Reading Architecture

Index

acroteria 9, 35

Adam, Robert 34, 36

adyton 13, 154

aedicules 27, 103, 154

aesthetics and architecture 4, 7, 18, 52, 56, 83, 96, 100, 116, 132, 144

aisles 15, 16, 17, 18, 154, 156

alcoves 108, 154

altarpieces 21, 25, 29, 154

altars 21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 154, 156, 168

altar rails 20, 24, 25, 154, 155

high 17, 21, 24

side 24, 28, 166

aluminium 45, 51, 58, 59, 101

Am Weissenhof,14–20, Weissenhof Settlement, Stuttgart (Mies van der Rohe) 52, 53

amphiprostyle temples 12, 154

antae temples 12, 154

apertures 120–3

Classical 120

Gothic 122–3

see also doors; windows

apses 17, 29, 154

araeostyle intercolumniation 11, 154

arcades 14, 18, 42, 54, 76, 154, 162

arches 61, 72

elements 72

abutments 72, 154

extrados 41, 72, 75, 159

haunches 72, 73, 160

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