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How to Read Houses: A Crash Course in Domestic Architecture: How to Read

Autor Will Jones
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 dec 2017
A comprehensive pocket-sized guide to domestic architectural styles and movements.How to Read Houses is an insider's guide to recognising and appreciating the diversity of domestic architecture that reflects the location, the fashion, and the technological savoir-faire of the age - from Tudor timber-frames to the truly unconventional. Compact enough to travel with you yet comprehensive enough to provide real answers, with real examples, this handy reference guide:- Provides an understanding of the architectural vocabulary along with the visual clues that identify any house style and its historical context- Enhances the appreciation of visits to landmark houses and lays the foundations for an architectural exploration of your own home or area- Explores the main architectural styles, as well as the materials and components of a house, through beautifully rendered illustrations, photographs of classic examples and the words of a friendly expert- Features twenty famous UK houses in detail, many of which are National Trust and open to the public, as well as other iconic and interesting houses from around Europe and the rest of the world
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781912217113
ISBN-10: 1912217112
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Over 500 colour photographs and line drawings
Dimensiuni: 139 x 166 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Herbert Press
Seria How to Read

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Features twenty famous UK houses in detail, many of which are National Trust and all are open to the public, plus many more iconic and interesting houses from around Europe and the rest of the world

Notă biografică

Will Jones has been writing for architecture and design magazines around the world for over fifteen years. He is the author of several books, including Modern Architecture in New York, Unbuilt Masterworks of the 21st Century and Architects' Sketchbook.

Cuprins

IntroductionHouse TypesMaterialsComponentsHouse StylesTudorRenaissanceAmerican ColonialGeorgianNeoclassicalVictorianArts and CraftsPrairieModernistKit HousesUnusual ApproachesAppendicesGlossaryDirectory of HousesIndexAcknowledgements