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Architectural details : a visual guide to 5000 years of building styles / Emily Cole, general editor. [List of contributors: Philippa Baker ...].

Contributor(s): Publication details: Lewes : Ivy Press, 2014.Description: 352 p. : col. Ill. ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1782401695
  • 9781782401698
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NA2840 .A73 2014
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.Continues: Früher u.d.T.: The grammar of architecture
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection NA 2840 .A73 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5127196

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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