Title: Understanding Architecture: An introduction to architecture and architectural history
Publisher: Routledge, London, England / New York, New York
Publication Date: 1994
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415104661
ISBN 13: 9780415104661
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Good condition

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Understanding Architecture is the first comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history. It explores the experience of architecture in relation to its history and the wider context of cultures, conservation, planning and environmental issues. It introduces issues of urbanism, feminism and ethnicity, concerns which are at the forefront of current debates on architecture.

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