Nearly 25,000 clear, concise definitions covering nearly 80 working areas 2,500 illustrations 2,800 new terms in areas including Legal, Materials, Organizations, and Historic Architectural Styles
An essential one-volume reference of architectural topics. It provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, hand-rendered drawings
Provides an overview of Neoclassicism, focusing on its major artists, architects, stylistic subcategories, ideas, and historical framework of the 18th century style found mainly in Europe and the United States.
The first of the three volumes focuses on the theories, principles and philosophy that underpin traditional architecture. Volumes 2 and 3 consider these principles within specific cultural and societal contexts.
This comprehensive work illustrates the variety and ingenuity of the worlde(tm)s vernacular building traditions from a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural and comparative approach, using over sixty world and regional maps.
This three-volume set profiles the twentieth century's vast chronicle of architectural achievements, both within and well beyond the theoretical confines of modernism.
Comprehensive encyclopaedia of architectural technology encompassing aspects of modern construction, structures, environmental design and servicing, supplemented with diagrams and illustrations where necessary.