Plans, Sections and Elevations

Plans, Sections and Elevations
Author: Richard Weston
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2004
Genre: Architectural design
ISBN: 1856693821

CD-ROM contains: files for all of the plans, sections and elevations included in the book.

Key Houses of the Twentieth Century

Key Houses of the Twentieth Century
Author: Colin Davies
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2006
Genre: Architect-designed houses
ISBN: 9781856694636

Featuring over 100 of the most significant and influential houses of the twentieth century, For each of the houses included there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially drawn for this book and are based on the most up-to-date information and sources.

Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century

Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century
Author: Hilary French
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2008-10-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393732467

A collection of housing designs built over the last hundred years, illustrating innovative approaches. Fourth in the Key series, with newly drawn plans suitable for study in architecture schools, this volume will appeal to students of urban design and planning as well as architecture. Key developments covered include early apartment blocks, the projects of European modernism, high-rise and large-scale schemes, and postmodernism. Exterior and interior photographs show materials, massing, and context. 150 color photographs, 500 line drawings.

Key Buildings of the 20th Century

Key Buildings of the 20th Century
Author: Richard Weston
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393733112

ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE & DESIGN. Featuring more than 100 of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, this book includes both classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas. For each of the buildings included there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate.There is also a concise text explaining the significant architectural features of the building and the influences it shows or generated, together with full-colour images. Cross-references to other buildings in the book highlight the various connections between these key structures.