This innovative and unique book is a visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming all the architectural features so that, unlike other architectural dictionaries, the reader doesn't have to know the name before looking it up. Clear line drawings and extensive color photographs illustrate each of the main building types, from forts to churches, stately homes to skyscrapers. The individual structural elements and materials common to all buildings are explained, whether in Classical, Gothic or Modernist style, before delving into the inner architectural details, such as doors and windows, roofs and staircases. A comprehensive glossary completes the book. An original and accessible take on the architectural dictionary, this book will be useful not only to students but to anyone with a general interest in architecture.
Intro Reading Architecture Cover Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Building Types The Classical Temple The Temple Front Temple Front Widths Intercolumniation Types Internal Spaces The Medieval Cathedral West-End Portal South Transept Portal Plan Church plan Section Furnishings The Renaissance Church Exterior Plan Interior The Baroque Church Exterior Plan Interior Fortified Buildings Keep Castle Concentric Castle Exterior Country Houses and Villas Street-Facing Buildings Public Buildings The Modern Block High-Rise Buildings Chapter 2: Structures Columns and Piers Types The Classical Orders Non-Classical Capitals Arches Elements Round Arches Pointed Arches Other Arch Forms Types Modern Structures Concrete Steel Building Forms Chapter 3: Architectural Elements Walls and Surfaces Masonry Common Types of Stone Surfaces Rustication Brick Positions Bonds Mortar Joints Types Timber Tiles and Ceramics Concrete and Renders Glass Metal and Synthetic Materials Large-Scale Wall Articulations and Features Surface Articulations Unenriched Mouldings Enriched Mouldings and Decorative Elements Windows and Doors Types Delineating Apertures Classical Apertures Pediment Types Gothic Apertures: Tracery Elements Gothic Apertures: Tracery Types Common Window Forms Window Projections and Balconies Roof Lights Common Door Forms Roofs Types Tiling and Roof-Cladding Types Pitched and Gabled Roofs Gable Types Spires and Castellations Spire Types Domes Exterior Interior Types Structures Trusses Vaults Rib Vault Types Stairs and Lifts Staircase Components Staircase Types. Lifts and Escalators Glossary Index Picture Credits Acknowledgements.
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