architectural editor and 50 expert contributors features over 2300 line drawings and clear, concise definitions of more than 27,000 important architecture and construction terms
The most definitive reference in the field
Dictionary of Architecture and Construction
brings you the broadest possible coverage of the language of architecture and building construction
Special care has been taken to include the latest terms in legal areas, technologies, techniques, materials, organizations, historic architectural styles, and architectural trends
This essential dictionary is one of the most trusted references in architecture and building technology
cited in numerous other leading references and recommended by the faculties of many top schools
It covers drawings and specifications ... building products and materials, including their design, appearance, performance, installation, and testing ... finishes, coatings, and surfacings ... types of units, assemblies, systems, and modules ... tools, devices, machines, and construction equipment, and much more. It's the one definitive resource every architect and contractor needs to own
Revised, updated, and expanded, this comprehensive new edition features: More than 27,000 definitions in clear, concise language
Over 2300 illustrations
Full coverage of new technologies and new building materials
Expanded emphasis on legal, organizational, and historic architectural terms, reflecting their increased importance in the field
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CHOICE Review
The fourth edition of this mainstay of the architecture reference shelf includes 2,500 new terms and 100 new illustrations. The alphabetical dictionary format remains identical, and the additions are inserted seamlessly. New terminology reflects the evolution of building practice and theory; new illustrations also complete visual documentation for basic historical elements. Technical building, historical, and stylistic terms account for the lion's share of this dictionary, but recent styles and their theory have been added or revised; common vernacular types appear here for the first time. A limited number of names for current theorists and practitioners are discreetly included in some recent entries but cannot be found alphabetically, and are more readily searchable elsewhere. The handy one-volume format, the reasonable cost, the clarity and accuracy of entries, the legible type and drawings, and the inclusive approach to current developments in the design, building, and scholarly professions related to architecture make this publication a crucial tool. Earlier editions remain useful for students in traditional survey classes. Practitioners, theorists, historians, researchers, and librarians will want to update their reference collections to include this latest edition. ^BSumming Up: Essential. All levels. M. Nilsen Indiana University South Bend
Booklist Review
This is a comprehensive glossary of terms, abbreviations, and initialisms from architectural design and construction and the building trades. Landscape architecture, urban planning, and most historical architectural styles are treated also. (The Board found no entry for Queen Anne style, although there are entries for comparable styles, such as stick style.) Edited by Harris, a longtime member of the Columbia University architecture faculty and a noted architectural acoustician, with the assistance of 51 subject experts, the dictionary is an updating and expansion of the first edition of 1975. It contains more than 20,000 alphabetically arranged brief entries, including approximately 2,300 new to this edition. See references lead the reader to preferred forms of entry. The dictionary's clearly written definitions will serve both the professional and the layperson well. The text is supported by 2,000 clear black-and-white line drawings of buildings and details, conveniently placed adjacent to the appropriate definition rather than in the margin as in the first edition. Although the nonglare stock upon which the dictionary is printed is not opaque, the occasional "show through" of text and illustrations from the opposite side of the leaf will not disturb the user. The second edition of the Dictionary of Architecture & Construction continues the comprehensiveness of the first and, like its predecessor, will be a useful addition to reference collections where there is interest in this terminology. (Reviewed Oct. 1, 1993)
