A comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the environment. This new edition brings in the new emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, urban regeneration and cultural identity, in order to take a holistic approach to the subject of architecture. Highly illustrated, this book enables the reader to make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by understanding more about the form, construction, meaning and history of the subject.

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Title: Understanding Architecture
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415320585
ISBN 13: 9780415320580
Binding: Hardback
Edition: 2�.
Condition: New
Dimensions: 15.88 centimeters width by 2.54 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
Weight: 720 grams

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A comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the environment. This new edition brings in the new emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, urban regeneration and cultural identity, in order to take a holistic approach to the subject of architecture.

Highly illustrated, this book enables the reader to make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by understanding more about the form, construction, meaning and history of the subject.

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Hazel Conway, Rowan Roenisch

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