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A study of the problems of structure and design, this book relates the architect to the society in which he worked; it shows him as a designer, structural engineer and director of works; it identifies the problems that architects encountered and suggests solutions.
A study of the problems of structure and design, this book relates the architect to the society in which he worked; it shows him as a designer, structural engineer and director of works; it identifies the problems that architects encountered and suggests solutions.
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Whatever his true responsibilities may be, the chief job of an architect today is generally felt to be the designing of buildings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bronze Age, Council Chamber, Asia Minor, Near East, Athena Nike, Stoa Basileios, Treasury of the Athenians, Colossal Sicilian New!
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Whatever his true responsibilities may be, the chief job of an architect today is generally felt to be the designing of buildings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bronze Age, Council Chamber, Asia Minor, Near East, Athena Nike, Stoa Basileios, Treasury of the Athenians, Colossal Sicilian New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Ten Books on Architecture (Bks. I-X) by Vitruvius on page 13, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Architects of the Parthenon (Pelican) by Rhys Carpenter in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Greek Art (World of Art) by John Boardman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Greek Architecture, Fifth Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art) by A. W. Lawrence in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A View of Greek Art by R. Ross Holloway in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Proportion: Philosophy, Science and Architecture by Richard Padovan on 4 pages
- Shame and Necessity (Sather Classical Lectures, Vol 57) by Bernard Williams in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Lincoln Memorial and American Life by Christopher A. Thomas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Poetics of Architecture: Theory of Design by Anthony C. Antoniades on page 207, and page 231
- A Dictionary of Architecture by James Stevens Curl in Back Matter
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