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Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty.

Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architectu...

Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty.

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Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty.

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Full title

Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty.

Author / Creator

Publisher

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, c2000.

Call Numbers

NQ720.108/2

Record Identifier

74VvGdyLL7ey

MMS ID

991012509579702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

335 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Pt. 1. Introduction ; 1. The language of modernism ; 2. Language and drawing ; 3. On difference: masculine and feminine ; 4. Language metaphors ; 5. 'Spatial mechanics' - scientific metaphors ; 6. 'Dead or alive' - describing 'the social' -- Pt. 2. Character ; Context ;...

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Publisher

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, c2000.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

c2000.

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Alternative Titles

Full title

Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty.

Portion of title

Vocabulary of modern architecture.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Paperback edition : 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-325) and index.

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Date Copyright

c2000.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

NQ720.108/2

Record Identifier

74VvGdyLL7ey

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGdyLL7ey

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ISBN

0500284709 (pbk.)

9780500341728

0500341729

9780500284704 (pbk.)

DDC

720.108

724.603

MMS ID

991012509579702626

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