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Introduction to architecture / Francis D.K. Ching, James F. Eckler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2013Description: viii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118142066
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720 CH.I 2013 23
LOC classification:
  • NA2520 .C48 2013
Other classification:
  • ARC000000
Contents:
Introduction: object, space, building, city -- The beginnings of architecture: early history--from ancient times to the Renaissance -- A concise history: architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary -- Fundamentals of architecture: form -- Fundamentals of architecture: space -- Fundamentals of architecture: order -- Elements of architecture: types, systems, and components that inform design -- The design process: tools and techniques for generating ideas -- Materials of architecture: their qualities, characteristics, and behaviors -- Methods of construction -- Building structure: resisting the forces that act against buildings -- Building systems -- Architectural practice and communication -- Allied disciplines: interior design -- Allied disciplines: urbanism.
Summary: "This major new collection introduces architecture to the beginning student or anyone who wants to learn about the built environment" Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.

Introduction: object, space, building, city -- The beginnings of architecture: early history--from ancient times to the Renaissance -- A concise history: architecture from the Renaissance to the contemporary -- Fundamentals of architecture: form -- Fundamentals of architecture: space -- Fundamentals of architecture: order -- Elements of architecture: types, systems, and components that inform design -- The design process: tools and techniques for generating ideas -- Materials of architecture: their qualities, characteristics, and behaviors -- Methods of construction -- Building structure: resisting the forces that act against buildings -- Building systems -- Architectural practice and communication -- Allied disciplines: interior design -- Allied disciplines: urbanism.

"This major new collection introduces architecture to the beginning student or anyone who wants to learn about the built environment" Provided by publisher.

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