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A visual dictionary of architecture

Author: Frank Ching
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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"Over 66 basic aspects of architecture are comprehensively covered with over 5,000 words in a visual context, to help visual thinkers clarify meanings. Comprehensive index permits the reader to locate any important word in the text. Oversized pages help present complicated material in easy-to-comprehend spreads. - Written by one of the most famous architectural authors --Frank Ching's name alone is a key selling  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Wörterbuch (Fachlexikon)
Dictionaries
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Frank Ching
ISBN: 9780470648858 0470648856
OCLC Number: 707248074
Notes: Includes index.
Description: viii, 328 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Contents: Preface. Architecture. Arch. Beam. Brick. Building. Cable Structure. Ceiling. Ceramic. Church. Color. Column. Computer Graphics. 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 Protection. Order. Ornament. Paint. Plaster. Plastic. Plate. Plumbing. Reinforced Concrete. Roof. Room. Shell. Sitework. Soil. Sound. Stair. Stone. Structure. Survey. Sustainability. Temple. Theater. Truss. Vault. Vision. Wall. Vision. Wall. Window. Wood. Index.
Responsibility: Francis D. K. Ching.

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The classic, bestselling reference on architecture now revised and expanded! An essential one-volume reference of architectural topics using Francis D.K. Ching's signature presentation. It is the  Read more...
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' It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, hand-rendered drawings'. (Ad-Hoc-News, 22 November 2011)

 
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