A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

This compendium uses a combination of textual definitions and hundreds of superb line drawings to illuminate a comprehensive body of essential architecture terms, including important interrelationships between building and components. Grouped by themes, all terms have their visual complement and can be readily accessed in a number of different ways.

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