An reference source for architects, interior designers, and engineers, this volume explains the general development of the building interior, including floors, ceilings, partitions, interior ...

Containing over 5,000 entries from Aalto to ziggurat, this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of architecture available. Beautifully illustrated and written in a clear and concise ...

A valuable resource, particularly for students who, whether budding architects or surveyors, should appreciate the detail of its explanations. Updated and revised, this latest edition integrates text ...

Since publication in 1958 of the first volume of The Construction of Buildings, the five-volume series has been used by lecturers and students of architecture, building and surveying, and by those ...

Both architectural students and civil engineering students need an intrinsic grasp of structures, but existing texts on structural theory are too mathematical for architectural students and many ...

This book defines over 5,000 terms relating to architectural design, history, and technology. It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, ...

This volume examines 20 houses designed by Marcel Breuer in collaboration with Herbert Beckhard. The houses are noted for such dynamics as interior spaces that flow into each other, a denial of ...