Amanda C. Roth Clark & Leland M. Roth creator text New York Icon Editions 1993 monographic eng

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xxxi, 542 p. Understanding Architecture continues to be the only text in the field to examine architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement with its straightforward, two-part structure: The Elements of Architecture and the History and Meaning of Architecture. Comprehensive and clearly written, Understanding Architecture is both a primer for visual environmental literacy and a classic survey of architecture. This is an essential book for anyone interested in our built environment and the layered historical meaning embodied within it. NA2500 .R68 1993 1 720.1 1 978-0637724658 LOC 260609 20260609115311.0