Autore	Ching Francis D. K. <1943->
Edizione	[Fifth edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (451 p.)
Collana	Building Codes Illustrated
Soggetto topico	Standards, Engineering Buildings
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-119-15094-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Building Codes ILLUSTRATED; Contents; Preface; 1 Building Codes; History and Precedents; Model Codes; Federal and National codes; State and Local Codes; Other Codes and Standards; Legal Basis for Codes; The Future for Code Development; 2 Navigating the Code; Intent and Interpretation; Using the Code; Code Components; Code Analysis; 3 Use and Occupancy; Occupancy Classification; Occupancy Groups; 4 Special Uses and Occupancies; special Uses and Occupancies; Covered and Open Mall Buildings; High-Rise Buildings; Atriums; Motor-Vehicle-Related Occupancies; Group I-2 Occupancies; Live-Work Units Health Care ClinicsAmbulatory Care Facilities; 5 Building Heights and Areas; Definitions; Exceptions to Building Height and Area Limitations; Building Height and Area Limitations; Allowable Building Heights; Mezzanines; Allowable Building Heights and Areas; Area Modifications; Building Height and Area Calculation Procedure; Unlimited-Area Buildings; Mixed Use and Occupancy; Special Provisions; 6 Types of Construction; Types of Construction; Construction Classification; Passive Fire Protection; Table 601; Table 602; Types I and II Construction; Type III Construction; Type IV Construction Type V Construction7 Fire-Resistive Construction; Fire-Resistive Construction; Fire-Resistance Ratings; Fire-Resistance of Structural members; Exterior Walls; Fire Walls; Fire Barriers; Fire Partitions; Smoke Barriers and Horizontal Assemblies; Fire Resistance of Interior Walls; Vertical Openings; Shaft Enclosures; Penetrations and Joint Systems; Opening Protectives; Ducts and Air Transfer Openings; Concealed Spaces; Plaster and Thermal- and Sound-Insulating Materials; Prescriptive Fire-Resistances; Calculated Fire-Resistances; 8 Interior Finishes; Wall and Ceiling Finishes Interior Floor FinishesDecorations and Trim; Acoustical Ceiling Systems; 9 Fire-Protection Systems; Fire-Protection Systems; Fire-Protection Systems; Automatic Sprinkler Systems; Standpipe Systems; Portable Fire Extinguishers; Fire-Alarm and Detection Systems; Smoke-Control Systems; Smoke and Heat Removal; 10 Means of Egress; Means of Egress; Egress Components; General Egress Requirements; Exit Access; Exit-Access Design Requirements; Exits; Exit Design Requirements; Exit Discharge; Exit-Discharge Design Requirements; Assembly Egress; Aisle Accessways; Emergency Escape; 11 Accessibility Designing for AccessibilityAmericans with Disabilities Act; Definitions; Scoping Requirements; Accessible Routes; Accessible Entrances; Parking and Passenger Loading Facilities; Dwelling Units and Sleeping Units; Special Occupancies; Other Features and Facilities; Signage; Supplementary Accessibility Requirements; 12 Interior Environment; Ventilation; Lighting; Yards or Courts; Sound Transmission; Interior Space Dimensions; Access and Materials; 13 Energy Efficiency; 14 Exterior Walls; Exterior-Wall Envelope; Performance Requirements; Wall Materials; Installation of Wall Coverings Combustible Materials on the Exterior Side of Exterior Walls
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910466327203321

Autore	Ching Francis D. K. <1943->
Edizione	[Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	xiii, 850 p. : col. ill., maps (some col.) ; ; 29 cm
Disciplina	720.9
Soggetto topico	Architecture - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-98161-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- A Global History of Architecture -- Contents -- Preface -- 3500 bce -- Ritual Centers -- Beginnings of China's Civilizations -- Niuheliang Ritual Center -- Mehrgarh and Early Indus Settlements -- The Village Networks of Mesopotamia and the Balkans -- Catal Hüyük -- Tell es-Sawwan -- Eridu and Uruk -- Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt -- European Developments -- Newgrange -- Carnac -- 2500 bce -- The Indus Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Margiana -- Early Empires of Mesopotamia -- Ziggurat at Ur -- Egypt: The Old Kingdom -- Pyramids at Giza -- Valley Temple of Khafre -- Architecture and Food -- Stonehenge -- Megalithic Temples of Malta -- The First Civilizations of South America -- Caral -- 1500 bce -- The Minoans and Knossos -- Egypt: The New Kingdom -- Waset (Thebes) -- Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut -- Temple of Luxor -- Abu Simbel -- Egyptian Columns -- Egyptian Design Methods -- Hittite Empire -- Hattusas -- Mycenaean Civilization -- Treasury of Atreus -- Poverty Point -- Shang Dynasty, China -- Civilization of the High Andes -- 800 bce -- The Olmecs -- San Lorenzo and La Venta -- Chavín de Huántar -- The Iron Age -- The Etruscans -- Etruscan Religion -- Etruscan Temples -- Greece: The Geometric Period -- Emergence of the Greek Temple Form -- Temple of Poseidon -- Kingdom of Kush -- Saba/Sa'abia -- Temple of Solomon -- Zhou Dynasty, China -- The Ritual Complex -- The Aryan Invasion and Varanasi -- Neo-Assyrian Empire -- Babylon -- 400 bce -- The Achaemenid Empire -- Pasargadae and Persepolis -- Greece and the Mediterranean -- The Greek Temple -- Athens -- The Parthenon -- Erechtheum -- Ionic Order -- Telesterion at Eleusis -- Delphi -- Temple of Apollo at Delphi -- The Hellenistic Age -- Delos -- Priene -- Pergamon -- Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos -- Temple of Apollo at Didyma -- Ptolemies -- Temple of Horus.; Mauryan Dynasty and Early Buddhism -- Barabar Hills Caves -- China: The Warring States Period -- Xianyang Palace -- Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi -- 0 -- The Founding of Rome -- Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste -- The Roman Urban Villa -- Republican Tombs -- Bibracte -- Augustan Rome -- Forum of Augustus -- Tholoi Tombs -- Vitruvius -- Corinthian Capitals -- Post-Augustan Rome -- Palace of Domitian -- The Colosseum -- The Imperial Forums -- Rock-Cut Tombs -- Petra -- Northern Palace at Masada -- Taxila: The Gandharan Cosmopolis -- Qin Dynasty, China -- Tomb of the First Emperor -- Great Wall of China -- Development of Mahayana Buddhism -- Sanchi Complex -- Abhayagiri Vihara -- Junnar Caves -- The Maya -- Shaft Tombs of Teuchitlán -- Nakbe -- El Mirador -- 200 ce -- Roman Empire -- Ephesus -- Miletus -- The Roman Theater -- The Pantheon -- Hadrian's Villa -- Roman Vertical Surface -- Roman Baths -- Diocletian's Palace -- Baalbek -- The Parthian Empire -- Aksum -- Amaravati Stupa -- Caitya Hall at Karli -- Anuradhapura -- Han Dynasty China -- Mingtang-Biyong Ritual Complex -- Teotihuacán -- Temple of the Feathered Serpent -- Moche and Nazca Civilizations -- Nazca Lines -- North Amazon Societies -- Ohio's Hopewell Mounds -- 400 ce -- Ajanta Caves -- Establishment of Chinese and Central Asian Buddhism -- Mogao Caves -- Yungang Caves -- Kushans of Bamiyan -- The Sassanian Empire -- Zoroastrian Fire Temples -- Hindu Renaissance -- Mahabodhi Temple -- Sigiriya -- The Pyu, Mon, and Funan -- Emergence of Christianity -- Martyria -- St. Peter's in Rome -- First Baptisteries -- Post-Constantinian Age -- Tomb of Theodoric the Great -- Kofun Period: Japan -- Zapotecs of Oaxaca -- Monte Albán -- 600 ce -- Age of Justinian -- Hagia Sophia -- Byzantine Capitals -- Armenian Architecture -- St. Hripsime -- Zvartnots Cathedral -- Vishnu Deogarh and Elephanta -- The Five Rathas.; Shore Temple at Mamallapuram -- Southeast Asia -- My Son -- Sui and T'ang Dynasties -- Daxing (Chang'an) -- Daming Palace -- Songyue Temple Ta -- Nara Period: Japan -- Ise Jingu -- Horyu-ji -- 800 ce -- Rise of Islam -- Umayyad Mosque -- Baghdad -- Great Mosque of Samarra -- Great Mosque of Córdoba -- Dome of the Rock -- Mahaviharas at Nalanda -- Rajasimhesvara and Virupaksha Temples -- Kailasnath at Ellora -- Samye, Tibet -- Indonesia at a Crossroads -- Borobudur -- Hindu Kingdoms of Cambodia -- Hariharalaya -- Mahendraparvata (Mt. Meru) -- Siem Reap (Ganges River) -- Indratataka (Sea of Indra) -- Bakong -- Korean Buddhism -- Foguang Monastery -- Europe and the Carolingians -- Plan of St. Gall -- St. Riquier -- Palatine Chapel -- Tikal -- Mayan City-States -- Copán -- Tiwanaku -- Quirigua -- Guayabo -- 1000 ce -- Mayan Uxmal -- Cahokia -- Serpent Mound -- Pueblo Bonito -- Seljuk Turks -- Sultan Han -- Great Mosque of Isfahan -- First Madrasas -- Muqarnas -- The Fatimids -- Rise of the Rajput Kingdoms -- Rani-ni-Vav at Patan -- Sun Temple at Modhera -- Chandellas -- Khandariya Mahadeva Temple -- Tantrism -- Vastu-Shastras -- Orissa and Lingaraja Temple -- Jains -- Jain Temples at Mt. Abu -- Cholamandalam -- Dakshinameru (Rajarajeshwara Temple) -- Polonnaruwa -- Song Dynasty China -- Sage Mother Hall -- The Iron Pagoda -- Liao Dynasty -- Mu-ta -- Dulesi Monastery -- Pure Land Buddhism -- Byzantine Revival -- Kievan Russia -- Armenia -- Sanahin Complex -- Ottonian Germany -- Speyer Cathedral -- The Normans -- Durham Cathedral -- Canterbury Cathedral -- Cefalù Cathedral -- Pilgrimage Churches -- Tuscany -- Cathedral of Pisa -- Baptistery of Parma -- 1200 ce -- Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat) -- Angkor Thom and Preah Khan -- Kingdom of Pagan -- Sanju-sangen-do -- Itsukushima Shrine -- Southern Song Dynasty -- Yingzhao Fashi -- Mongol Empire.; Yuan Dynasty China -- Delhi -- Tughlaqabad -- Quwwat-ul-Islam -- Africa -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Lalibela -- Great Zimbabwe -- Mosques of Mali -- Fontenay Abbey -- Medieval Scandinavia -- Europe: The High Middle Ages -- Cathedral Design -- Amiens and Bourges Cathedrals -- Notre-Dame of Reims -- Exeter Cathedral -- Italian Town Halls -- Siena -- Mendicant Orders -- Nasrid Sultanate and the Alhambra -- Toltec Empire -- Chichén Itzá -- 1400 ce -- The Americas -- Hopis -- New England Societies -- Tenochtitlán -- Incas -- Machu Picchu -- Republic of Venice -- Ottoman Empire -- Beyazit Medical Complex -- Topkapi Palace -- Italian Renaissance -- Cathedral of Florence -- Florentine Loggias -- San Lorenzo -- Medici Palace -- Rucellai Palace -- Sant'Andrea at Mantua -- Villa Medici -- Tempietto of San Pietro -- French Châteaux -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Mausoleum Complex of Sultan Qaitbay -- Timurid Dynasty -- Deccan Sultanates -- Pandua -- Jami Masjid of Ahmedabad -- Friday Mosque of Gulbarga -- Ming Dynasty China -- Forbidden City -- Mt. Wudang -- Temple of Heaven -- Dabao-en Temple, or the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing -- Joseon Dynasty -- Muromachi Japan -- Kinkakuji -- Ginkakuji -- Ayutthaya -- 1600 ce -- Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc -- Tokugawa Shogunate -- Nikko Toshogu -- Nijo-jo -- Katsura Rikyu (Katsura Imperial Villa) -- Ming Tombs -- Potala Palace -- Voyages of Zheng He -- Mughals -- Humayun's Tomb -- Fatehpur Sikri -- Buland Darwaza -- Diwan-i-Khas -- Rauza-I-Munavvara (Taj Mahal) -- Vijaynagara -- Bijapur -- Isfahan -- Suleymaniye Complex -- Kremlin's New Churches -- Church of the Ascension -- Dogon of Mali -- Palladio -- Villa Rotonda -- Baroque Italy -- Campidoglio -- St. Peter's Basilica -- Sant'Andrea al Quirinale -- Il Gesù -- Spanish Invasion of America -- Atrios -- Colonial Forts -- Amsterdam -- Amsterdam Town Hall -- Place Royale.; Elizabethan England -- Banqueting House -- Church of Santo Domingo -- Ryoanji -- 1700 ce -- Colonialism -- Haciendas -- New European Colonial Urban Culture -- The Louvre and the Hôtel -- Château de Versailles -- St. Petersburg -- Rationalization and the Age of Reason -- Observatoire de Paris -- Hôtel des Invalides -- Johann Balthasar Neumann and the New Neresheim -- China and the European Enlightenment -- The Gongyuan and the Jinshi -- Stowe Gardens and The Temple of British Worthies -- Sans Souci -- Qing Beijing -- Beihai -- Yuanmingyuan -- Joseon Dynasty of Korea -- Mallas of Nepal -- Kyoto's Odoi and Shimabara -- Edo (Tokyo) -- Nayaks of Madurai -- Jaipur -- Nurosmaniye Mosque, Istanbul -- The Anglican Church -- St. Mary Woolnoth -- Whigs and the Palladian Revival -- Touro Synagogue, Newport -- Shirley Plantation, Virginia -- 1800 ce -- Tash-Khovli -- Jaipur and the End of the Mughal Empire -- Darbar Sahib -- Wat Pra Kaew -- Neoclassicim vs. Romanticism -- Laugier, Rousseau, and the Noble Savage -- St. Geneviève -- Ledoux and Boullée -- Napoleonic Cemeteries -- Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand -- Jeffersonian Neoclassicism -- Monticello -- Washington, DC -- Nationalism -- Altes Museum -- Colonial Calcutta:The Esplanade -- Writers' Building -- St. John's Church -- Government House -- Greek Revival -- Tennessee State Capitol -- Metcalfe Hall -- Industrial Revolution -- Albert Dock -- Panoptic Prisons -- Workhouses -- Shakers -- August Welby Pugin and the English Parliament Building -- Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc -- Architectural Preservation -- Bibliothèque Ste.-Geneviève -- Kanamaru-za -- Qianlong's Universal Vision -- Chengde -- Qingyi Garden -- Synagogues -- 1900 ce -- Public Sector Architecture -- London Law Courts -- Railroad Stations -- The Athenaeum -- National Museums -- World's Fairs -- Global Arts and Crafts Movement.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910466458503321

Autore	Ching Francis D. K. <1943->
Edizione	[Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	720.9
Soggetto topico	Architecture - History
ISBN	1-118-98161-8 1-118-98160-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- A Global History of Architecture -- Contents -- Preface -- 3500 bce -- Ritual Centers -- Beginnings of China's Civilizations -- Niuheliang Ritual Center -- Mehrgarh and Early Indus Settlements -- The Village Networks of Mesopotamia and the Balkans -- Catal Hüyük -- Tell es-Sawwan -- Eridu and Uruk -- Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt -- European Developments -- Newgrange -- Carnac -- 2500 bce -- The Indus Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Margiana -- Early Empires of Mesopotamia -- Ziggurat at Ur -- Egypt: The Old Kingdom -- Pyramids at Giza -- Valley Temple of Khafre -- Architecture and Food -- Stonehenge -- Megalithic Temples of Malta -- The First Civilizations of South America -- Caral -- 1500 bce -- The Minoans and Knossos -- Egypt: The New Kingdom -- Waset (Thebes) -- Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut -- Temple of Luxor -- Abu Simbel -- Egyptian Columns -- Egyptian Design Methods -- Hittite Empire -- Hattusas -- Mycenaean Civilization -- Treasury of Atreus -- Poverty Point -- Shang Dynasty, China -- Civilization of the High Andes -- 800 bce -- The Olmecs -- San Lorenzo and La Venta -- Chavín de Huántar -- The Iron Age -- The Etruscans -- Etruscan Religion -- Etruscan Temples -- Greece: The Geometric Period -- Emergence of the Greek Temple Form -- Temple of Poseidon -- Kingdom of Kush -- Saba/Sa'abia -- Temple of Solomon -- Zhou Dynasty, China -- The Ritual Complex -- The Aryan Invasion and Varanasi -- Neo-Assyrian Empire -- Babylon -- 400 bce -- The Achaemenid Empire -- Pasargadae and Persepolis -- Greece and the Mediterranean -- The Greek Temple -- Athens -- The Parthenon -- Erechtheum -- Ionic Order -- Telesterion at Eleusis -- Delphi -- Temple of Apollo at Delphi -- The Hellenistic Age -- Delos -- Priene -- Pergamon -- Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos -- Temple of Apollo at Didyma -- Ptolemies -- Temple of Horus.; Mauryan Dynasty and Early Buddhism -- Barabar Hills Caves -- China: The Warring States Period -- Xianyang Palace -- Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi -- 0 -- The Founding of Rome -- Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste -- The Roman Urban Villa -- Republican Tombs -- Bibracte -- Augustan Rome -- Forum of Augustus -- Tholoi Tombs -- Vitruvius -- Corinthian Capitals -- Post-Augustan Rome -- Palace of Domitian -- The Colosseum -- The Imperial Forums -- Rock-Cut Tombs -- Petra -- Northern Palace at Masada -- Taxila: The Gandharan Cosmopolis -- Qin Dynasty, China -- Tomb of the First Emperor -- Great Wall of China -- Development of Mahayana Buddhism -- Sanchi Complex -- Abhayagiri Vihara -- Junnar Caves -- The Maya -- Shaft Tombs of Teuchitlán -- Nakbe -- El Mirador -- 200 ce -- Roman Empire -- Ephesus -- Miletus -- The Roman Theater -- The Pantheon -- Hadrian's Villa -- Roman Vertical Surface -- Roman Baths -- Diocletian's Palace -- Baalbek -- The Parthian Empire -- Aksum -- Amaravati Stupa -- Caitya Hall at Karli -- Anuradhapura -- Han Dynasty China -- Mingtang-Biyong Ritual Complex -- Teotihuacán -- Temple of the Feathered Serpent -- Moche and Nazca Civilizations -- Nazca Lines -- North Amazon Societies -- Ohio's Hopewell Mounds -- 400 ce -- Ajanta Caves -- Establishment of Chinese and Central Asian Buddhism -- Mogao Caves -- Yungang Caves -- Kushans of Bamiyan -- The Sassanian Empire -- Zoroastrian Fire Temples -- Hindu Renaissance -- Mahabodhi Temple -- Sigiriya -- The Pyu, Mon, and Funan -- Emergence of Christianity -- Martyria -- St. Peter's in Rome -- First Baptisteries -- Post-Constantinian Age -- Tomb of Theodoric the Great -- Kofun Period: Japan -- Zapotecs of Oaxaca -- Monte Albán -- 600 ce -- Age of Justinian -- Hagia Sophia -- Byzantine Capitals -- Armenian Architecture -- St. Hripsime -- Zvartnots Cathedral -- Vishnu Deogarh and Elephanta -- The Five Rathas.; Shore Temple at Mamallapuram -- Southeast Asia -- My Son -- Sui and T'ang Dynasties -- Daxing (Chang'an) -- Daming Palace -- Songyue Temple Ta -- Nara Period: Japan -- Ise Jingu -- Horyu-ji -- 800 ce -- Rise of Islam -- Umayyad Mosque -- Baghdad -- Great Mosque of Samarra -- Great Mosque of Córdoba -- Dome of the Rock -- Mahaviharas at Nalanda -- Rajasimhesvara and Virupaksha Temples -- Kailasnath at Ellora -- Samye, Tibet -- Indonesia at a Crossroads -- Borobudur -- Hindu Kingdoms of Cambodia -- Hariharalaya -- Mahendraparvata (Mt. Meru) -- Siem Reap (Ganges River) -- Indratataka (Sea of Indra) -- Bakong -- Korean Buddhism -- Foguang Monastery -- Europe and the Carolingians -- Plan of St. Gall -- St. Riquier -- Palatine Chapel -- Tikal -- Mayan City-States -- Copán -- Tiwanaku -- Quirigua -- Guayabo -- 1000 ce -- Mayan Uxmal -- Cahokia -- Serpent Mound -- Pueblo Bonito -- Seljuk Turks -- Sultan Han -- Great Mosque of Isfahan -- First Madrasas -- Muqarnas -- The Fatimids -- Rise of the Rajput Kingdoms -- Rani-ni-Vav at Patan -- Sun Temple at Modhera -- Chandellas -- Khandariya Mahadeva Temple -- Tantrism -- Vastu-Shastras -- Orissa and Lingaraja Temple -- Jains -- Jain Temples at Mt. Abu -- Cholamandalam -- Dakshinameru (Rajarajeshwara Temple) -- Polonnaruwa -- Song Dynasty China -- Sage Mother Hall -- The Iron Pagoda -- Liao Dynasty -- Mu-ta -- Dulesi Monastery -- Pure Land Buddhism -- Byzantine Revival -- Kievan Russia -- Armenia -- Sanahin Complex -- Ottonian Germany -- Speyer Cathedral -- The Normans -- Durham Cathedral -- Canterbury Cathedral -- Cefalù Cathedral -- Pilgrimage Churches -- Tuscany -- Cathedral of Pisa -- Baptistery of Parma -- 1200 ce -- Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat) -- Angkor Thom and Preah Khan -- Kingdom of Pagan -- Sanju-sangen-do -- Itsukushima Shrine -- Southern Song Dynasty -- Yingzhao Fashi -- Mongol Empire.; Yuan Dynasty China -- Delhi -- Tughlaqabad -- Quwwat-ul-Islam -- Africa -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Lalibela -- Great Zimbabwe -- Mosques of Mali -- Fontenay Abbey -- Medieval Scandinavia -- Europe: The High Middle Ages -- Cathedral Design -- Amiens and Bourges Cathedrals -- Notre-Dame of Reims -- Exeter Cathedral -- Italian Town Halls -- Siena -- Mendicant Orders -- Nasrid Sultanate and the Alhambra -- Toltec Empire -- Chichén Itzá -- 1400 ce -- The Americas -- Hopis -- New England Societies -- Tenochtitlán -- Incas -- Machu Picchu -- Republic of Venice -- Ottoman Empire -- Beyazit Medical Complex -- Topkapi Palace -- Italian Renaissance -- Cathedral of Florence -- Florentine Loggias -- San Lorenzo -- Medici Palace -- Rucellai Palace -- Sant'Andrea at Mantua -- Villa Medici -- Tempietto of San Pietro -- French Châteaux -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Mausoleum Complex of Sultan Qaitbay -- Timurid Dynasty -- Deccan Sultanates -- Pandua -- Jami Masjid of Ahmedabad -- Friday Mosque of Gulbarga -- Ming Dynasty China -- Forbidden City -- Mt. Wudang -- Temple of Heaven -- Dabao-en Temple, or the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing -- Joseon Dynasty -- Muromachi Japan -- Kinkakuji -- Ginkakuji -- Ayutthaya -- 1600 ce -- Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc -- Tokugawa Shogunate -- Nikko Toshogu -- Nijo-jo -- Katsura Rikyu (Katsura Imperial Villa) -- Ming Tombs -- Potala Palace -- Voyages of Zheng He -- Mughals -- Humayun's Tomb -- Fatehpur Sikri -- Buland Darwaza -- Diwan-i-Khas -- Rauza-I-Munavvara (Taj Mahal) -- Vijaynagara -- Bijapur -- Isfahan -- Suleymaniye Complex -- Kremlin's New Churches -- Church of the Ascension -- Dogon of Mali -- Palladio -- Villa Rotonda -- Baroque Italy -- Campidoglio -- St. Peter's Basilica -- Sant'Andrea al Quirinale -- Il Gesù -- Spanish Invasion of America -- Atrios -- Colonial Forts -- Amsterdam -- Amsterdam Town Hall -- Place Royale.; Elizabethan England -- Banqueting House -- Church of Santo Domingo -- Ryoanji -- 1700 ce -- Colonialism -- Haciendas -- New European Colonial Urban Culture -- The Louvre and the Hôtel -- Château de Versailles -- St. Petersburg -- Rationalization and the Age of Reason -- Observatoire de Paris -- Hôtel des Invalides -- Johann Balthasar Neumann and the New Neresheim -- China and the European Enlightenment -- The Gongyuan and the Jinshi -- Stowe Gardens and The Temple of British Worthies -- Sans Souci -- Qing Beijing -- Beihai -- Yuanmingyuan -- Joseon Dynasty of Korea -- Mallas of Nepal -- Kyoto's Odoi and Shimabara -- Edo (Tokyo) -- Nayaks of Madurai -- Jaipur -- Nurosmaniye Mosque, Istanbul -- The Anglican Church -- St. Mary Woolnoth -- Whigs and the Palladian Revival -- Touro Synagogue, Newport -- Shirley Plantation, Virginia -- 1800 ce -- Tash-Khovli -- Jaipur and the End of the Mughal Empire -- Darbar Sahib -- Wat Pra Kaew -- Neoclassicim vs. Romanticism -- Laugier, Rousseau, and the Noble Savage -- St. Geneviève -- Ledoux and Boullée -- Napoleonic Cemeteries -- Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand -- Jeffersonian Neoclassicism -- Monticello -- Washington, DC -- Nationalism -- Altes Museum -- Colonial Calcutta:The Esplanade -- Writers' Building -- St. John's Church -- Government House -- Greek Revival -- Tennessee State Capitol -- Metcalfe Hall -- Industrial Revolution -- Albert Dock -- Panoptic Prisons -- Workhouses -- Shakers -- August Welby Pugin and the English Parliament Building -- Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc -- Architectural Preservation -- Bibliothèque Ste.-Geneviève -- Kanamaru-za -- Qianlong's Universal Vision -- Chengde -- Qingyi Garden -- Synagogues -- 1900 ce -- Public Sector Architecture -- London Law Courts -- Railroad Stations -- The Athenaeum -- National Museums -- World's Fairs -- Global Arts and Crafts Movement.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910796073103321

Autore	Ching Francis D. K. <1943->
Edizione	[Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	720.9
Soggetto topico	Architecture - History
ISBN	1-118-98161-8 1-118-98160-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- A Global History of Architecture -- Contents -- Preface -- 3500 bce -- Ritual Centers -- Beginnings of China's Civilizations -- Niuheliang Ritual Center -- Mehrgarh and Early Indus Settlements -- The Village Networks of Mesopotamia and the Balkans -- Catal Hüyük -- Tell es-Sawwan -- Eridu and Uruk -- Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt -- European Developments -- Newgrange -- Carnac -- 2500 bce -- The Indus Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization -- Mohenjo-Daro -- Margiana -- Early Empires of Mesopotamia -- Ziggurat at Ur -- Egypt: The Old Kingdom -- Pyramids at Giza -- Valley Temple of Khafre -- Architecture and Food -- Stonehenge -- Megalithic Temples of Malta -- The First Civilizations of South America -- Caral -- 1500 bce -- The Minoans and Knossos -- Egypt: The New Kingdom -- Waset (Thebes) -- Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut -- Temple of Luxor -- Abu Simbel -- Egyptian Columns -- Egyptian Design Methods -- Hittite Empire -- Hattusas -- Mycenaean Civilization -- Treasury of Atreus -- Poverty Point -- Shang Dynasty, China -- Civilization of the High Andes -- 800 bce -- The Olmecs -- San Lorenzo and La Venta -- Chavín de Huántar -- The Iron Age -- The Etruscans -- Etruscan Religion -- Etruscan Temples -- Greece: The Geometric Period -- Emergence of the Greek Temple Form -- Temple of Poseidon -- Kingdom of Kush -- Saba/Sa'abia -- Temple of Solomon -- Zhou Dynasty, China -- The Ritual Complex -- The Aryan Invasion and Varanasi -- Neo-Assyrian Empire -- Babylon -- 400 bce -- The Achaemenid Empire -- Pasargadae and Persepolis -- Greece and the Mediterranean -- The Greek Temple -- Athens -- The Parthenon -- Erechtheum -- Ionic Order -- Telesterion at Eleusis -- Delphi -- Temple of Apollo at Delphi -- The Hellenistic Age -- Delos -- Priene -- Pergamon -- Sanctuary of Athena at Lindos -- Temple of Apollo at Didyma -- Ptolemies -- Temple of Horus.; Mauryan Dynasty and Early Buddhism -- Barabar Hills Caves -- China: The Warring States Period -- Xianyang Palace -- Tomb of Zeng Hou Yi -- 0 -- The Founding of Rome -- Temple of Fortuna at Praeneste -- The Roman Urban Villa -- Republican Tombs -- Bibracte -- Augustan Rome -- Forum of Augustus -- Tholoi Tombs -- Vitruvius -- Corinthian Capitals -- Post-Augustan Rome -- Palace of Domitian -- The Colosseum -- The Imperial Forums -- Rock-Cut Tombs -- Petra -- Northern Palace at Masada -- Taxila: The Gandharan Cosmopolis -- Qin Dynasty, China -- Tomb of the First Emperor -- Great Wall of China -- Development of Mahayana Buddhism -- Sanchi Complex -- Abhayagiri Vihara -- Junnar Caves -- The Maya -- Shaft Tombs of Teuchitlán -- Nakbe -- El Mirador -- 200 ce -- Roman Empire -- Ephesus -- Miletus -- The Roman Theater -- The Pantheon -- Hadrian's Villa -- Roman Vertical Surface -- Roman Baths -- Diocletian's Palace -- Baalbek -- The Parthian Empire -- Aksum -- Amaravati Stupa -- Caitya Hall at Karli -- Anuradhapura -- Han Dynasty China -- Mingtang-Biyong Ritual Complex -- Teotihuacán -- Temple of the Feathered Serpent -- Moche and Nazca Civilizations -- Nazca Lines -- North Amazon Societies -- Ohio's Hopewell Mounds -- 400 ce -- Ajanta Caves -- Establishment of Chinese and Central Asian Buddhism -- Mogao Caves -- Yungang Caves -- Kushans of Bamiyan -- The Sassanian Empire -- Zoroastrian Fire Temples -- Hindu Renaissance -- Mahabodhi Temple -- Sigiriya -- The Pyu, Mon, and Funan -- Emergence of Christianity -- Martyria -- St. Peter's in Rome -- First Baptisteries -- Post-Constantinian Age -- Tomb of Theodoric the Great -- Kofun Period: Japan -- Zapotecs of Oaxaca -- Monte Albán -- 600 ce -- Age of Justinian -- Hagia Sophia -- Byzantine Capitals -- Armenian Architecture -- St. Hripsime -- Zvartnots Cathedral -- Vishnu Deogarh and Elephanta -- The Five Rathas.; Shore Temple at Mamallapuram -- Southeast Asia -- My Son -- Sui and T'ang Dynasties -- Daxing (Chang'an) -- Daming Palace -- Songyue Temple Ta -- Nara Period: Japan -- Ise Jingu -- Horyu-ji -- 800 ce -- Rise of Islam -- Umayyad Mosque -- Baghdad -- Great Mosque of Samarra -- Great Mosque of Córdoba -- Dome of the Rock -- Mahaviharas at Nalanda -- Rajasimhesvara and Virupaksha Temples -- Kailasnath at Ellora -- Samye, Tibet -- Indonesia at a Crossroads -- Borobudur -- Hindu Kingdoms of Cambodia -- Hariharalaya -- Mahendraparvata (Mt. Meru) -- Siem Reap (Ganges River) -- Indratataka (Sea of Indra) -- Bakong -- Korean Buddhism -- Foguang Monastery -- Europe and the Carolingians -- Plan of St. Gall -- St. Riquier -- Palatine Chapel -- Tikal -- Mayan City-States -- Copán -- Tiwanaku -- Quirigua -- Guayabo -- 1000 ce -- Mayan Uxmal -- Cahokia -- Serpent Mound -- Pueblo Bonito -- Seljuk Turks -- Sultan Han -- Great Mosque of Isfahan -- First Madrasas -- Muqarnas -- The Fatimids -- Rise of the Rajput Kingdoms -- Rani-ni-Vav at Patan -- Sun Temple at Modhera -- Chandellas -- Khandariya Mahadeva Temple -- Tantrism -- Vastu-Shastras -- Orissa and Lingaraja Temple -- Jains -- Jain Temples at Mt. Abu -- Cholamandalam -- Dakshinameru (Rajarajeshwara Temple) -- Polonnaruwa -- Song Dynasty China -- Sage Mother Hall -- The Iron Pagoda -- Liao Dynasty -- Mu-ta -- Dulesi Monastery -- Pure Land Buddhism -- Byzantine Revival -- Kievan Russia -- Armenia -- Sanahin Complex -- Ottonian Germany -- Speyer Cathedral -- The Normans -- Durham Cathedral -- Canterbury Cathedral -- Cefalù Cathedral -- Pilgrimage Churches -- Tuscany -- Cathedral of Pisa -- Baptistery of Parma -- 1200 ce -- Vrah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat) -- Angkor Thom and Preah Khan -- Kingdom of Pagan -- Sanju-sangen-do -- Itsukushima Shrine -- Southern Song Dynasty -- Yingzhao Fashi -- Mongol Empire.; Yuan Dynasty China -- Delhi -- Tughlaqabad -- Quwwat-ul-Islam -- Africa -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Lalibela -- Great Zimbabwe -- Mosques of Mali -- Fontenay Abbey -- Medieval Scandinavia -- Europe: The High Middle Ages -- Cathedral Design -- Amiens and Bourges Cathedrals -- Notre-Dame of Reims -- Exeter Cathedral -- Italian Town Halls -- Siena -- Mendicant Orders -- Nasrid Sultanate and the Alhambra -- Toltec Empire -- Chichén Itzá -- 1400 ce -- The Americas -- Hopis -- New England Societies -- Tenochtitlán -- Incas -- Machu Picchu -- Republic of Venice -- Ottoman Empire -- Beyazit Medical Complex -- Topkapi Palace -- Italian Renaissance -- Cathedral of Florence -- Florentine Loggias -- San Lorenzo -- Medici Palace -- Rucellai Palace -- Sant'Andrea at Mantua -- Villa Medici -- Tempietto of San Pietro -- French Châteaux -- Mamluk Sultanate -- Mausoleum Complex of Sultan Qaitbay -- Timurid Dynasty -- Deccan Sultanates -- Pandua -- Jami Masjid of Ahmedabad -- Friday Mosque of Gulbarga -- Ming Dynasty China -- Forbidden City -- Mt. Wudang -- Temple of Heaven -- Dabao-en Temple, or the Porcelain Tower of Nanjing -- Joseon Dynasty -- Muromachi Japan -- Kinkakuji -- Ginkakuji -- Ayutthaya -- 1600 ce -- Architecture of the Eurasian Power Bloc -- Tokugawa Shogunate -- Nikko Toshogu -- Nijo-jo -- Katsura Rikyu (Katsura Imperial Villa) -- Ming Tombs -- Potala Palace -- Voyages of Zheng He -- Mughals -- Humayun's Tomb -- Fatehpur Sikri -- Buland Darwaza -- Diwan-i-Khas -- Rauza-I-Munavvara (Taj Mahal) -- Vijaynagara -- Bijapur -- Isfahan -- Suleymaniye Complex -- Kremlin's New Churches -- Church of the Ascension -- Dogon of Mali -- Palladio -- Villa Rotonda -- Baroque Italy -- Campidoglio -- St. Peter's Basilica -- Sant'Andrea al Quirinale -- Il Gesù -- Spanish Invasion of America -- Atrios -- Colonial Forts -- Amsterdam -- Amsterdam Town Hall -- Place Royale.; Elizabethan England -- Banqueting House -- Church of Santo Domingo -- Ryoanji -- 1700 ce -- Colonialism -- Haciendas -- New European Colonial Urban Culture -- The Louvre and the Hôtel -- Château de Versailles -- St. Petersburg -- Rationalization and the Age of Reason -- Observatoire de Paris -- Hôtel des Invalides -- Johann Balthasar Neumann and the New Neresheim -- China and the European Enlightenment -- The Gongyuan and the Jinshi -- Stowe Gardens and The Temple of British Worthies -- Sans Souci -- Qing Beijing -- Beihai -- Yuanmingyuan -- Joseon Dynasty of Korea -- Mallas of Nepal -- Kyoto's Odoi and Shimabara -- Edo (Tokyo) -- Nayaks of Madurai -- Jaipur -- Nurosmaniye Mosque, Istanbul -- The Anglican Church -- St. Mary Woolnoth -- Whigs and the Palladian Revival -- Touro Synagogue, Newport -- Shirley Plantation, Virginia -- 1800 ce -- Tash-Khovli -- Jaipur and the End of the Mughal Empire -- Darbar Sahib -- Wat Pra Kaew -- Neoclassicim vs. Romanticism -- Laugier, Rousseau, and the Noble Savage -- St. Geneviève -- Ledoux and Boullée -- Napoleonic Cemeteries -- Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand -- Jeffersonian Neoclassicism -- Monticello -- Washington, DC -- Nationalism -- Altes Museum -- Colonial Calcutta:The Esplanade -- Writers' Building -- St. John's Church -- Government House -- Greek Revival -- Tennessee State Capitol -- Metcalfe Hall -- Industrial Revolution -- Albert Dock -- Panoptic Prisons -- Workhouses -- Shakers -- August Welby Pugin and the English Parliament Building -- Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc -- Architectural Preservation -- Bibliothèque Ste.-Geneviève -- Kanamaru-za -- Qianlong's Universal Vision -- Chengde -- Qingyi Garden -- Synagogues -- 1900 ce -- Public Sector Architecture -- London Law Courts -- Railroad Stations -- The Athenaeum -- National Museums -- World's Fairs -- Global Arts and Crafts Movement.
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