A History of Architecture
by F. Kimball, G.H. Edgell
by F. Kimball, G.H. Edgell
Publisher: Harper & brothers 1918
ISBN/ASIN: 1112228543
Number of pages: 658
ISBN/ASIN: 1112228543
Number of pages: 658
Description:
The attempt has been made to present each style as a thing of growth and change, rather than as a formula based on the monuments of some supposed apogee, with respect to which the later forms have too often been treated as corrupt.
The attempt has been made to present each style as a thing of growth and change, rather than as a formula based on the monuments of some supposed apogee, with respect to which the later forms have too often been treated as corrupt.
http://archive.org/stream/historyofarchite00kimbuoft#page/n3/mode/2up
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture
by John Ruskin
by John Ruskin
Publisher: Project Gutenberg 2011
ISBN/ASIN: 048626145X
Number of pages: 210
ISBN/ASIN: 048626145X
Number of pages: 210
Description:
Book-length essay on architecture by John Ruskin, published in 1849. According to Ruskin, the leading principles of architecture are the 'lamps' of Sacrifice, Truth, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory, and Obedience. The noblest style of architecture was Gothic, but in time medieval architecture had lost the power to resist innovation.
Book-length essay on architecture by John Ruskin, published in 1849. According to Ruskin, the leading principles of architecture are the 'lamps' of Sacrifice, Truth, Power, Beauty, Life, Memory, and Obedience. The noblest style of architecture was Gothic, but in time medieval architecture had lost the power to resist innovation.
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=2085783&pageno=1
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Acoustics And Architecture
by Paul E. Sabine
by Paul E. Sabine
Publisher: McGraw-Hill 1932
ISBN/ASIN: 1443727326
Number of pages: 358
ISBN/ASIN: 1443727326
Number of pages: 358
Description:
Contents: Nature and properties of sound; Sustained sound in an inclosure; Reverberation theoretical; Reverberation experimental; Measurement of absorption coefficients; Sound absorption coefficients of materials; Reverberation and the acoustics of rooms; Acoustics in auditorium design; Measurement and control of noise in buildings; Theory and measurement of sound transmission; Transmission of sound by walls; Machine isolation.
Contents: Nature and properties of sound; Sustained sound in an inclosure; Reverberation theoretical; Reverberation experimental; Measurement of absorption coefficients; Sound absorption coefficients of materials; Reverberation and the acoustics of rooms; Acoustics in auditorium design; Measurement and control of noise in buildings; Theory and measurement of sound transmission; Transmission of sound by walls; Machine isolation.
http://ia600306.us.archive.org/35/items/acousticsandarch031464mbp/acousticsandarch031464mbp.pdf
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