TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ching, Frank D. K.,
TI  - A visual dictionary of architecture
SN  - 0-471-28451-3
AV  - NA 31 .C441 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York
PB  - Van Nostrand Reinhold/Wiley
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Picture dictionaries, English
N1  - Includes index
N2  - 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
ER  -