Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

Comprehensive encyclopedia includes all aspects of architecture, education, regulation, construction industry as a whole, technologies and the laws, as well as economic considerations. 5 volumes

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

Explains historical terms used in architecture with texts and illustrations.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

The first of the three volumes focuses on the theories, principles and philosophy that underpin traditional architecture. Volumes 2 and 3 consider these principles within specific cultural and societal contexts. As building traditions vary widely within some countries and extend across the political boundaries of others, the encyclopedia considers vernacular architecture within its cultural rather than its national contexts. Richly illustrated with photographs, line drawings and maps, the work is also supported by a glossary, a lexicon, and the largest bibliography on the subject ever published.

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Illustrates architectural history through words, photographs, and building plans.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
3 volumes

"The contents feature major architects, firms, and professional issues; buildings, styles, and sites; the architecture of cities and countries; critics and historians; construction, materials, and planning topics; schools, movements, and stylistic and theoretical terms. Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.

* Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

This reference lists a variety of information source, providing contact data and thorough descriptions. Arrangement is by category: journals, newsletters, online databases, CD-ROMs, research organizations and testing laboratories, directories, indexes to periodicals, federal government information sources, and World Wide Web sites. Indexing is by keyword, name, titles of association resources, and acronyms.

*Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
Also available as an online resource

2 volumes

Embracing the world of architecture in all its variety, the Companion offers complete coverage of architecture from around the world, giving equal weight to architecture in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and South America as to the more familiar examples from Western Europe and the United States, and of both modern and vernacular architecture. It covers all periods, from the beginnings of architecture in ancient Egypt to the present day, and yet is strongly rooted in an approach to architecture that looks at its social, technical, and practical aspects, beyond an art-historical perspective.