Textbook Discounter: Architecture: Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture

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Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture
	Author: Adrian Forty Publisher: Thames & Hudson Category: Book Buy New: $40.90 New (5) Used (3) from $40.90 Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 633960 Media: Paperback Pages: 336 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7 Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 8 x 1.3 ISBN: 0500284709 Dewey Decimal Number: 720.108 EAN: 9780500284704 ASIN: 0500284709 Publication Date: May 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Brand New. Delivery is usually 5 - 8 working days from order, International is by Royal Mail Airmail


Editorial Reviews: Product Description The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar ? they direct the ways we think of and live with buildings. This book represents a thorough examination of the complex relationship between architecture and language as intricate social practices. Words and Buildings is a study that will change and enrich the way we think and talk about architecture. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with architecture and culture in the modern era. Chapters investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, ?masculine and feminine? architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture and the social properties of architecture. A vocabulary of key words such as ?Character?, ?Form?, ?History? and ?Space?, locates each word?s modern meaning within a historical and theoretical framework, and sets out its development and relevance for architects, historians, philosophers, critics and the users of buildings themselves.