The Theory of Architecture: Concepts, Themes & PracticesThis jargon-free guide to design and architecture theory helps professionals engage in the discourse of where and what architecture is, and has been. |
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... ancient Greeks possessed a critical tradition based primarily around the concepts of idealism and naturalism with which the ancient world came to be viewed during the Renaissance , although other critical principles coexisted with them ...
... ancient Greeks possessed a critical tradition based primarily around the concepts of idealism and naturalism with which the ancient world came to be viewed during the Renaissance , although other critical principles coexisted with them ...
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... ancient Greek and Greco - Roman archi- tecture , according to Hersey ( 1988 ) , was a matter of playing associational games , especially in temples , where the names given to ornament and parts of the building were connected to the ...
... ancient Greek and Greco - Roman archi- tecture , according to Hersey ( 1988 ) , was a matter of playing associational games , especially in temples , where the names given to ornament and parts of the building were connected to the ...
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... ancient Roman planners , by land - owners from time immemorial , and by the professions whose areas of expertise are protected from erosion by other disciplines . The ancient Roman custom was to delimit the boundary by an initial furrow ...
... ancient Roman planners , by land - owners from time immemorial , and by the professions whose areas of expertise are protected from erosion by other disciplines . The ancient Roman custom was to delimit the boundary by an initial furrow ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 | 25 |
B Social Aspects of Theory | 50 |
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