Materials, Form and Architecture
- ISBN-10
- 0300095791
- ISBN-13
- 9780300095791
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 225
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Richard Weston
Description
"First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Laurence King Publishing Ltd, London."--T.p. verso.
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