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Gavin Ambrose & Paul Harris
Visual Dictionary of Architecture [PDF ebook]

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The Visual Dictionary of Architecture is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms associated with, and used within, the field of architecture.Over 250 architectural terms are explained and contextualised in this handy text, with concise definitions accompanied by illustrations and examples taken from historical and contemporary architecture.The dictionary covers traditional terms still in current usage, as well as modern terminology such as blobtecture and Mc Mansion. It also defines a wide variety of practical terms, such as belfry, cladding and rotunda, and movements and styles including Deconstructivism, Functionalism and Modernism.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9782940447060 ● Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing ● Published 2007 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4997690 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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