Understanding Architecture: An Introduction to Architecture and Architectural History

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Illustrations vii
• Foreword xi
• Acknowledgements xiii
• Chapter 1 - Introduction 1
• Chapter 2 - What is Architecture? 9
• Chapter 3 - What is Architectural History? 29
• Chapter 4 - Function, Space and the Interior Environment 45
• Chapter 5 - Materials and Construction 69
• Chapter 6 - The Exterior 96
• Chapter 7 - Site and Place 123
• Chapter 8 - Styles and Periods 143
• Chapter 9 - Sources 168
• Chapter 10 - Drawings, Models and Photographs 185
• Notes 215

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Illustrations vii
• Foreword xi
• Acknowledgements xiii
• Chapter 1 - Introduction 1
• Chapter 2 - What is Architecture? 9
• Chapter 3 - What is Architectural History? 29
• Chapter 4 - Function, Space and the Interior Environment 45
• Chapter 5 - Materials and Construction 69
• Chapter 6 - The Exterior 96
• Chapter 7 - Site and Place 123
• Chapter 8 - Styles and Periods 143
• Chapter 9 - Sources 168
• Chapter 10 - Drawings, Models and Photographs 185
• Notes 215
• Appendix I 219
• Appendix II 235
• Appendix III 245
• Index 258