Architects Makes Zigzags
Architects make zigzags – and they also design brackets, columns, dormers, eaves, facades, gables, houses, ironworks and all the other architectural delights to be found inside this book. Artist Roxie Munro has created a wonderful, whimsical tour through the architectural alpahbet. Her drawings show 26 of the most common features of buildings and neighborhoods and give a tantalizing glimpse into 300 years of American architecture from coast to coast. Follow her eye up to locate unusual curlicues on a seaside balcony and gaze down to see the intricate plantings that welcomed George Washington to Mount Vernon. This look at architecture from A to Z explains some everyday terms and introduces some less familiar words – do you know jigsaw work, newel posts and quoins are? Munro makes architecture fun for building lovers of all ages and provides a starting point for endless architectural explorations close to home.
Pages: 64 Pages
Writer: Diane Maddex
I picked this book up thinking it might have some information for someone just looking at architecture from a historical perspective. At first glance this would be a good book as it describes different types of ways and architect would design a building. From it having columns to gables. The book has 26 terms in it, one for each letter in the alphabet. Each letter is associated with a word and then a short description and a drawing as an example. The drawings are all art work mostly of historic buildings around the country. The description is mostly a definition of the word and does not provide much information. It also has some filler words such as yard and roof. I didn’t really need a short description of what a roof or yard was but if you did it is right here. Overall this is a pretty thin book that is even thinner on information. It is a 26 word description of terms used by an architect. The good news is that at 64 pages you really don’t have to invest much more than 15 minutes to be able to read this book cover to cover.