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How long does it take to read Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture?

Virginia McLeod

Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture by Virginia McLeod takes about 4 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 24 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2007. 240 pages, about 66,000 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 7 hours 20 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 24 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 45 minutes

The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Architectural detailing makes a building unique, and an architect outstanding. Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in the development of contemporary residential architecture, providing a study of the emerging trends in detailing in recent years. Featuring many of the world's most highly acclaimed architects, the book presents over 50 recently completed houses, organized into six chapters defined by the key construction material: concrete, glass, masonry, steel, timber and alternative materials." "Each house is presented with colour photographs, plans of every floor, sections, elevations and axonometrics as well as numerous construction details. There is also a descriptive text and detailed captions. The houses are presented in clear and concise layouts over four pages and an accompanying CD-ROM contains all the drawings as printed in the book." "Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture is an excellent reference work for architects, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers, interior designers and other professionals. It is also invaluable for architecture and design students, for whom it will be a resource not only for understanding the work of the best contemporary architects, but also as a tool for their own design work."--Jacket.

Subjects: Architecture, details, Architecture, domestic, Domestic Architecture, Designs and plans, Architecture, Details

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