Detailing Worlds

Name: Detailing Worlds
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ISBN: 9781350204416

A Conceptual History of Architectural Detail

Eric Bellin

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English

Bloomsbury Visual Arts
16 April 2026

Architectural structure & design; History of architecture

In 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.

Detailing Worlds 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—Detailing Worlds looks 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.

Richly illustrated with more than 200 images, including figures from rare texts, archival student drawings, and practitioners’ construction documents from the 18th through 20th centuries, Detailing Worlds ventures to tell the history of a disciplinary-specific idea and offer insights about how we think and speak about the practice of building today.

By: Eric Bellin
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 188mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 1.060kg
ISBN: 9781350204416
ISBN 10: 1350204412
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 16 April 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eric Bellin is Assistant Professor in Architecture at Thomas Jefferson University, USA.