书 名：A Treatise on Civil Architecture / 论民用建筑学

作 者：William Chambers

出 版：Bokf?rlaget Stolpe ，2023

装 帧：精装，85页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：36*55.5 cm

威廉·钱伯斯爵士（1722-1796）是一位有着非凡经历的瑞典裔英国建筑师。他设计了富有想象力的城堡建筑和豪华的内饰，同时也设计了简洁而理性的实用建筑。他在瑞典长大后，主要在英国工作，并成为了乔治三世国王的宠臣。但他一生都强调自己的瑞典背景，并且也在瑞典设计过建筑。《论民用建筑学》是一本建筑学手册，钱伯斯在书中希望以一种教学的方式阐述建筑艺术的基本原理。即便在今天，它仍以其简洁的文字和精美的插图，详尽地展示了不同类型建筑及其功能的细节和概览，是古典建筑奥秘的绝佳指南。

Sir William Chambers (1722-96) was a Swedish-British architect with an unusual track record. He designed imaginative castle buildings and luxurious interiors as well as simple and rational utilitarian architecture. After growing up in Sweden, he worked mostly in England, where he became a favorite of King George III. But throughout his life he emphasized his Swedish background and also designed buildings in Sweden. A Treatise on Civil Architecture is a handbook in architecture, where Chambers wanted to explain the basics of the art of building in a pedagogical way. Even today it serves as an excellent guide to the secrets of classical architecture with concise texts and beautiful plates with both details and overviews of different building types and their functions.