The Anatomy of the Architectural Book

The Anatomy of the Architectural Book
Title The Anatomy of the Architectural Book PDF eBook
Author André Tavares
Publisher Lars Müller Publishers
Pages 0
Release 2016
Genre Architectural writing
ISBN 9783037784730

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This book makes visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back.

The Anatomy of Architecture

The Anatomy of Architecture
Title The Anatomy of Architecture PDF eBook
Author Suzanne Preston Blier
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 335
Release 1994
Genre Architecture
ISBN 0226058611

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Blier illuminates the extraordinary architecture of the Batammaliba people of Western Africa, revealing these buildings as texts through which we can read the beliefs, psychology, traditions, and social concerns of their inhabitants. In doing so, she explores the role of vernacular architecture as an expression of culture. "A splendid analysis of the centrality of architecture in the daily lives of the Batammaliba and its integral role in articulating social values....The story is beautifully told in the best of anthropological traditions."—Judith R. Blau, Contemporary Society "A remarkable study....Blier's volume carries the study of African architecture to a qualitatively new level of scholarship. It introduces a new dimension whereby the architectural medium can be used to illuminate much of the entire belief system of any culture."—Labelle Prussin, African Arts "In this excellent book Blier provides a richly detailed and searching account of what architecture means to the Batammaliba of northern Togo and Benin....The finest account I have yet read of the relations between systems of beliefs, ritual practices, and African aesthetics and plastic arts....The ethnography and basic insight should be the envy of any social anthropologist."—T.O. Beidelman, Man

Anatomy of Architecture

Anatomy of Architecture
Title Anatomy of Architecture PDF eBook
Author George Mansell
Publisher
Pages 200
Release 1979
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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Examines the great architectural styles, the background to their evolutions, and the means by which the buildings within them were achieved. The many superb pieces of specially commissioned cut-away artwork, researched with the aid of computer techniques, provide an intriguing and informative study of the world's greatest structures from the Great Pyramid of Cheops to examples of modern architectural styles, and, together with the clear and informative text, make this a fascinating book for both expert and layman.--From publisher description.

The Anatomy of a House

The Anatomy of a House
Title The Anatomy of a House PDF eBook
Author Fayal Greene
Publisher Main Street Books
Pages 116
Release 1991
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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This ultimate renovation guide identifies hundreds of parts of a house to help home owners understand the elements of construction, decorative detail and convey ideas to suppliers, contractors, or designers. B & W illustrations throughout.

An Anatomy of Influence

An Anatomy of Influence
Title An Anatomy of Influence PDF eBook
Author Thomas Daniell
Publisher AA Publications
Pages 292
Release 2018
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9781907896965

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Taking inspiration from Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists and Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence, this book elucidates the theory and practice of a selected group of key Japanese architects by situating them within a wider cultural context of art, technology, literature, and politics. Illustrated with rarely seen images and interspersed with previously untranslated texts, the book uses biographical profiles and comparative analyses to trace the evolution of spatial, aesthetic, and behavioral concepts in Japanese architecture over the postwar decades. In particular, the political activism of architects in the 1960s and the social criticism of architects in the 1970s provide a vital source of inspiration for the protean creativity of the Japanese architectural world today.

The Anatomy of a Golf Course

The Anatomy of a Golf Course
Title The Anatomy of a Golf Course PDF eBook
Author Tom Doak
Publisher Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pages 242
Release 1998-06-01
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 9781550413731

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A key book for the golfer's library, exploring the intricacies of golf architecture--and how this knowledge can improve your golf game.

The Buildings of Main Street

The Buildings of Main Street
Title The Buildings of Main Street PDF eBook
Author Richard W. Longstreth
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 170
Release 2000
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780742502796

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The Buildings of Main Street is the primary resource for interpreting commercial architectural style. Richard Longstreth, a renowned and respected author in the field of historic preservation, presents a useful survey of commercial architecture in urban America. He has developed a typology of architectural classification for commercial application in American towns across the United States. Likely to be enjoyed by both students and members of the general public seeking an introduction to commercial architecture, The Buildings of Main Streetmakes a significant and lasting contribution to American architectural history.