The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, 5th Edition

By John Fleming, Nikolaus Pevsner, Hugh Honour, et al.

Book Overview

Need a handbook to your architect's business or studies? Struggling with your latest DIY project? Interested in the art of architecture? This classic work, now in its fifth edition, covers every... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670880175
• ISBN13: 9780670880171
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.1" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

a necessity for current architects and architecture students

This book is quite useful throughout your entire career. You can look up words in it like a dictionary or read it like a book just to widen your vocabulary on architecture. By using the exact vocabulary, your speech and writings will sound more professional and convey the message precisely.

An essential for everyone's reference shelf .

From Aalto to Ziggurat, the bounty of information provided in this well illustrated and value priced volume will keep you informed for a very long time. A great general reference of architecture and landscaping for both the student and the home owner alike.