Underlying principles of good architectural design. Solid clean tight copy. 9-14 x 11-1/4, 245 pp, index, glossary, b/w wgs throughout, orange endpapers. VeryGood unmarked, in VeryGood unclipped jacket in Brodart. Oversize Hardcover in brown/yellow illus cloth boards, in color illus jacket. No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.

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Title: How Buildings Work: the natural order of architecture
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, New York
Publication Date: 1980
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0192159526
ISBN 13: 9780192159526
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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The second edition of a balanced view of the physical functions of buildings, the underlying principles of construction, and the complex interrelationships between them.

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'well written' (Graham Southorn, BBC Focus)

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