50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series) - Hardcover

Wilkinson, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848660650 ISBN 13: 9781848660656

Publisher: Quercus Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

From the Pyramids of Giza to the Guggenheim, this lively guide explains the key concepts and inventions in architecture clearly and concisely. Exploring the myriad ways in which the built environment is shaped and created, readers will gain a new and informed appreciation for architecture, from the classical orders of Vitruvius - Doric, Ionic and Corinthian - to the to the most recent contemporary trends. Philip Wilkinson offers expert introductions to the most important architectural movements and styles throughout history, as well as describing some of the greatest architects' most important and representative works. So, if you've ever wondered when a building is just a building or art, or want to know more about Gothic vaults, trusses and arches, this is the perfect introduction.

Contents: The Orders, Prefabrication, Machine aesthetics, Roman engineering, Beaux Arts, Dymaxion, Romanesque, Arts and Crafts, Alternative architecture, Gothic, Conservation, Functionalism, Renaissance, Skyscraper, Plug-in city, Baroque, City Beautiful, Minimalism, Rococo, Art Nouveau, Brutalism, Palladianism, Secession, Townscape, Neo-Classicism, Art Deco, Postmodernism, Character, Garden city, Contextual design, Taste, Futurism, Hi Tech, The Picturesque, Constructivism, Deconstructivism, The Sublime, Bauhaus, Historicism, Landscape garden, De Stijl, Community architecture, Revivalism, International Style, Green architecture, Restoration, Expressionism, Urbanism, Industrial, Organic architecture, Eclecticism.

About this title

About the Author

Philip Wilkinson's many books include the award-winning Amazing Buildings, the ground-breaking English Buildings Book, and several TV tie-ins for the BBC's major series, Restoration. He is also the author of Quercus' giant book Frank Lloyd Wright.

From the Back Cover

The orders.
Roman engineering.
Gothic.
Renaissance.
Palladianism.
Baroque.
The Grand Tour.
Industrial architecture.
Taste.
Rococo.
Genius loci.
The picturesque.
Neoclassicism.
Reason.
Orientalism.
Restoration.
Revivalism.
Prefabrication.
Beaux-arts.
Arts and Crafts.
Conservation.
The City Beautiful.
Art Nouveau.
Garden City.
Skyscraper.
Futurism.
Expressionism.
De Stijl.
Constructivism.
Bauhaus.
The International Style.
Minimalism.
Art Deco.
Organic architecture.
Dymaxion design.
Segregated planning.
Heritage.
Brutalism.
Neorationalism.
Archigram.
Metabolist architecture.
Townscape.
Structuralism.
Regionalism.
Postmodernism.
Contemporary classicism.
High-tech.
Alternative architecture.
Deconstructivism.
Green architecture.

From the Inside Flap

What is the difference between a Doric and an Ionic column? How does a flying buttress work? What are the guiding principles of modern architecture? How does restoration differ from conservation?
If you've ever wanted to know the answers to these questions - or wondered when a building is just a building and when it is art - then 50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know will provide you with the perfect introduction to the world of architecture.
Exploring the myriad ways in which the built environment has been shaped and created throughout history, Philip Wilkinson explains the key concepts and ideas in architecture clearly and concisely. Including throughout his authoritative and engaging narrative are expert introductions to the most significant architectural movements throughout history and to the most important and representative works of the greatest architects.
Spanning architecture's earliest roots in ancient Greece, the revolutionary developments of the late 19th century, and the sculptural forms of the expressionists, through to the pared-down, concrete-and-glass buildings of the International Style, and - more recently - the irony and allusion seen in postmodernism, and the very latest directions of today's green architecture, this essential guide offers a new and informed understanding of architecture and an appreciation of its profound impact on the world in which we live.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848660650
• ISBN 13: 9781848660656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208