A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
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Staff Pick for the Week of March 31, 2008
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
Call Number: REF NA 31 .C44 1995
Recommended by: Amanda Watson, Reference and Instruction Intern
Learn what's lurking behind the walls, literally, with this illustrated guide to key concepts in architecture. The line drawings in this book take you from an overview of the architecture field to the structural elements of buildings to diagrams of how an architect renders three-dimensional spaces on paper. Especially striking: the entry on houses, with illustrations that range from a cross-section of an igloo to a rendering of a Japanese house, the timeline history of architecture, and the entry on ornament, which shows decorative elements from all over the world.
