A chronology of architecture Book : a cultural timeline from stone circles to skyscrapers / John Zukowsky.

By:

Zukowsky, John, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 271 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 26 cmISBN:

9780500343562 (hardback)

DDC classification:

720.9 23

Other classification:

720.9

Summary: Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius defined architecture’s characteristics to include firmitas, utilitas, and venustas?essentially, structural integrity, usefulness, and beauty. Amazingly, all three Vitruvian characteristics can be found one way or another in most buildings and constructions from antiquity through the present.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor	Books	720.9 ZUK-C 61113 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		10001000061113

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Includes index.

Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius defined architecture’s characteristics to include firmitas, utilitas, and venustas?essentially, structural integrity, usefulness, and beauty. Amazingly, all three Vitruvian characteristics can be found one way or another in most buildings and constructions from antiquity through the present.

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