A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

by Francis D. Ching

• ISBN13: 9780471288213
• ISBN10: 0471288217
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This book defines over 5,000 terms relating to architectural design, history, and technology. It is the only dictionary that provides concise, accurate definitions illustrated with finely detailed, hand-rendered drawings, each executed in Mr. Ching's signature style.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(2)
ARCHITECTURE	9	(276)
Arch	12	(3)
Beam	15	(3)
Brick	18	(3)
Building	21	(7)
Cable Structure	28	(2)
Ceiling	30	(2)
Ceramic	32	(3)
Church	35	(3)
Color	38	(2)
Column	40	(2)
Concrete	42	(6)
Construction	48	(4)
Design	52	(8)
Dome	60	(2)
Door	62	(4)
Drawing	66	(8)
Electricity	74	(6)
Elevator	80	(2)
Fastening	82	(5)
Fireplace	87	(1)
Fire Safety	88	(4)
Floor	92	(4)
Force	96	(2)
Fortification	98	(2)
Foundation	100	(4)
Frame	104	(4)
Geometry	108	(4)
Glass	112	(2)
Hardware	114	(3)
Heat	117	(11)
History	128	(8)
House	136	(4)
Joinery	140	(2)
Light	142	(9)
Load	151	(4)
Masonry	155	(6)
Material	161	(5)
Measure	166	(2)
Membrane	168	(1)
Metal	169	(7)
Moisture Control	176	(3)
Order	179	(3)
Ornament	182	(5)
Paint	187	(1)
Plaster	188	(4)
Plastic	192	(2)
Plate	194	(2)
Plumbing	196	(6)
Reinforced Concrete	202	(6)
Roof	208	(8)
Room	216	(3)
Shell	219	(2)
Sitework	221	(3)
Soil	224	(2)
Solar Energy	226	(2)
Sound	228	(5)
Stair	233	(3)
Stone	236	(2)
Structure	238	(8)
Survey	246	(2)
Temple	248	(8)
Theater	256	(3)
Truss	259	(3)
Vault	262	(2)
Vision	264	(2)
Wall	266	(5)
Window	271	(5)
Wood	276	(9)
Index	285