A visual dictionary of architecture / Francis D.K. Ching.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold/Wiley, c1995.Description: 319 p. : ill. 31 cmISBN:- 0-471-28451-3
- NA 31 .C441 1995
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Includes index.
Highlights symbolic relationship between graphic and verbal communication. Uses a combination of textual definitions and hundreds of superb line drawings to illustrate a comprehensive body of essential terms in architecture, including important interrelationships between building components, grouped by themes, such as history, systems, structures, forms, construction, environmental issues and behavior, all terms have their visual complement and can be accessed in a number of different ways. Defines over 5,000 terms relating to architectural design, history, and technology. Contains accurated definitions illustrated with fully detailed, hand-rendered drawings.
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