The Penguin dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture


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ISBN: 0-140-51323-x
Author: John Fleming, Hugh Honour, Nikolaus Pevsner
Edition: Paperback
Pairs: English
Specific fields: Architecture
Publisher: London : Penguin, 1999.
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This dictionary contains biographies of architects and landscape architects, ancient and modern; surveys of architecture and landscape architecture by country; history of urban design, including parks and motorways; definitions of styles and movements; accounts of structural and technical innovations; new terminology and contemporary topics; building types and building materials; and clear and detailed drawings where appropriate.