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title: "How to Read Buildings: A Crash Course in Architecture"
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# How to Read Buildings: A Crash Course in Architecture

**Brand:** carol davidson cragoe
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- **What is this?** How to Read Buildings: A Crash Course in Architecture by carol davidson cragoe
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        			&quot;An ideal book for the traveller, student of architecture or photographer&quot; -- Suite101.com, September 14th 2008
				    	
					
        		
        		
        	
        
        	
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        			This book is a practical primer to looking at architecture and all theelements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes tocolumns and porticos - all facets of buildings are included. Eachchapter takes an architectural element and looks at its variety acrossvarious historical periods and geographical locations. Examples areshown through dozens of fine engravings with extended captions,creating a dip-in read and an effective I-Spy guide. Additionalsections look at the clues offerred by history, geography and religion(with a timeline showing how and where architectural elements have beenintroduced), and at the significance of the ornaments.
				    	
					
        		
        		
        	
        
                
        
        
            
            
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## Customer Reviews

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    How to read buildings
  

*by M***S on 19 November 2013*









  
  
    This is a fantastic book for explaining the different features and styles of buildings throughout the decades and centuries we've lived in them. Using simplified drawings and sketches of well known (and some not so well known but real and existing buildings) the author explains the principles and purpose of the various features.This is more of a text book to dip into when you want to understand a building, not a book to read from cover to cover - although I did halfway through before coming to this conclusion.It is small enough to carry around to refer to as and when you see a building and want to understand better why it's build that way it is.
  


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    Good
  

*by M***Z on 19 August 2019*









  
  
    Good. Fun to read
  


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    Three Stars
  

*by D***N on 13 February 2017*









  
  
    The pages are too small for such a book
  


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