The second part provides a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History, and Space.

The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar-they indicate the ways we think of and live with buildings. The second part provides a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History, and Space.

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The words used when we talk about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar - they indicate the ways we feel about, and live with buildings.

Adrian Forty is a Professor of Architectural History at The Bartlett, the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College .

Adrian Forty is a Professor of Architectural History at The Bartlett, the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London, now retired. He is also the former Programme Director of the masters programme in Architectural History. In 2003, he was awarded the Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in Design Education. One person found this helpful.

The second part is a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History and Space

The second part is a vocabulary of key words, providing rich analyses of critical terms such as Character, Form, History and Space. Each investigation locates a word's modern meaning within a historical framework and theoretical discussion, setting out clearly the term's development and its purpose for architects, historians, philosophers, critics and the 'users' of buildings themselves. The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar - they direct the ways we think of and live with buildings.

Forty's main interest is in architecture's role in societies and cultural contexts. Adrian Forty has written the following books:

Forty's main interest is in architecture's role in societies and cultural contexts. Adrian Forty has written the following books: The Art of Forgetting, e. with Susanne Küchler, Oxford: Berg, 1999 Brazil's Modern Architecture, with Elisabetta Andreoli, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.

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The words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar - they direct the ways we think of and live with buildings.

Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture by Adrian Forty Thames & Hudson, London, 2000 336p. ISBN 0-500-34172-9 Price £2. 0 (hb). he new culture of accommodatio. Words and Buildings: A Vocabulary of Modern Architecture by Adrian Forty Thames & Hudson, London, 2000 336p.