Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture

The scientific principles of building styles, architecture, is experiencing a new wind. As the focus of middle-class life is changing from isolated houses to apartment blocks, the architect is becoming a more important figure. The individual owner could conceptualise his own small house, but the grand structures of today's world need a professional architect. Town planning is now an urgent necessity, particularly in new areas. Artificial towns are being built by commercial houses with parks, schools, hospitals, etc. All this goes to show that architecture is a great profession to aspire for. If you do not know much about architecture or are already doing a course in it, this dictionary will prove immensely useful. You may consult it from time to time or read through it to get to know a subject that has been neglected in our country for long, but can go longer be neglected.