READING ARCHITECTURE

This innovative and unique book is a visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming all the visible architectural features s o that, unlike other architectural dictionaries, the reader doesn't have to know the name before looking it up. Clear line drawings and extensive colour photographs illustrate each of the main building types, from forts to churches, stately homes to skyscrapers. T he individual structural elements and materials common to all buildings are then explained, whether in Classical, Gothic or Modernis t style, ...[Read more]