Ching, Frank

Whether you're an architect, interior designer, construction practitioner, or simply interested in the field of architecture, A Visual Dictionary of Architecture, Second Edition provides an authoritative source of information for tracking down an elusive word and a delight for simple armchair browsing.

Explores the history of architecture from 3500 B.C. to 1950, providing descriptions, photographs, and drawings of structures from around the world and information on their designers.

Definition of terms, arranged according to the sixty- eight basic aspects of architectural design, history and technology.

Explores the history of architecture from 3500 B.C. to 1950, providing descriptions, photographs, and drawings of structures from around the world and information on their designers.

An illustrated, comprehensive guide to the functions of form and space in architecture, which covers primary elements, organization, circulation, proportion and scale, and ordering principles.

Describes the principles of drawing related to architectural design, providing more than 1,500 drawings and exercises; also includes a CD-ROM containing twenty-five interactive lessons.