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Architectura June Diana Komisar

Architectura By June Diana Komisar

Architectura by June Diana Komisar


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By tracing the development of particular structures and building components from around the world and throughout history, Architectura presents a unique overview of the history of architecture and building.

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Architectura: Elements of Architectural Style by June Diana Komisar

By tracing the development of particular structures and building components from around the world and throughout history, Architectura presents a unique overview of the history of architecture and building. The text explores the social and cultural contexts surrounding the basic building forms, as well the means of constructing buildings. The book explains the technical achievements of builders, architects, and engineers; describes the diverse aesthetics of particular periods and movements; and celebrates the beauty and majesty of the world s greatest buildings. In addition, the book is exquisitely produced, and feature technical drawings, diagrams, awe-inspiring photographs, and original illustrations; it is fully authoritative, featuring contributions from a range of academics and experts from around the world. In short, it will suit both the professional and general readers, as well as presenting an attractive gift purchase.

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A wonderful celebration of the vital role played by architecture in society, a book that reaches to the heart of what makes a successful building, whether it be a temple or a house, a skyscraper or a stadium. Good Book Guide

About June Diana Komisar

Chris How BSc (Civil Engineering), London University; MSc Weald & Downland Museum of Buildings through Bournemouth University

Assistant Professor J. Philip Gruen, BA (Art History/Criticism), University of California, San Diego; MA (History of Architecture and Art), University of Illinois - Chicago; PhD in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley

Dr June Diana Komisar, BA, Clark University; MArch, Yale University; Ph.D University of Michigan; RA, AIA, RAIC

Adjunct Assistant Professor Lisa Richardson Elkins, BArch, Ball State Univ; MArch University College London Currently teaching undergraduate architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, she has been designing architecture and furniture professionally for more than ten years, and has experience in Chicago, San Francisco, and London. In 2006 she founded 2 point perspective, inc., a design firm specializing in environmentally responsible architecture, interiors, and furniture design. She is accredited by the US Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.

Miles Lewis is an architectural historian with a special interest in the cultural history of building technology, prefabrication, and vernacular architecture. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Comite International d'Architecture Vernaculaire, a Fellow of the International Advisory Council of the Royal Institute of Architects, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, a Member of the Order of Australia, and Professor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne. Publications include Victorian Primitive, Don John of Balaclava, The Essential Maldon, Two Hundred Years of Concrete in Australia, Victorian Churches, Melbourne the City's History, Suburban Backlash, and numerous articles and papers on architectural and building history, urban conservation, urban renewal and housing policy, as well as numerous addresses at international conferences on various aspects of architecture.

Associate Professor Nur Demirbilek BArch, MArch, PhD in BldSci METU Associate Professor in Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology - Australia

Dr. Oya Demirbilek BID and MSc BldSci METU; PhD Bilkent; PhD Marmara University, Grad. Cert. in UL&T UNSW. Industrial Design Program Head at the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales - Australia

Robert Harbison teaches at London Metropolitan University, where he heads the MA in Architectural History, Theory and Interpretation. He is the author of many books on architecture and wider cultural themes, including Eccentric Spaces, The Built the Unbuilt and the Unbuildable, Reflections on Baroque and a forthcoming History of Western Architecture.

Ron Powell was born and educated in Sydney, Australia. As an architecture student, he worked on the Sydney Opera House. Following further qualifications in landscape architecture, Ron worked on major public open spaces including Sydney's Darling Harbour and Bicentennial Park. He is currently overseeing the conservation of Sydney's 19th century sandstone buildings.

Associate Professor Rumiko Handa, BArch University of Tokyo, MArch, MS Arch, Ph.D University of Pennsylvania

Sue Harris is educated in architecture, welfare work and language in Sydney and Canada where she lived and worked for many years. Sue has spent most of her career working with architects specializing in managing and administering the process.

Table of Contents

Architectura: Elements of Architectural Style

Table of Contents

Pages Words

Page 1 - 1 Half Title 1

Pages 2 - 3 Title Page 2

Pages 4 - 5 Imprint 2

Pages 6 - 7 Contributors 2

Pages 8 - 9 Contents 2

Pages 10 - 11 Foreword 2

Pages 12 - 13 Introduction Opener (double-page pic) 2 50

Pages 14 - 19 Architecturea An Overview 6 2700

Pages 20 - 27 The Development of Architecture. A history of architecture, from

prehistoric shelters to computer-aided design. 8 3600

Pages 28 - 29 Feature: A Timeline of Architectural History 2 900

Pages 30 - 37 Elements of Architecture. A survey of the issues of form, function,

and design in architecture. 8 3600

Pages 38 - 45 Buildings and Their Forms. The basic shapes of buildings, and the

main types of structure, from homes to factories and bridges, and

from churches to theaters and palaces.

8

3600

Pages 46 - 47 Materials and Techniques Opener (double-page pic) 2 50

Pages 48 - 49 Natural Resources 2 900

Pages 50 - 53 Grasses and Timber 4 1800

Pages 54 - 55 Earth and Brick 2 900

Pages 56 - 57 Feature: Great Mosque of DjennA , Mali 2 900

Pages 58 - 61 Stone and Masonry 4 1800

Pages 62 - 63 Feature: Pyramids of Giza, Egypt 2 900

Pages 64 - 67 Iron 4 1800

Pages 68 - 71 Steel 4 1800

Pages 72 - 73 Feature: Manhattan Skyscrapers, New York, United States 2 900

Pages 74 - 77 Concrete 4 1800

Pages 78 - 79 Feature: Centennial Hall, Wroclaw, Poland 2 900

Pages 80 - 81 Glass 2 900

Pages 82 - 85 High-tech Materials 4 1800

Pages 86 - 87 From the Ground Up Opener (double-page pic) 2 50

Pages 88 - 91 Foundations 4 1800

Pages 92 - 93 Caves and Chambers 2 900

Pages 94 - 95 Cellars 2 900

Pages 96 - 97 Feature: Catacombs, Rome, Italy 2 900

Pages 98 - 99 Tunnels 2 900

Pages 100 - 101 Feature: London Underground, United Kingdom 2 900

Pages 102 - 103 Piles 2 900

Pages 104 - 105 Query: Feature: Taipei 101, Taiwan 2 900

Pages 106 - 107 Putting Up Walls Opener (double-page pic) 2 50

Pages 108 - 111 Forces and Resistance 4 1800

Pages 112 - 115 Timber Walls 4 1800

Pages 116 - 119 Stone By Stone 4 1800

Pages 120 - 121 Feature: Machu Picchu, Peru 2 900

Pages 122 - 123 Defensive Walls 2 900

Pages 124 - 125 Feature: Great Wall of China 2 900

Pages 126 - 129 Brick By Brick 4 1800

Pages 130 - 131 Feature: Isfahan (Esfahan), Iran 2 900

Pages 132 - 135 Frameworks 4 1800

Pages 136 - 137 Feature: Steel-framed High-rise Buildings, Chicago, United States 2 900

Pages 138 - 139 Glass Curtains 2 900

Pages 140 - 141 Cladding 2 900

Pages 142 - 143 Feature: Frank Gehry 2 900

Pages 144 - 145 Entranceways Opener (double-page pic) 2 50

Pages 146 - 149 Doorways 4 1800

Pages 150 - 151 Feature: Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence, Italy 2 900

Pages 152 - 153 Gates 2 900

Pages 154 - 155 Drawbridges 2 900

Pages 156 - 157 Portals 2 900

Pages 158 - 159 Porticoes 2 900

Pages 160 - 161 FaA ades 2 900

Pages 162 - 163 Feature: OpA ra Garnier, Paris, France 2 900

Pages 164 - 165 Taking the Strain Opener (double-page pic) 2 50

Pages 166 - 169 Post and Beam 4

Additional information

GOR006799642
9780711229723
0711229724
Architectura: Elements of Architectural Style by June Diana Komisar
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
2009-03-05
400
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