Dictionary of Architecture & Construction
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ISBN: 0070268886 / Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx), January 1993
Defines common and specialized architectural and construction terms and major terms used in such associated fields as structural engineering, urban planning, landscape architecture, and the building trades
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This revised, updated, and expanded dictionary (first edition, 1975) now features 22,500 clear, concise definitions of terms in 77 working areas of architecture and construction. In all, 2,300 terms have been added to this edition, and many which appeared in the first edition have been updated. The first edition was profusely illustrated with marginal drawings. A complete redesign of the dictionary's format has made it possible to present illustrations in a size and with the detail appropriate to them; the number of illustrations has been increased to 2,000. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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