An edition of A history of architecture (1985)

A history of architecture

settings and rituals

by Spiro Kostof

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An edition of A history of architecture (1985)

A history of architecture

settings and rituals

by Spiro Kostof

★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
2 Ratings
74 Want to read
4 Currently reading
1 Have read

No mere survey of famous buildings, Kostof's History examines an inclusive spectrum of manmade structures: prehistoric huts and the TVA, the pyramids at Giza and the Rome railway station, the ziggurat and the department store.

Indeed, Kostof considered every building worthy of attention, every structure or shelter a potential source of insight, whether it be the prehistoric hunting camps at Terra Amata, or the caves at Lascaux with their magnificent paintings, or a twenty-story hotel on the Las Vegas strip. The Second Edition features a new concluding chapter, "Designing the Fin-de-Siecle," based on Kostof's last lecture notes and prepared by Castillo, as well as an all-new sixteen-page color section.

Many of the original line drawings by Richard Tobias, as well as some fifty photographs, have also been updated or replaced, for improved clarity.

Publish Date

1985

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Pages

788

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1 History of Architecture: International Second Edition 2009, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, imusti, OUP USA in English 0195399838 9780195399837	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
2 History Of Architecture: Settings And Rituals September 30, 2007, Oxford University Press in English 0195139569 9780195139563	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
3 A history of architecture: settings and rituals 1995, Oxford University Press in English - 2nd ed. / revisions by Greg Castillo. 0195083784 9780195083781	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
4 History of architecture: settings and rituals 1995, Oxford University Press in English - 2Rev.ed / revised by G. Castillo. 0195083792 9780195083798	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
5 A history of architecture: settings and rituals 1985, Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, USA in English 0195034724 9780195034721	aaaa Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
6 A history of architecture: settings and rituals Publisher unknown - 2nd ed. 0195083784 9780195083781	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographies and index.

Published in: New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 720/.9
Library of Congress: NA200 .K65 1985, NA200.K65 1985

The Physical Object

Pagination: 788 p. :
Number of pages: 788

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL2862496M
Internet Archive: historyofarchite0000unse_u4t3
ISBN 10: 0195034724, 0195034732
LCCN: 84025375
OCLC/WorldCat: 11398395
Library Thing: 12060
Goodreads: 3816149; 1359569

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A history of architecture

settings and rituals

by Spiro Kostof