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Autore |
Smith Albert C., PhD. |
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Titolo |
Architectural model as machine [[electronic resource] /] / Albert C. Smith |
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ISBN |
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1-136-42888-7 |
1-280-96641-6 |
9786610966417 |
0-08-047200-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (179 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Architectural models |
Architectural design |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Architectural Model as Machine A New View of Models from Antiquity to the Present Day; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Define/Divine/Design; CHAPTER 2 The changing mechanism of the scale model; CHAPTER 3 Scale model as machine; CHAPTER 4 Machine as scale model machine; CHAPTER 5 Pandora and the modern scale model machine; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book offers an explanation of why scale models are important to the design process. Albert Smith takes the reader through the history and significance of models in architecture from the magic of the Egyptian scale model to the present day.Through this description of the relationship between architecture and the scale model, Smith demonstrates the most effective process between concept and 'machine', between the idea and the final building. The great value of this book is to reveal the nature of the scale model and to unlock the tremendous po |
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