Architecture For Dummies Architecture For Dummies

Architecture For Dummies

    • 3.2 • 17 Ratings
    • $15.99
    • $15.99

Publisher Description

* Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.
* Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.
* Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.
* Part of Tens includes: Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today-and more.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2011
May 9
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Wiley
SELLER
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
SIZE
17
MB

Customer Reviews

edcftyhn ,

Too broad and sweeping

A bit too high level to be truly informative. Lots of verbal descriptions of buildings, when pictures would be worth a thousand words.

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