Main entry:

Conway, Hazel.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

[2nd ed.].

Publication:

London : Routledge, 2005.

Description:

xii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Previous edition: 1994.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Architecture and building -- 3. Architectural history -- 4. Space and function -- 5. Drawings and models -- 6. Materials and construction -- 7. The exterior -- 8. Styles and periods -- 9. Site and place -- 10. Sources.
Architecture and building -- Architectural history -- Space and function -- Plans and images -- Materials and construction -- The exterior -- Styles and periods -- Site and place.

Summary:

"Understanding Architecture is a comprehensive introduction to architecture an architectural history and exceptional in its holistic approach. It explores the current practice of architecture in relation to its history and in relation to the issues that are significant today. This new edition looks at the implications of sustainability, at conservation, landscape, and urban regeneration. Its extended coverage includes China, the Middle East, India, Africa and other parts of the world." "Its aim is to help people make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by introducing some of the complexities of the subject."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0415320585 (cased)
9780415320580 (cased)
0415320593 (pbk.)
9780415320597 (pbk.)
0203238230 (e-book)
9780203238233

Subject:

Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Architecture et société.
Bouwkunst.
Theorie.
Architectuurgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Histoire.
Société

Added entries:

Roenisch, Rowan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242247
Call No.: BIB 172048
Status: Available