The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Name: The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780140513233
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By Hugh Honour and Nikolaus Pevsner and John Fleming

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Summary

The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture is an essential reference work that covers terminology in both architecture and landscape architecture. It incorporates a broad scope of building traditions worldwide, updated biographies of key architects and landscape architects, and the history of urban design, including parks and motorways. The book explains styles, movements, new terminology, contemporary topics, structural and technical innovations, building types, and materials. All illustrations have been meticulously redrawn for clarity and precision.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This comprehensive dictionary is perfect for students, professionals, and enthusiasts in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design seeking authoritative definitions and historical context.

Need a handbook to your architect's business or studies? Struggling with your DIY project? Interested in the art of architecture? This work covers the aspects of architecture and landscape architecture. Ranging from ancient times, it adopts an international perspective focussing on countries and cultures such as Coptic, Tibet and De Stijl.

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This reference of architecture and landscape architecture terminology has been expanded to include developments in the field of landscape architecture. It includes the huge range of building traditions around the world and all the illustrations have been redrawn.

The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture includes:

Biographies of architects and landscape architects; the history of urban design, including parks and motorways; definitions of styles and movements, new terminology and contemporary topics; and accounts of structural and technical innovations, building types and building materials.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140513233

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 May 1999

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 452g

Pages: 656

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Hugh Honour John Fleming Nikolaus Pevsner Non-Fiction Penguin Books Science & Nature

About the Author

Nikolaus Pevsner is best known as the author of many of the Buildings of England series and the editor of the Pelican History of Art and Architecture series. He died in 1983. Hugh Honour and John Fleming have collaborated on many books, includingthe Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts and A World History of Art. They live in Italy.