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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Fletcher, Margaret, 1969- author.     Subjects     Architecture -- History -- Pictorial works.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fletcher, Margaret, 1969- author.       by title:      Architectural styles...         MARC Display

Architectural styles : a visual guide / Margaret Fletcher ; illustrations by Robbie Polley. by Fletcher, Margaret, 1969- author. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020] Subjects Architecture -- History -- Pictorial works. ISBN:  9780691208077 (paper over board : hardback) : 0691208077 (paper over board : hardback) Description:  287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "Architectural Styles is an incomparable guide to architectural styles across the centuries and around the world. Modeled after an architect’s plein air sketchbook, the volume features hundreds of detailed drawings by esteemed architectural illustrator Robbie Polley alongside incisive and informative descriptions. This unique guidebook takes readers from Europe and the Americas to Egypt, China, and India. It covers a host of historical and contemporary architectural styles, from ancient and classical to Pre-Columbian, Romanesque, Renaissance, Palladian, art nouveau, Brutalist, and biomorphic. It describes the histories and characteristics of the building traditions of each era and region of the world, and looks at key architectural elements such as buttresses, spandrels, curtain walls, and oculi. The book also includes a section on building parts--from domes and columns to towers, arches, roofs, and vaulting--along with a detailed glossary and bibliography. Comprehensive and authoritative, Architectural Styles is an essential resource for architects and designers and a must-have illustrated guide for anyone interested in architecture or drawing"--Page [4] of cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 720.9 Fl Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 720.9 Fl Checked out 07/15/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 720.9 Fl Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 720.9 Fl Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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