Architecture for Dummies

Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building's a building and when it's art.Part of Tens includes: Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today-and more.ABOUT THE AUDIENCEGeneral audience: the armchair learner.There has been a substantial increase in adult education in the last few years. 76 million adults participated in adult education activities in 1994-95 versus a rate of 32% in 1990-91 (Amer. Demographics, 1996).Many magazines have features on architecture-most notably the circulation-mammoth Southern Living (2.8 million). Related magazines in this subject area, with circulations: Old House Journal: 152, 000, Architectural Digest: 840, 000; This Old House: to come. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.