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Architecture For Dummies: Foreword by Robert A. M. Stern (For Dummies Series) - Softcover

Dietsch, Deborah K.

 
9780764553967: Architecture For Dummies: Foreword by Robert A. M. Stern (For Dummies Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0764553968 ISBN 13: 9780764553967
Verlag: For Dummies, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

* Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.
* Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.
* Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.
* Part of Tens includes: Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today-and more.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Debra Dietch, (Washington DC) is currently an art and architecture critic for Sun-Sentinel, Tribune Co. She was a writer on architecture and design for major newspapers and periodicals such as Forbes, Florida Architecture, House Beautiful, Museum Magazine, Old House Journal, Sotheby's Domain, Washington Post, and more. She also held top editor positions at the two leading professional architecture magazines: Architectural Record and Architecture magazine.

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Great architects, innovative designs, and engaging photographs throughout

Get a handle on the nuts and bolts of design and construction

When is a building just a building and when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon and clearly explains the essentials of architecture, demystifying the incredible ways in which structures and spaces come alive. You'll gain a real appreciation for architecture and the confidence to talk about it even to an architect.

Praise for Architecture For Dummies
"Deborah Dietsch is an insightful critic and author. In this book, she has a rare ability to address a professional audience, while providing accessibility to a lay reader."
FIAI, Antoine Predock Architecture

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Great architects, innovative designs, and engaging photographs throughout

Get a handle on the nuts and bolts of design and construction

When is a building just a building and when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon and clearly explains the essentials of architecture, demystifying the incredible ways in which structures and spaces come alive. You'll gain a real appreciation for architecture and the confidence to talk about it — even to an architect.

Praise for Architecture For Dummies
"Deborah Dietsch is an insightful critic and author. In this book, she has a rare ability to address a professional audience, while providing accessibility to a lay reader."
— FIAI, Antoine Predock Architecture

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Verlag
For Dummies
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0764553968
ISBN 13 
9780764553967
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
344
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