Understanding architecture : an introduction to architecture and architectural history / Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch.

Main entry:

Conway, Hazel.

Title & Author:

Understanding architecture : an introduction to architecture and architectural history / Hazel Conway and Rowan Roenisch.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Description:

xii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. What is architecture? -- 3. What is architectural history? -- 4. Function, space and the interior environment -- 5. Materials and construction -- 6. The exterior -- 7. Site and place -- 8. Styles and periods -- 9. Sources -- 10. Drawings, models and photographs.

Summary:

Understanding Architecture is a comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach. It explores architecture as a current practice in relation to its history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation, planning and the environment. It introduces issues of urbanism, feminism and ethnicity, concerns which are at the forefront of current debates on architecture. Its aim is to help people make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by understanding more about the form, construction, meaning and history of the subject. Lavishly illustrated, it will be of interest to students of architecture, architectural history, interior design, planning, leisure, and heritage and design. The full appendices include a glossary, suggestions for further reading and useful addresses.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0415104653
9780415104654
0415104661 (pbk.)
9780415104661 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture et société.
architecture (discipline)
21.60 architecture: general.
Bouwkunst.
Theorie.
Architectuurgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Architecture Aspect social.
architectuur
tendensen
trends
stijlen (plant)
styles
geschiedenis
history
wereld
world
History (General)
Geschiedenis (algemeen)

Added entries:

Roenisch, Rowan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 91888
Call No.: ID NA2500.C6; ID:95-B649
Status: Available

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