Mary Gilliatt's Dictionary of Architecture and Interior Design

by Mary Gilliatt

An acclaimed international interior designer demystifies terms, presented in 12 easy-to-use subject areas.

Genres: Architecture

448 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2004

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did I read this cover to cover? No, but it’s a dictionary. Very interesting and useful information. I will likely check it out again in future.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was teenager, whenever I'd buy a new magazine I'd spend the next two or three days reading it from front to back, back to front, and flipping around randomly until it was safe to say that I could've recited all blurbs or large portions of paragraphs by heart. I offer this anecdote in order to form an analogy. Dictionaries and thesourai don't, for the most part, get read cover to cover, so there's a mild guilt in marking one as read, even if it's been a trusted resource for years. This book is newly gifted to me, and in its short time in my possesion has had my magazine treatment, and it will also, I'm sure, be invaluable to me in the future.

I appreciate that all of this doesn't actually comment on the book itself. Well, dictionaries are very straightforward, and this one is no exception. Still, I am waiting for that perfect coffee table sized repository of architectural and interior design knowledge to find its way to me, or I to it. Probably, the latter, books being inanimate objects and all. In the meantime, Mary Gilliatt's dictionary will do an admirable job of holding its place.