Cyril M. Harris (1)Critiques
Auteur de Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
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Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture par Cyril M. Harris
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Cultural_Attache | 3 autres critiques | Jul 28, 2018 | With its definitions and fabulous line drawings to illustrate, this book sits on my desk as my go-to reference for all architectural words and concepts.
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Baughns | 3 autres critiques | Dec 1, 2015 | Reading older literary descriptions often send me to the dictionary. When a building or a room is described, writers will use the proper term for a feature, such as an encarpus to describe something. What’s an encarpus? My dictionary says “an ornament on a frieze or capital consisting of festoons (as of fruit or flowers).” What’s a festoon? From the same source, it’s “a decorative chain or strip hanging between two points.” All well and good, but without seeing a picture, how do you know what you’re looking for? Well, in our age, Google is a place to go. But for a one stop resource nothing beats a specialized book on the subject. The Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture was just what I was looking for. The editor, Cyril Harris, had collected thousands of old line drawings from historical books and chosen prime examples to illustrate the details described. It’s a fun book to just to leaf through, as you find something interesting on every page. It’s a great tool for architects, historians, artists, graphic designers and even English professors.
In my personal experience, I’ve already found it useful. A neighbor of mine, a contractor, was expanding a home. At the end of one particularly long day working on the project, he stopped over and we had a chat. He mentioned that he was having trouble with his new roof trusses as the house’s existing ones didn’t match up on each side. This was a particular problem as it was a gambrel roof. Before owing this book, I would have nodded along as if I knew what the heck that was and why it was a problem. But thanks to Cyril Harris, I now know that a gambrel roof is a roof with two pitches on each side, and with the attached illustration know that it’s the typical roof found on an American barn. So just from casually flipping through the book a few times, I’d already learned something that kept me from looking like a fool!½
In my personal experience, I’ve already found it useful. A neighbor of mine, a contractor, was expanding a home. At the end of one particularly long day working on the project, he stopped over and we had a chat. He mentioned that he was having trouble with his new roof trusses as the house’s existing ones didn’t match up on each side. This was a particular problem as it was a gambrel roof. Before owing this book, I would have nodded along as if I knew what the heck that was and why it was a problem. But thanks to Cyril Harris, I now know that a gambrel roof is a roof with two pitches on each side, and with the attached illustration know that it’s the typical roof found on an American barn. So just from casually flipping through the book a few times, I’d already learned something that kept me from looking like a fool!½
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Wolcott37 | 3 autres critiques | Jul 28, 2012 | NA31 .H32 1975 c.1 of 3 (CONT)
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Farella | 2 autres critiques | Mar 30, 2011 | NA31 .H32 1975 c.2 of 3 (CONT)
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Farella | 2 autres critiques | Mar 30, 2011 | NA31 .H32 1975 c.3 of 3 (CONT)
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Farella | 2 autres critiques | Mar 30, 2011 | Useful for getting up to speed on plumbing and fire protection. I used it to prepare for the Architectural Engineering Principals and Practices (AEPE) exam, and heavily referenced it during the exam.
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dmcjacobson | Apr 23, 2010 | Reprint. Orig. publ. as Historic Architecture Sourcebook..
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ME_Dictionary | 3 autres critiques | Mar 20, 2020 | Liens
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