How to Read Buildings: A Crash Course in Architecture
£12.99
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Small enough to fit in your pocket and serious enough to provide the answers you seek; this primer guides you through the historical and architectural clues embedded in every building. It provides an accessible visual guide to architectural styles and structural elements using detailed engravings and text, with key characteristics of structures dating from every period from the ancient Greeks to the present day.
Click and Collect available.
Dimensions
16cm (6in) x 13.5cm (5in)
Features
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Small enough to fit in your pocket and serious enough to provide the answers you seek; this primer guides you through the historical and architectural clues embedded in every building. It provides an accessible visual guide to architectural styles and structural elements using detailed engravings and text, with key characteristics of structures dating from every period from the ancient Greeks to the present day.
Insights
Dr Carol Davidson Cragoe is a well-respected academic who specialises in architectural history. She frequently teaches courses at Birkbeck College in London, and she is the author of numerous books and papers on architectural history.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Soft cover
- Illustrations
- Number of pages: 256 pages
- ISBN: 9781912217304
Glossary
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