The Oxford Companion to Architecture

2009/01/01 by Patrick Goode · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Architecture and Cultural Influences

paper · doi:10.1093/acref/9780198605683.001.0001

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Abstract

The Oxford Companion to Architecture is a new reference book on a popular and much-debated subject. It contains over 1500 A-Z entries covering all aspects of architecture, from architects, building types, and movements and styles to materials, aspects of design, and definitions. It is particularly strong in its coverage of architecture around the world, and of modern and vernacular architecture. The Companion is strongly rooted in an approach to architecture that looks at its social, technical, and practical aspects, as well as viewing it from an art-historical perspective.

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• Alvar Aalto [wikipedia]

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