The Gnome King reviewed Rice's Architectural Primer by Matthew Rice
Review of "Rice's Architectural Primer" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I read this book because of a reading challenge I was taking part in where I had to read a book with the word "Rice" in the title. Everything I could find sounded really dull or was a cookery book, then I stumbled across this one and thought "What the hell! sounds better than the others", my library actually had it so I got it out. I never would have bothered with this book if it wasn't for the reading challenge.
Hooray for reading challenges! I loved this book. I've always enjoyed visiting castles and stately homes, now though because of this book I am fully prepared to bore the pants of everybody pointing out keystones, flying buttresses and Gothic Finials.
Rice doesn't bog you down with masses of information and tedious history, each section is about an era, he writes about some of the most popular architects, and each …
I read this book because of a reading challenge I was taking part in where I had to read a book with the word "Rice" in the title. Everything I could find sounded really dull or was a cookery book, then I stumbled across this one and thought "What the hell! sounds better than the others", my library actually had it so I got it out. I never would have bothered with this book if it wasn't for the reading challenge.
Hooray for reading challenges! I loved this book. I've always enjoyed visiting castles and stately homes, now though because of this book I am fully prepared to bore the pants of everybody pointing out keystones, flying buttresses and Gothic Finials.
Rice doesn't bog you down with masses of information and tedious history, each section is about an era, he writes about some of the most popular architects, and each of the styles that were developed and even helpfully puts the important words you need to remember in caps.
The highlight of the book and the main reason everybody should check this out is the illustrations, you can tell Rice has had a great time doing these, they are wonderful, colourful and display the features perfectly.
My one mistake with this book though I got it from the library, I'm gonna have to get myself a copy as at the end of the book Rice has kindly included a list of buildings to visit and their location in the UK.
Give this book a go, I reckon you'll be surprised how much you enjoy it.
Blog review: felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/09/06/rices-architectural-primer-by-matthew-rice/
