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Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty.

By: Forty, Adrian, 1948-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Worthing : Thames & Hudson ; Littlehampton [distributor], 2004Description: 335 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780500284704 (pbk.) :; 0500284709 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Architecture and philosophy | Language and culture | Architecture -- Terminology | Architecture -- Terminology -- History | Architecture and PlanningDDC classification: 720.1'4 Summary: This exploration of the relationship between architecture and language examines both as complex social practices. Chapters include: language and drawing, gender in architecture, science in architecture and a vocabulary of key words.
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Originally published: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This exploration of the relationship between architecture and language examines both as complex social practices. Chapters include: language and drawing, gender in architecture, science in architecture and a vocabulary of key words.

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