Overview

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.

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Author:   Jeremy Melvin (South Bank University, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Herbert Press Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.40cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 20.20cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781912217236

ISBN 10:   1912217236
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   17 May 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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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 *

Author Information

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.

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