The Shapes of Structure
Many factors determine the shape of building - not, as may be generally supposed, mostly arising from close attention to the provision of its utilities. This stimulating and unusual introduction to architecture suggests a new taxonomy of buildings, grouping them according to their basic shapes. Thes...
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Oxford University Press
1976
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