30-second architecture : the 50 most significant principles and styles in architecture, each explained in half a minute /: the 50 most significant principles and styles in architecture, each explained in half a minute. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Thirty-second architecture
• Further Information: Note: Editor Edward Denison ; foreword by Jonathan Glancey.
• Editors: Denison, Edward
• Contents: Foundations. GLOSSARY ; Primitive/Vernacular ; Ancient Egyptian ; Classical Greek ; Roman ; Byzantine ; Romanesque ; Profile: Vitruvius ; Gothic ; Islamic -- Key Innovations. GLOSSARY ; The Arch ; The Dome ; The Vault ; The Beam ; Profile: Palladio ; The Column ; The Buttress ; The Frame -- Projection. GLOSSARY ; The Plan ; Section ; Elevation ; Symmetry ; Perspective ; Axonometric Projection ; Scale ; Profile: Le Corbusier -- Theories/Concepts. GLOSSARY ; Proportion & the Golden Ratio ; Form Follows Function ; Solid-Void ; Less is More ; Profile: Louis Sullivan ; Aesthetics ; Historicism ; Paper Architecture ; Critical Regionalism -- Ideas/Movements. GLOSSARY ; Classicism ; The Renaissance ; Revivalism ; Arts & Crafts ; Avant-garde ; Modernism ; Organic Architecture ; Profile: Frank Lloyd Wright ; Metabolism ; High-tech ; Postmodernism -- Styles. GLOSSARY ; Baroque ; Orientalism ; Art Nouveau ; International Style ; Art Deco ; Brutalism ; Profile: I.M. Pei -- Future. GLOSSARY ; CAD ; Profile: Richard Rogers ; Creative Reuse ; Biomimetics ; Sustainable Architecture -- Appendices. Resources ; Notes on Contributors ; Resources ; Index ; Acknowledgments.
• Publisher Details: Lewes, East Sussex : Ivy Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages), chiefly illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 720; Architecture -- Miscellanea; Architecture -- Popular works; Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Adaptive Reuse & Renovation; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments; ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice; ARCHITECTURE / Reference; Electronic books; Trivia and miscellanea; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1782400699; 9781782400691
• Related ISBNs: 9781782400400; 1782400400
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.