30-Second Architecture: The 50 Most Signicant Principles and Styles in Architecture, each Explained in Half a Minute

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title 30-Second Architecture: The 50 Most Signicant Principles and Styles in Architecture, each Explained in Half a Minute
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Edward Denison
By (author) Jonathan Glancey
Series30 Second
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 195,Width 150
Category/GenreIndividual architects and architectural firms
Architectural structure and design
History of architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9781782406389
ClassificationsDewey:720
Audience
General
Illustrations 50

Publishing Details

Publisher The Ivy Press
Imprint The Ivy Press
Publication Date 22 November 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The 50 most significant principles and styles in architecture, each explained in half a minute. The bestselling 30-Second series offers a new approach to learning about those subjects you feel you should really understand. Every title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute. 30-Second Architecture presents you with the foundations of architectural knowledge. Expert authors are challenged to define and describe both the principles upon which architects depend, and the styles with which they put those principles into practice. So, if you want to know your arch from your elevation, and your Baroque from your Brutalism, or you wish to top off your next dinner party with a stirring speech on how form follows function, this is the quickest way to build your argument.

Author Biography

Edward Denison is an award-winning design and planning consultant, with an expertise in packaging and sustainable design. He lives in London.