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* Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.
* Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.
* Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.
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Erscheinungsdatum
15.07.2002
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780764553967
Herausgeber
John Wiley & Sons
Sonderedition
Nein
Autor
Deborah K. Dietsch
Seitenanzahl
308
Einbandart
Taschenbuch
Autorenporträt
Debra Dietch, (Washington DC) is currently an art and architecture critic for Sun-Sentinel, Tribune Co. She was a writer on architecture and design for major newspapers and periodicals such as Forbes, Florida Architecture, House Beautiful, Museum Magazine, Old House Journal, Sotheby's Domain, Washington Post, and more. She also held top editor positions at the two leading professional architecture magazines: Architectural Record and Architecture magazine.
Schlagwörter
Architecture, Architektur, Bauwerk
Thema-Inhalt
AM - Architektur
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Knowing and Appreciating Architecture.
Chapter 1: Knowing When a Building Is Just a Building and When It's Architecture.
Chapter 2: How to Look at a Building.
Chapter 3: Building Your Architectural Vocabulary.
Part II: Nuts and Bolts: Looking at How Architecture Is Designed and Built.
Chapter 4: How Buildings Are Born.
Chapter 5: Just What Do Architects Do, Anyway?
Chapter 6: A Simple Structure: How Buildings Stand Up.
Part III: Western Architecture: A Survey of the Most Important Structures.
Chapter 7: Gimme Shelter: Prehistoric Structures and the Ancient World.
Chapter 8: Acropolis Now: Classical Greece and Rome.
Chapter 9: Domes, Arches, and Vaults, Oh My: Byzantine and Medieval Architecture.
Chapter 10: Beauty Meets Mathematics and Drama: From Renaissance to Rococo.
Chapter 11: Revivals Everywhere: The Classical and Gothic Are New Again.
Chapter 12: Here Comes the Industrial Age: Prefab Is Here to Stay.
Chapter 13; Flying High and Close to the Sun: Skyscrapers!
Chapter 14: Mother Nature versus the Machines: Modern Styles.
Chapter 15: The Only Constant Is Change: From Modern Purism to Postmodern Pluralism.
Part IV: Eastern Architecture: A Survey of the Most Important Structures.
Chapter 16: China and Japan: Traditions in Wood.
Chapter 17: More Than the Taj Mahal: Architecture in India.
Chapter 18: The Islamic World.
Part V: Arranging the Present and Saving the Past.
Chapter 19: Understanding Urban Design.
Chapter 20: Historic Preservation: Saving the Past for the Future.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: The Ten Most Fascinating Architects Working Today.
Chapter 22: Ten Architectural Masterpieces.
Chapter 23: Ten Amazing Items of Trivia That'll Impress All Your Friends!
Chapter 24: The Top Ten Skyscrapers.
Index.
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