Story of architecture / by Patrick Nuttgens

By:

Nuttgens, Patrick

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Phaidon Press, 2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 352 p. : col. ill., charts, mapsISBN:

9780714836164
0714836168
071483615x

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DDC classification:

720.9 NUT-S

Summary: This work is a general introduction to architecture told through a narrative sequence of 21 chapters, each charting a stage in the devlopment of architecture. These chapters divide the text into natural study units covering the entire world and the whole of human architectural history. Without using technical language, Patrick Nuttgens draws on his own architectural experience to enable the reader to enter the mind of the architects - trying always to answer the simple question such as: "Why is it like that?"

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library, SPAB J-1	Non Fiction	720.9 NUT-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 1	Available		000660
Books	Library, SPAB J-1	Non Fiction	720.9 NUT-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 2	Available		005746
Books	Library, SPAB J-1	Non Fiction	720.9 NUT-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Cop. 3	Checked out to ATHARV GOYAL (2022BARC037)	31/12/2024	005747

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work is a general introduction to architecture told through a narrative sequence of 21 chapters, each charting a stage in the devlopment of architecture. These chapters divide the text into natural study units covering the entire world and the whole of human architectural history. Without using technical language, Patrick Nuttgens draws on his own architectural experience to enable the reader to enter the mind of the architects - trying always to answer the simple question such as: "Why is it like that?"

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