{"product_id":"detailing-worlds-eric-bellin-9781350204416","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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Bellin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350204412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350204416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.00d","brand":"Eric Bellin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137193554175,"sku":"9781350204416","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc57380c-5078-4827-8d51-76be2486543f.jpg?v=1770167183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/detailing-worlds-eric-bellin-9781350204416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}