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Matrix produced a range of publications, including the book Making Space: Women and the Man Made Environment (London: Pluto Press, 1984) and two pamphlets funded by the GLC Women's Committee A Job Designing Buildings: For Women Interested in Architecture and Buildings (London: Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative, 1986) and Building for ...
1 Architecture. 2 Places. 3 Latin. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... the plural of pilum, a heavy javelin used in ancient Rome; Other uses
Pilum. The pilum (Latin: [ˈpiːɫʊ̃]; pl.: pila) was a javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. It was generally about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long overall, consisting of an iron shank about 7 mm (0.28 in) in diameter and 600 mm (24 in) long with a pyramidal head, attached to a wooden shaft by either a socket or a flat tang.
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction is a 1977 book on architecture, urban design, and community livability.It was authored by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein of the Center for Environmental Structure of Berkeley, California, with writing credits also to Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel.
Ken Isaacs (7 February 1927 – 8 June 2016), [1] born in Peoria, Illinois, [2] was an American designer.He is known for his creation of a matrix-based modular system to build living structures.
In 1829 he published The Young Builders' General Instructor, followed by Modern Builders' Guide in 1833, The Beauties of Modern Architecture in 1835 and The Architectural Instructor in 1850. His pattern books were influential in spreading his Greek Revival style, which is known as the first major non-British high architectural style in the ...
Hart, Vaughan (2003). ‘“Of little or even no importance to the architect.” On Absent Ideals in Serlio’s Drawings in the Sixth Book on Domestic Architecture’, in The Rise of the Image: Essays on the History of the Illustrated Art Book, Series Title: Histories of Vision, volume one, edited by Rodney Palmer and Thomas Frangenberg, pp.87-104.
Pirnia, a student of traditional Iranian architect, was one of the early architectural historians that developed a modern language to describe Iranian traditional architecture. His most prominent thoughts were later compiled as books and articles; among them “The Principles of Iranian Architecture” and “The Stylistics of Iranian ...