MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
02051 a2200289 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
|---|
| control field |
OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
|---|
| control field |
20200130124033.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
180417b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9780500284704 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
|---|
| Transcribing agency |
SPAB |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
|---|
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
720.108 |
| Item number |
FOR-W |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Forty, Adrian |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6623 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
Words and buildings : |
| Remainder of title |
a vocabulary of modern architecture / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Adrian Forty |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
|---|
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Thames & Hudson, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2016. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
335 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
|---|
| General note |
This exploration of the relationship between architecture and language examines both as complex social practices. Six rigorously argued chapters investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, masculine and feminine architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture, and the social properties of architecture. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
|---|
| Formatted contents note |
Preface -- Pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. The language of modernism -- 2. Language and drawing -- 3. On difference: masculine and feminine -- 4. Language metaphors -- 5. 'Spatial mechanics' - scientific metaphors -- 6. 'Dead or alive' - describing 'the social' -- Pt. 2. Character -- Context -- Design -- Flexibility -- Form -- Formal -- Function -- History -- Memory -- Nature -- Order -- Simple -- Space -- Structure -- Transparency -- Truth -- Type -- User -- Bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc |
The book is divided into two parts. The first section consists of six rigorously argued chapters that investigate the language of modernism, language and drawing, 'masculine and feminine' architecture, language metaphors, science in architecture, and the social properties of architecture. The second part is a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History and Space. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
AR |
| 9 (RLIN) |
13006 |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Architecture. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
13007 |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Architecture and philosophy |
| 9 (RLIN) |
24790 |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Architecture |
| General subdivision |
Terminology |
| 9 (RLIN) |
25613 |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Language and culture. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
13008 |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Modern movement (Architecture). |
| 9 (RLIN) |
13009 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
|---|
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
