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Gilbert's Living with Art, 6/e
Mark Getlein
Three-Dimensional Media
Architecture

Chapter Outline

STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS IN ARCHITECTURE

  • Load-Bearing Construction
  • Post-and-Lintel
  • Round Arch and Vault
  • Pointed Arch and Vault
  • The Dome
  • Corbelled Arch and Dome
  • Cast-Iron Construction
  • Balloon-Frame Construction
  • Steel-Frame Construction
  • Suspension
  • Reinforced-Concrete Construction
  • Geodesic Domes

PURPOSES OF ARCHITECTURE

  • Two Houses of Worship
  • Two Museums
  • Three Office Buildings
  • Three Dwellings

BEYOND THE BUILDING: ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

  • Design for Learning: Three College Campuses
  • Design for Shopping: The Mall

Artists
R. Buckminster Fuller
Frank Lloyd Wright








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