6,000 Years of Housing, Revised and Expanded Edition
6,000 Years of Housing, Revised and Expanded Edition
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Book Description
The fascinating evolution of house forms from the Stone Age to the present. Part architecture, part history, and part anthropology, this encyclopedic book limns the rich story of housing around the world from the pre-urban dwellings of nomadic, semi-nomadic, and sedentary agricultural societies to today. It covers housing around the world and suggests solutions for modern housing problems based on historical precedents. 500 b/w line drawings.
About the Author
The late Norbert Schoenauer was an architect and professor of architecture at McGill University in Montreal.
6,000 Years of Housing, Revised and Expanded Edition,Norbert Schoenauer,W. W. Norton & Company,0393731200,Architecture,Domestic,General,History - General,Residential Buildings Architecture,History of specific subjects,Residential buildings, domestic buildings
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