Doors of the World

By Jean-Philippe Lenclos and Dominique Lenclos

Savor a rich and colorful array of doors and doorways around the world, from a sandstone portal in Morocco to a classically austere double-paneled entryway with sculpted lintel on Ile-de-France in Paris to a bamboo-lined aperture in China. Here are Dutch, double-, sliding, and rotating doors, cornices, pediments, door knockers, lintels, and sculpted panels. Charged with a certain mystery--at once enclosing and exposing an interior space--the door is a primal and essential architectural element. Drawing on their extensive travels and years of research conducting site analyses of the chromatic palettes of villages and cities worldwide, Jean-Philippe and Dominique Lenclos show how the diverse proportions, designs, materials, and colors of entryways reflect the geography, traditions, and culture of local habitats.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393731871
• ISBN13: 9780393731873
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: W. W. Norton
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.6" x 6.8"