A history of building types

Resource Information

The work A history of building types represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A history of building types

Statement of responsibility

Nikolaus Pevsner

Creator

• Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983

Subject

• Public architecture -- History
• Public buildings

Language

eng

Summary

Available again in paperback, this first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. Here Nikolaus Pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society. He describes twenty types of buildings ranging from the most monumental to the least, from the most ideal to the most utilitarian. More than seven hundred illustrations illuminate the text. Both Europe and America have been covered with examples chosen largely from the nineteenth century, the crucial period for diversification. Included are national monuments, libraries, theaters, hospitals, prisons, factories, hotels, and many other public buildings; churches and private dwellings have been excluded for practical reasons. The author is concerned not only with the evolution of each type in response to social and architectural change, but also with differing attitudes toward function, materials, and style

Member of

• A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts
• Bollingen series

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

725/.09

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

NA4170

LC item number

.P48 1976

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

• A. W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts
• Bollingen series

Series volume

• 19
• 35