{"product_id":"detailing-worlds-a-conceptual-history-of-architectural-detail-9781350204379","title":"Detailing Worlds: A Conceptual History of Architectural Detail","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 21st century, the word \"detail\" appears constantly in discussions of building, and we use it in many different ways-yet just over 250 years ago, \"detail\" meant nothing at all particular to the work of architects, engineers, or builders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetailing Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to examine the origins and evolution of \"detail\" as a concept with meanings specific to practices of building. By exploring how past meanings and roles were ascribed to detail in different \"worlds of practice\"-those of academics, technicians, students, engineers, and architects-\u003ci\u003eDetailing Worlds \u003c\/i\u003elooks to the future, illuminating the ways disciplinary knowledge and the concepts on which it is based evolve and change over time. It is a story about how such concepts are slowly but constantly reconceived, redefined, and transformed by individuals as they interact with one another, and how this process is shaped by the ever-changing sociocultural and technological dimensions of the world around us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly illustrated with more than 200 images, including figures from rare texts, archival student drawings, and practitioners' construction documents from the 18th through 20th centuries, \u003ci\u003e Detailing Worlds \u003c\/i\u003eventures to tell the history of a disciplinary-specific idea and offer insights about how we think and speak about the practice of building today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Bellin\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in Architecture at Thomas Jefferson University, USA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298475802898,"sku":"9781350204379","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29252b6b-ffc1-41c3-981c-efa26b1510f3.jpg?v=1747822511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/detailing-worlds-a-conceptual-history-of-architectural-detail-9781350204379","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}