Architecture -- The History and Meaning of Architecture.

"This bestselling, illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, explaining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in a way that is both accessible and engaging. The long-awaited third edition includes increased global coverage with new mini chapters on Africa, Japan, China, India, and Islamic Architecture; a new chapter covering the future of architecture in the twenty-first century; updated coverage of sustainability and green architecture and its impact on design; an update to the historical survey; and over fifty images in full color. Understanding Architecture continues to be the only text in the field to examine architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement with its straightforward, two-part structure: (1) The Elements of Architecture and (2) The History and Meaning of Architecture. Comprehensive and clearly written, Understanding Architecture is a classic survey of Western architecture. "-- Provided by publisher.

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