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Rice's Architectural Primer

Matthew Rice

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Description:Once you can speak any language, conversation can begin, but without it communications can only be brief and brutish. The same is the case with Architecture: an inability to describe the component parts of a building leaves one tongue-tied and unable to begin to discuss what is or is not exciting, dull or peculiar about it.Beautifully packaged and idiosyncratic, this introduction to British building styles covers building grammar and vocabulary, explaining the evolution of styles from Norman castles to Norman Foster, and enabling readers to recognize, understand, and date any British building. As Matthew Rice says, "Ungainly and inept descriptions will be a thing of the past and, fluent in the world of volutes, hood moulds, lobed architraves and bucrania, you will be able to leave a cathedral or country house with as much to talk about as a film or play." Starting with an explanation of the basic "grammar" of buildings—elevation, plan, roof, gable, and eave, this guide then covers the orders of architecture—Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. Following this is the "vocabulary"—a chronological reference section covering, period by period, the windows, doors, doorcases, columns, chimneys, arches, balustrades, and pediments that make up the built environment. Never before has an architectural guide been so accessible and gorgeous.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rice's Architectural Primer. To get started finding Rice's Architectural Primer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Once you can speak any language, conversation can begin, but without it communications can only be brief and brutish. The same is the case with Architecture: an inability to describe the component parts of a building leaves one tongue-tied and unable to begin to discuss what is or is not exciting, dull or peculiar about it.Beautifully packaged and idiosyncratic, this introduction to British building styles covers building grammar and vocabulary, explaining the evolution of styles from Norman castles to Norman Foster, and enabling readers to recognize, understand, and date any British building. As Matthew Rice says, "Ungainly and inept descriptions will be a thing of the past and, fluent in the world of volutes, hood moulds, lobed architraves and bucrania, you will be able to leave a cathedral or country house with as much to talk about as a film or play." Starting with an explanation of the basic "grammar" of buildings—elevation, plan, roof, gable, and eave, this guide then covers the orders of architecture—Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. Following this is the "vocabulary"—a chronological reference section covering, period by period, the windows, doors, doorcases, columns, chimneys, arches, balustrades, and pediments that make up the built environment. Never before has an architectural guide been so accessible and gorgeous.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rice's Architectural Primer. To get started finding Rice's Architectural Primer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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