How to read architecture

Do you know what a fialla or architrave is? Find out much more in Owen Hopkins' new publication.

This book takes you on a pictorial tour of the buildings around us. It describes all the visible elements of the buildings that surround us in more than 500 photographs or pen drawings. In the original dictionary you will find architectural terms in both Czech and English.

It covers all the key concepts - from cathedrals to skyscrapers and from antiquity to the present day. Each of the terms has a brief description. Unlike other architecture dictionaries, you don't need to know the element you are looking for in advance.