Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning - Hardcover

Roth, Leland M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1871569621 ISBN 13: 9781871569629

Publisher: A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

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About the Author

Leland M. Roth is Marion Dean Ross Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oregon at Eugene. He is the author of American Architecture: A History ; A Concise History of American Architecture ; McKim, Mead & White, Architects ; and other works. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.

From Library Journal

This lively survey by the author of A Concise History of Architecture ( LJ 7/79) examines architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement. Roth (architecture, Univ. of Oregon) argues that architecture does more than provide shelter; it is also a physical expression of how people view themselves in relation to each other and to the universe. Part 1 provides a solid introduction to the discipline's form and function; Part 2 focuses on the major buildings, styles, and architects from prehistoric times to the present, with a valuable historical overview opening each chapter. Non-Western and vernacular architecture are mentioned only in passing, the one small shortcoming in an otherwise readable and lucid book. Highly recommended.
- H. Ward Jandl, National Park Svce., Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1871569621
• ISBN 13: 9781871569629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 542