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Praise for Architect For Dummies"Deborah Dietsch is an insightful critic and author. In this book, she has a rare ability to address a professional audience, while providing accessibility to a lay reader."
—FIAI, Antoine Predock Architecture
Discover the thrill of architecture from the Great Pyramids to the Guggenheim Bilbao
Great architects, innovative designs, and engaging photographs throughout
Get a handle on the nuts and bolts of design and construction
When is a building just a building and when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon and clearly explains the essentials of architecture, demystifying the incredible ways in which structures and spaces come alive. You'll gain a real appreciation for architecture and the confidence to talk about it—even to an architect.
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Synopsis
When is a building just a building and when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon and clearly explains the essentials of architecture, demystifying the incredible ways in which structures and spaces come alive. You'll gain a real appreciation for architecture and the confidence to talk about it—even to an architect.
- Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.
- Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.
- Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.
- Part of Tens includes Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today, and more.
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Sei es Michael Graves Bestseller-Produktdesign f r Target oder Sir Norman Fosters Renovierung des Berliner Reichstagsgeb udes: Architektur ist nach wie vor ein Thema, das im Zentrum des kulturellen Interesses steht und gro en Neuigkeitswert genie t.
Architecture For Dummies: Ein Crashkurs in Sachen Architektur - f r Leser, die es eilig haben.
Hier finden Sie die wichtigsten Informationen zum Thema Architektur.
Ein Band aus der beliebten 'For Dummies-Reihe'.
Behandelt werden alle H hepunkte der Architekturgeschichte - angefangen bei den Pyramiden von gypten bis hin zu Frank Gehrys Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
Das Buch erkl rt genau, wie man ein Geb ude betrachtet und bewertet, und wann man nicht mehr von einem Geb ude, sondern von einem Kunstwerk spricht.
Der Abschnitt Part of Tens behandelt u.a.: zehn gro e architektonische Meisterwerke, die zehn gr ten architektonischen und bautechnischen Misserfolge, zehn der interessantesten modernen Architekten und vieles andere mehr.
Autorin Deborah Dietsch ist eine renommierte Expertin auf diesem Gebiet. Sie war fr her Chefredakteurin des 'Architecture' Magazins und leitende Redakteurin des 'Architectural Record'. Aus ihrer Feder stammt auch das k rzlich erschienene Buch 'Classic Modern'.
Synopsis
* Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.
* Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.
* Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.
* Part of Tens includes: Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today-and more.
Synopsis
When is a building just a building and when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon and clearly explains the essentials of architecture, demystifying the incredible ways in which structures and spaces come alive. You'll gain a real appreciation for architecture and the confidence to talk about it--even to an architect.Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.Part of Tens includes Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today, and more.
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About the Author
Debra Dietch, (Washington DC) is currently an art and architecture critic for Sun-Sentinel, Tribune Co. She was a writer on architecture and design for major newspapers and periodicals such as Forbes, Florida Architecture, House Beautiful, Museum Magazine, Old House Journal, Sotheby's Domain, Washington Post, and more. She also held top editor positions at the two leading professional architecture magazines: Architectural Record and Architecture magazine.
Table of Contents
Foreword.Introduction.
Part I: Knowing and Appreciating Architecture.
Chapter 1: Knowing When a Building Is Just a Building and When It's Architecture.
Chapter 2: How to Look at a Building.
Chapter 3: Building Your Architectural Vocabulary.
Part II: Nuts and Bolts: Looking at How Architecture Is Designed and Built.
Chapter 4: How Buildings Are Born.
Chapter 5: Just What Do Architects Do, Anyway?
Chapter 6: A Simple Structure: How Buildings Stand Up.
Part III: Western Architecture: A Survey of the Most Important Structures.
Chapter 7: Gimme Shelter: Prehistoric Structures and the Ancient World.
Chapter 8: Acropolis Now: Classical Greece and Rome.
Chapter 9: Domes, Arches, and Vaults, Oh My: Byzantine and Medieval Architecture.
Chapter 10: Beauty Meets Mathematics and Drama: From Renaissance to Rococo.
Chapter 11: Revivals Everywhere: The Classical and Gothic Are New Again.
Chapter 12: Here Comes the Industrial