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Thisinspiringbookchroniclesthemostinfluentialideasthathaveshapedarchitecture.Entertainingandintelligent,itprovidesaconcisehistoryofthesubject,andisalsoafascinatingresourcetodipinto.Arrangedinabroadlychronologicalordertoshowthedevelopmentofarchitecture,theideasthatcomprisethebookincludeinnovativeandinfluentialconcepts,technologies,techniquesandmovements.Eachideaispresentedthroughinterestingtextandarrestingvisuals,andexploreswhentheideafirstevolvedandthesubsequentimpactithashaduptothepresentday.Featuredentriesinclude:Walls;Windows;Domes;CoursedMasonry;ReinforcedConcrete;ClassicalOrders;Corridors;Courtyards;ElectricalLighting;Composition;Abstraction;Minimalism;Ornament;Conservation;UniversalDesign;ComputeraidedDesign.
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RichardWestonisaProfessorattheWelshSchoolofArchitecture,CardiffUniversity.PreviousbooksincludethemonographAlvarAalto,winnerofthe1995SirBanisterFletcherPrize,andthedefinitivemonographontheDanisharchitectJArnUtzon.HisotherbooksincludeTheHouseintheTwentiethCentury2001,Materials,FormandArchitecture2003andKeyBuildingsoftheTwentiethCentury,2ndedition2010,allpublishedbyLaurenceKing.
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