ABC of Architecture

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Title: ABC of Architecture Author: James F O'Gorman ISBN: 9780812216318 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Published: 1997 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Il lustrated Number of Pages: 144 Condition: Used Copy Publisher Description: ABC of Architecture is an accessible, nontechnical introduction to architectural structure, history, and criticism. Author James F. O'Gormon moves seamlessly from a discussion of the most basic inspiration for architecture (the need for shelter from the elements), to an exploration of space, system, and material, and, finally, to an examination of the language and history of architecture. He shows the nonspecialist how to read a design in plans, sections, and elevations, and how architects, like other artists, make creative use of space and light. Show more