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Author Weston, Richard, 1953- author.

Title 100 ideas that changed architecture / Richard Weston.

Publication Info. London [England] : Laurence King Pub., 2011.
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2015.

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Edition [Enhanced Credo edition]
Description 1 online resource (106 entries) ; digital files.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction -- No. 1. Fireplace -- No. 2. Floor -- No. 3. Wall -- No. 4. Column and beam -- No. 5. Door -- No. 6. Window -- No. 7. Brick -- No. 8. Staircase -- No 9. Classical orders -- No. 10. Arch -- No. 11. Vault -- No. 12. Dome -- No. 13. Arcade -- No. 14. Courtyard -- No. 15. Atrium -- No. 16. Platform -- No. 17. Basilica -- No. 18. Humanism -- No. 19. Proportion -- No. 20. Form -- No. 21. Ornament -- No. 22. Ideal -- No. 23. Module -- No. 24. Grid -- No. 25. Symmetry -- No. 26. Commodity, firmness and delight -- No. 27. Particularity -- No. 28. Architect -- No. 29. Orthographic projection -- No. 30. Perspective projection -- No. 31. Composition -- No. 32. Utopia -- No. 33. Style -- No. 34. Palladianism -- No. 35. Corridor -- No. 36. Primitive hut -- No. 37. Genius loci -- No. 38. Scenography -- No. 39. Picturesque -- No. 40. Gothic revival -- No. 41. Beaux-arts -- No. 42. Iron -- No. 43. Steel -- No. 44. Glass -- No. 45. Roof lighting -- No. 46. Structural frame -- No. 47. Central heating -- No. 48. Electric lighting -- No. 49. The lift -- No. 50. Reinforced concrete -- No. 51. Art of building -- No. 52. Tectonic form -- No. 53. Polychromy -- No. 54. Conservation -- No. 55. Empathy --
No. 56. Air conditioning -- No. 57. Form follows function -- No. 58. Zeitgeist -- No. 59. Space -- No. 60. Modernity -- No. 61. In the nature of materials -- No. 62. Cladding -- No. 63. Organic architecture -- No. 64. Ornament is crime -- No. 65. Free plan -- No. 66. Architectural promenade -- No. 67. Five points of a new architecture -- No. 68. Abstraction -- No. 69. Transparency -- No. 70. Axonometric projection -- No. 71. Collage -- No. 72. Layering -- No. 73. International style -- No. 74. Less is more -- No. 75. Regionalism -- No. 76. Flexibility -- No. 77. Beton brut -- No. 78. Morphology -- No. 79. Additive composition -- No. 80. Servant and served spaces -- No. 81. Postmodernism -- No. 82. Complexity and contradiction -- No. 83. Shed -- No. 84. Type -- No. 85. Context -- No. 86. Place -- No. 87. Phenomenology -- No. 88. Skin -- No. 89. Computer-aided design -- No. 90. Rainscreen cladding -- No. 91. Community architecture -- No. 92. Universal design -- No. 93. Design and build -- No. 94. Passive design -- No. 95. Sustainability -- No. 96. Deconstruction -- No. 97. Bigness -- No. 98. Fold -- No. 99. Parametric design -- No. 100. Everyday -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Further reading.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary This inspiring book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. 100 Ideas that Changed Architecture explores when each idea first evolved and the subsequent impact it has had up to the present day.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on title page of print version.
Subject Architecture -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title One hundred ideas that changed architecture.
Other Form: Print version: 1856697320 9781856697323 216 pages : illustrations (some color), plans
ISBN 9781785392023 electronic version
9781856697323 pbk
1856697320 pbk

 
    
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