How to Read Houses: A Crash Course in Domestic Architecture - Couverture souple

Jones, Will

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1912217112 ISBN 13 : 9781912217113

Editeur : Herbert Press, 2017

Synopsis

A comprehensive pocket-sized guide to domestic architectural styles and movements.

How to Read Houses is an insider's guide to recognising and appreciating the diversity of domestic architecture that reflects the location, the fashion, and the technological savoir-faire of the age - from Tudor timber-frames to the truly unconventional. Compact enough to travel with you yet comprehensive enough to provide real answers, with real examples, this handy reference guide:

- Provides an understanding of the architectural vocabulary along with the visual clues that identify any house style and its historical context
- Enhances the appreciation of visits to landmark houses and lays the foundations for an architectural exploration of your own home or area
- Explores the main architectural styles, as well as the materials and components of a house, through beautifully rendered illustrations, photographs of classic examples and the words of a friendly expert
- Features twenty famous UK houses in detail, many of which are National Trust and open to the public, as well as other iconic and interesting houses from around Europe and the rest of the world

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Will Jones has been writing for architecture and design magazines around the world for over fifteen years. He is the author of several books, including Modern Architecture in New York, Unbuilt Masterworks of the 21st Century and Architects' Sketchbook.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Herbert Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1912217112
• ISBN 13: 9781912217113
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne