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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Roth, Leland M. Understanding architecture. New York, NY : Icon Editions, c1993 (OCoLC)643834100 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Leland M Roth |
| ISBN: | 0064384934 9780064384933 0064301583 9780064301589 |
| OCLC Number: | 25632150 |
| Description: | xxxi, 542 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | "Commoditie" : how does the building function? -- "Firmeness" : how does the building stand up? -- "Delight" : space in architecture -- "Delight" : seeing architecture -- "Delight" : architectural acoustics, shape, and sound -- The architect : from high priest to professional -- Architecture as part of the environment -- Architecture, memory, and economics -- The invention of architecture : from caves to cities -- Egyptian architecture -- Greek architecture -- Roman architecture -- Early Christian and Byzantine architecture -- Early medieval architecture -- Gothic architecture -- Renaissance and Mannerist architecture -- Baroque and Rococo architecture -- Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment, 1720-1800 -- Architecture in the nineteenth century -- Early-twentieth-century architecture : the perfection of utility -- Late-twentieth-century architecture : a question of meaning. |
| Responsibility: | Leland M. Roth. |
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