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A Dictionary of Architecture James Stevens Curl

A Dictionary of Architecture par James Stevens Curl

A Dictionary of Architecture James Stevens Curl


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Résumé

A comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of architecture, illustrated and written in a clear and concise style. This reference work covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day and includes concise biographies of leading architects.

A Dictionary of Architecture Résumé

A Dictionary of Architecture James Stevens Curl

Containing over 5,000 entries from Aalto to ziggurat, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of architecture in paperback. Beautifully illustrated and written in a clear and concise style, it is an invaluable work of reference for both students of architecture and the general reader, as well as professional architects. Covers all periods of Western architectural history, from ancient times to the present day Concise biographies of leading architects, from Brunelleschi and Imhotep to Le Corbusier and Richard Rogers Over 250 illustrations specially drawn for this volume

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SAMPLE ENTRIES; BALUSTER-SIDE - FORM LIKE A ROLLED-UP MATTRESS, LIKE A BALUSTER LAID ON ITS SIDE, ALSO KNOWN AS A BOLSTER, CUSHION, PULVIN, OR PULVINUS, JOINING THE VOLUTES OF AN IONIC CAPITAL; DOSHI, BALKRISHNA VITHALDAS (B. 1927) INDIAN ARCHITECT, DESIGNER OF THE CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND TECHNOLOGY, AHMEDABAD (1967-81), ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MODERNIST BUILDINGS OF ITS TIME IN THE SUBCONTINENT. INFLUENCED BY LE CORBUSIER (WITH WHOM HE WORKED), HIS OWN STUDIO AT SANGATH, AHMEDABAD (1979-81), AND THE GANDHI INSTITUTE OF LABOUR STUDIES, AHMEDABAD (1980-4), SHOWED HIS DEBT TO THE FRANCO-SWISS ARCHITECT

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GOR010565218
9780192800176
0192800175
A Dictionary of Architecture James Stevens Curl
Occasion - Comme neuf
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Oxford University Press
20000224
848
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