Understanding architecture : its elements, history, and meaning / Leland M. Roth and Amanda C. Roth Clark.
By: Roth, Leland M.
Contributor(s): Roth Clark, Amanda C [author.].
WESTVIEW 2014Edition: Third edition.Description: xxxvii, 745 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780813349039 (pbk.).Subject(s): Architecture -- History | Architecture | ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General | ARCHITECTURE / Criticism | ARCHITECTURE / General | ARCHITECTURE / History / GeneralGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA2500 .R68 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AUF000000000360 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-683) and index.
The Elements of Architecture -- The History and Meaning of Architecture.
"This bestselling, illustrated survey of Western architecture is now fully revised throughout, explaining the structure, function, history, and meaning of architecture in a way that is both accessible and engaging. The long-awaited third edition includes increased global coverage with new mini chapters on Africa, Japan, China, India, and Islamic Architecture; a new chapter covering the future of architecture in the twenty-first century; updated coverage of sustainability and green architecture and its impact on design; an update to the historical survey; and over fifty images in full color. Understanding Architecture continues to be the only text in the field to examine architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement with its straightforward, two-part structure: (1) The Elements of Architecture and (2) The History and Meaning of Architecture. Comprehensive and clearly written, Understanding Architecture is a classic survey of Western architecture. "--