Understanding Architecture
2nd Edition
Published on 17. May 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-912217-23-6 (ISBN)
Description
A new edition of the bestselling introduction to design styles and movements in architecture.
This is an easy-to-use guide to a wide range of architectural styles, from classical times through to the post-modern era. For each style there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, a list of key architects, keywords, and major works as well as suggestions of other styles you might be interested in.
This new edition now includes four brand new chapters covering Performatism, Ornamentalism, Giganticism and Bioclimatism.
Understanding Architecture is a must for anyone interested in architecture and wanting to know more - whether you are a sightseer, a visitor of historic buildings or an architecture connoisseur.
This is an easy-to-use guide to a wide range of architectural styles, from classical times through to the post-modern era. For each style there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, a list of key architects, keywords, and major works as well as suggestions of other styles you might be interested in.
This new edition now includes four brand new chapters covering Performatism, Ornamentalism, Giganticism and Bioclimatism.
Understanding Architecture is a must for anyone interested in architecture and wanting to know more - whether you are a sightseer, a visitor of historic buildings or an architecture connoisseur.
Reviews / Votes
From Shintoism to imperialism, this book examines and explains the world's great structures. * Wanderlust * The best value short guide to architecture this reviewer can recall... Any student would benefit from having this on their shelf. * The Architectural Review *More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Flexible plastic/vinyl cover
Illustrations
100+ colour images
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
407 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912217-23-6 (9781912217236)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jeremy Melvin is senior lecturer in the History of Architecture at South Bank University, and guest lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Architectural Association, ETH Zurich and other schools. He has also written a number of books on the subject of architecture.
Content
Introduction
How to Use this Book
Ancient and Pre-Renaissance
Pre-Classicism
Indism
Proto-Classicism
Hellenic Classicism
Confucianism
Roman Classicism
Pre-Columbianism
Shintoism
Christian Classicism
Islamicism
Indo-Khmerism
Gothic Scholasticism
Gothic Commercialism
Renaissance
Inventionism
Humanism
Idealism
Mannerism
Pietism
Regional Classicism
Baroque
Absolutism
Anglican Empiricism
Rococo
Palladianism
Georgian Urbanism
Early Modern
Neoclassicism
Exoticism
Sublimism
Structural Rationalism
Materialism
Medievalism
Victorianism
Monumental Urbanism
Anti-Urbanism
Decorative Industrialism
Imperialism
Modernism
Expressionism
Usonianism
Constructivism
Purism
Rationalism
Functionalism
Skyscraperism
Totalitarianism
Corporatism
Brutalism
Beyond Modernism
Structuralism
Regionalism
Metabolism
Postmodernism
Technoism
Neo-Rationalism
Deconstructivism
Ecoism
Metarationalism
Performatism
Ornamentalism
Giganticism
Bioclimatism
Glossary of Buildings
Glossary of Architects
Glossary of Useful Terms
Chronology of Isms
Places to Visit
Credits
How to Use this Book
Ancient and Pre-Renaissance
Pre-Classicism
Indism
Proto-Classicism
Hellenic Classicism
Confucianism
Roman Classicism
Pre-Columbianism
Shintoism
Christian Classicism
Islamicism
Indo-Khmerism
Gothic Scholasticism
Gothic Commercialism
Renaissance
Inventionism
Humanism
Idealism
Mannerism
Pietism
Regional Classicism
Baroque
Absolutism
Anglican Empiricism
Rococo
Palladianism
Georgian Urbanism
Early Modern
Neoclassicism
Exoticism
Sublimism
Structural Rationalism
Materialism
Medievalism
Victorianism
Monumental Urbanism
Anti-Urbanism
Decorative Industrialism
Imperialism
Modernism
Expressionism
Usonianism
Constructivism
Purism
Rationalism
Functionalism
Skyscraperism
Totalitarianism
Corporatism
Brutalism
Beyond Modernism
Structuralism
Regionalism
Metabolism
Postmodernism
Technoism
Neo-Rationalism
Deconstructivism
Ecoism
Metarationalism
Performatism
Ornamentalism
Giganticism
Bioclimatism
Glossary of Buildings
Glossary of Architects
Glossary of Useful Terms
Chronology of Isms
Places to Visit
Credits