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Author Ching, Francis D. K., 1943-

Title A visual dictionary of architecture / Francis D.K. Ching
Published New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, [1995]
©1995

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  720.3 Chi/Vdo 1997  AVAILABLE
Description 319 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Contents Architecture -- Arch -- Beam -- Brick -- Building -- Cable structure -- Ceiling -- Ceramic -- Church -- Color -- Column -- Concrete -- Construction -- Design -- Dome -- Door -- Drawing -- Electricity -- Elevator -- Fastening -- Fireplace -- Fire safety -- Floor -- Force -- Fortification -- Foundation -- Frame -- Geometry -- Glass -- Hardware -- Heat -- History -- House -- Joinery -- Light -- Load
Masonry -- Material -- Measure -- Membrane -- Metal -- Moisture control -- Order -- Ornament -- Paint -- Plaster -- Plastic -- Plate -- Plumbing -- Reinforced concrete -- Roof -- Room -- Shell -- Sitework -- Soil -- Solar energy -- Sound -- Stair -- Stone -- Structure -- Survey -- Temple -- Theater -- Truss -- Vault -- Vision -- Wall -- Window -- Wood
Summary Definition of terms, arranged according to the sixty- eight basic aspects of architectural design, history and technology
Analysis Architecture
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes index
Notes Also issued online
Subject Architecture -- Dictionaries.
Buildings -- Dictionaries.
Picture dictionaries, English.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
LC no. 95001476
ISBN 0442009046 (hbk.)
0442024622 (paperback)
0471284513 (hc)
0471288217 (paperback)
Other Titles Architecture
Architecture