A Visual Dictionary of Architecture |
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Francis D.K Ching
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Pages: 320 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0471288217
Pub: John Wiley & Sons
Pub date: 1996-11-14
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14032
Reader Reviews:
Just fabulous! (4/4 people found this helpful)
I bought this for my sister who is studying architecture, and she's over the moon with it. I wanted to give her a bit of inspiration, and a reference book and this has done it. Great job by the author, and in exquisite detail too.
Fantastic reference manual (29/29 people found this helpful)
I bought this book solely as a reference tool for my degree course but i now find myself uncontrollably reading through random extracts in order to 'absorb' more information. Concise but detailed definitions and stunningly drawn components and diagrams make this an invaluable book for students and professionals alike. Although published in the USA, very little of the descriptive text will be foreign to us here in the UK. The book is not intended to provide detailed construction techniques or information or be used as a guide to defects analysis and building pathology, but as a basic reference manual in order that we may better understand and visualise the components and terms within the built environment it is fantastic. If you dont know your bastard pointing from your tuck and pat get this !!
I want to read this book, but in spanish version (0/7 people found this helpful)
I saw this book in spanish version in the Casa Viva magazine, please what do I do to have this book in spanish version?
I want to read this book, but in spanish version (1/13 people found this helpful)
I saw this book in spanish version in the Casa Viva magazine, please what do I do to have this book in spanish version?
Simply superb!! (4/4 people found this helpful)
Every serious student of ARCHITECTURE as well as your consumate professionals in the architecture field should buy and read this book. I continue to read it over and over. I go back to it often not only to find definitions but to be inspired. Ching is perhaps thee best architectural artist of our era. His delicate sketches and diagrams unlock all the crevices of your imagination. Simply astounding-GENIUS!
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