Architectural styles : a visual guide / Margaret Fletcher ; illustrations by Robbie Polley.

Main entry:

Fletcher, Margaret, 1969- author.

Title & Author:

Architectural styles : a visual guide / Margaret Fletcher ; illustrations by Robbie Polley.

Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
©2020

Description:

287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Introduction -- Ancient and Classical -- Medieval and Renaissance -- Baroque to Art Nouveau -- Modern and Contemporary -- Elements.

Summary:

Architectural Styles is an incomparable guide to architectural styles across the centuries and around the world. Modeled after an architect's plein air sketchbook, the volume features hundreds of detailed drawings by esteemed architectural illustrator Robbie Polley alongside incisive and informative descriptions. This unique guidebook takes readers from Europe and the Americas to Egypt, China, and India. It covers a host of historical and contemporary architectural styles, from ancient and classical to Pre-Columbian, Romanesque, Renaissance, Palladian, art nouveau, Brutalist, and biomorphic. It describes the histories and characteristics of the building traditions of each era and region of the world, and looks at key architectural elements such as buttresses, spandrels, curtain walls, and oculi. The book also includes a section on building parts-from domes and columns to towers, arches, roofs, and vaulting-along with a detailed glossary and bibliography. Comprehensive and authoritative, 'Architectural Styles' is an essential resource for architects and designers and a must-have illustrated guide for anyone interested in architecture or drawing.

ISBN:

9780691208077 (hardcover)
0691208077 (hardcover)

Subject:

Architecture Themes, motives Pictorial works.
Architecture Themes, motives Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture Details Pictorial works.
Architecture Details Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture Thèmes, motifs Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture Thèmes, motifs Guides, manuels, etc.
Architecture Détails Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture Détails Guides, manuels, etc.
Architecture Themes, motives.
Architecture Details

Form/genre:

handbooks.
illustrations (layout features)
Handbooks and manuals
Pictorial works
Illustrated works.
Pictures.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Images.
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Polley, Robbie, illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322456
Call No.: 322456
Copy: 1
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit