ABC of Architecture
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ISBN: 0812216318 / Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, October 1997
Explains architectural structure and history, how to read design plans, and how architects make creative use of space and light.
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<i>ABC of Architecture</i> is an accessible, nontechnical introduction to architectural structure, history, and criticism. Author James F. O'Gormon moves seamlessly from a discussion of the most basic inspiration for architecture (the need for shelter from the elements), to an exploration of space, system, and material, and, finally, to an examination of the language and history of architecture. He shows the nonspecialist how to read a design in plans, sections, and elevations, and how architects, like other artists, make creative use of space and light.
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