Architecture: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Ballantyne, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 0192801791 ISBN 13: 9780192801791
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

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This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach and instead gives us an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism...

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About the Author

Andrew Ballantyne qualified and practised as an architect, and then moved into academic work. He has held research and teaching posts at the universities of Sheffield, Bath, and Newcastle, where he is now Professor of Architecture. He has written on architectural history and theory, and his previous books are Architecture, Landscape and Liberty and What is Architecture?.

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  • PublisherOxford University Press
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0192801791
  • ISBN 13 9780192801791
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages144
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    • 3.39 out of 5 stars
      359 ratings by Goodreads