The Resource Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture, Adrian Forty
Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture, Adrian Forty
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The item Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture, Adrian Forty represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed. 2004
- Extent
- 335 p.
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Pt. 1. Introduction ; 1. The language of modernism ; 2. Language and drawing ; 3. On difference: masculine and feminine ; 4. Language metaphors ; 5. 'Spatial mechanics' - scientific metaphors ; 6. 'Dead or alive' - describing 'the social'
- Pt. 2. Character ; Context ; Design ; Flexibility ; Form ; Formal ; Function ; History ; Memory ; Nature ; Order ; Simple ; Space ; Structure ; Transparency ; Truth ; Type ; User
- Bibliography
- List of illustrations
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780500284704
- Label
- Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture
- Title
- Words and buildings
- Title remainder
- a vocabulary of modern architecture
- Statement of responsibility
- Adrian Forty
- Title variation
- Vocabulary of modern architecture
- Subject
-
- Architecture -- Historiography
- Architecture -- Historiography
- Architecture -- Language
- Architecture -- Language
- Architecture -- Philosophy
- Architecture -- Philosophy
- Architecture
- Language and culture
- Language and culture
- Modern movement (Architecture)
- Modern movement (Architecture)
- Terminology
- Architecture -- Terminology
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Forty, Adrian
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NA2543.L34
- LC item number
- F67 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Language and culture
- Modern movement (Architecture)
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Language and culture
- Modern movement (Architecture)
- Label
- Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture, Adrian Forty
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-325) and index
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Pt. 1. Introduction ; 1. The language of modernism ; 2. Language and drawing ; 3. On difference: masculine and feminine ; 4. Language metaphors ; 5. 'Spatial mechanics' - scientific metaphors ; 6. 'Dead or alive' - describing 'the social' -- Pt. 2. Character ; Context ; Design ; Flexibility ; Form ; Formal ; Function ; History ; Memory ; Nature ; Order ; Simple ; Space ; Structure ; Transparency ; Truth ; Type ; User -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index
- Control code
- 223071493
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed. 2004
- Extent
- 335 p.
- Isbn
- 9780500284704
- Lccn
- 99070945
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)223071493
- Label
- Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture, Adrian Forty
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-325) and index
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Pt. 1. Introduction ; 1. The language of modernism ; 2. Language and drawing ; 3. On difference: masculine and feminine ; 4. Language metaphors ; 5. 'Spatial mechanics' - scientific metaphors ; 6. 'Dead or alive' - describing 'the social' -- Pt. 2. Character ; Context ; Design ; Flexibility ; Form ; Formal ; Function ; History ; Memory ; Nature ; Order ; Simple ; Space ; Structure ; Transparency ; Truth ; Type ; User -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index
- Control code
- 223071493
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed. 2004
- Extent
- 335 p.
- Isbn
- 9780500284704
- Lccn
- 99070945
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)223071493
Subject
- Architecture -- Historiography
- Architecture -- Historiography
- Architecture -- Language
- Architecture -- Language
- Architecture -- Philosophy
- Architecture -- Philosophy
- Architecture
- Language and culture
- Language and culture
- Modern movement (Architecture)
- Modern movement (Architecture)
- Terminology
- Architecture -- Terminology
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