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Author : Henry J. Cowan,Ruth Greenstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1740895800
"... features 100 examples of architecture ..."--Inside flap.
Author : Henry J. Cowan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PSU:000061615977
A tour of one hundred examples of the world's finest archtecture--including palaces, bridges, skyscrapers, and stadiums.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : OCLC:219695417
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : OCLC:1035095914
Author : Neil Stevenson
Publisher : Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1552091813
Discover the styles, esthetics and purpose of architecture in full historical context as you view the world's most groundbreaking buildings in full colour.
Author : James Crawford
Publisher : Picador
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781250118301
An inviting, fascinating compendium of twenty-one of history's most famous lost places, from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers Buildings are more like us than we realize. They can be born into wealth or poverty, enjoying every privilege or struggling to make ends meet. They have parents—gods, kings and emperors, governments, visionaries and madmen—as well as friends and enemies. They have duties and responsibilities. They can endure crises of faith and purpose. They can succeed or fail. They can live. And, sooner or later, they die. In Fallen Glory, James Crawford uncovers the biographies of some of the world’s most fascinating lost and ruined buildings, from the dawn of civilization to the cyber era. The lives of these iconic structures are packed with drama and intrigue. Soap operas on the grandest scale, they feature war and religion, politics and art, love and betrayal, catastrophe and hope. Frequently their afterlives have been no less dramatic—their memories used and abused down the millennia for purposes both sacred and profane. They provide the stage for a startling array of characters, including Gilgamesh, the Cretan Minotaur, Agamemnon, Nefertiti, Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, Catherine the Great, Adolf Hitler, and even Bruce Springsteen. The twenty-one structures Crawford focuses on include The Tower of Babel, The Temple of Jerusalem, The Library of Alexandria, The Bastille, Kowloon Walled City, the Berlin Wall, and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Ranging from the deserts of Iraq, the banks of the Nile and the cloud forests of Peru, to the great cities of Jerusalem, Istanbul, Paris, Rome, London and New York, Fallen Glory is a unique guide to a world of vanished architecture. And, by picking through the fragments of our past, it asks what history’s scattered ruins can tell us about our own future.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1740896076
Author : Philip Wilkinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781471166426
A skyscraper one mile high, a dome covering most of downtown Manhattan, a triumphal arch in the form of an elephant: some of the most exciting buildings in the history of architecture are the ones that never got built. These are the projects in which architects took materials to the limits, explored challenging new ideas, defied conventions, and pointed the way towards the future. Some of them are architectural masterpieces, some simply delightful flights of fancy. It was not usually poor design that stymied them – politics, inadequate funding, or a client who chose a ‘safe’ option rather than a daring vision were all things that could stop a project leaving the drawing board. These unbuilt buildings include the grand projects that acted as architectural calling cards, experimental designs that stretch technology, visions for the future of the city, and articles of architectural faith. Structures likeBuckminster Fuller’s dome over New York or Frank Lloyd Wright’s mile-high tower can seem impossibly daring. But they also point to buildings that came decades later, to the Eden Project and the Shard. Some of those unbuilt wonders are buildings of great beauty and individual form like Etienne-Louis Boullée’s enormous spherical monument to Isaac Newton; some, such as the city plans of Le Corbusier, seem to want to teach us how to live; some, like El Lissitsky’s ‘horizontal skyscrapers’ and Gaudí’s curvaceous New York hotel, turn architectural convention upside-down; some, such as Archigram’s Walking City and Plug-in City, are bizarre and inspiring by turns. All are captured in this magnificently illustrated book.
Author : Glen Williams
Publisher : New Holland Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : Architects
ISBN : 1921580496
Record-breaking, beautiful, unique or simply amazing - these are the worlds' most famous structures and the story behind their design and construction . Cool, quirky, fun or astounding facts about these fabulous buildings and the Wonders of the World and the architecture and engineering behind them. Perfect for home schooling and projects, this beautifully illustrated and informative book, displays the best in architecture and engineering.
Author : D. M. Field
Publisher : Chartwell
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PSU:000066839088
Our landscape format Encyclopedia series in the 12 x 9 1/4 trim size have been so popular that we have created a more portable format for those who are interested in a smaller paperback edition. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color. A great value and perfectly sized for gift giving.
Author : Jonathan Glancey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780756644826
Explore the world''s greatest buildings! Architecture is filled with amazing illustrations and photographs that take you to the heart of the world''s landmark buildings. Get the opportunity to look beyond the facade. Examine materials and technology that shape buildings, and identify thekey elements and decorative features of each architectural style. This is the best definitive visual guide on architecture; it covers 5,000 years of architectural design, style, and construction from airports to ziggurats. Dissects architectural wonders inside and out Includes palaces, great temples, cathedrals and towering modern skyscrapers
Author : Paul Cattermole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PSU:000066035145
A chronological survey of 500 great buildings, from Turkish prehistoric cave dwellings to a 21st century Tokyo store. Each building includes a photograph, but the top 50 selections are double spreads. Captions provide specifications and brief history.
Author : Charles Jencks
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015062576106
"A new type of achitecture has emerged in the last decade : the iconic landmark building, which challenges the traditional architectural monument. In the past, public buildings expressed shared meaning through well-known conventions. Today those conventions are superceded by commercial forces and the quest for instant fame. Public architecture is now required to be an amazing piece of surreal sculpture as well as something that appeals to a diverse audience - at once provocative and practical yet without the context that religion and ideaology once provided. Such contrary demands drive the architect toward a new convention : the enigmatic signifier. This curious sign suggests many meanings without naming of them. The most publized version of the genre, Frank Gehry's New Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, 1997, became an instant media event that forces other architects to design event buildings routinely. This 'Bilbao effect' has led to a series of landmark buildings by architects such as Norman Foster, Peter Eisenman, Enric Miralles, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, Renzo Piano, Will Alsop, and Rem Koolhaas. Some of these buildings are successful creations, while others make us wince." -- book jacket.
Author : Paolo Donati,Philip Wilkinson,Studio Illibill
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0590746081
Provides the reader with glimpses inside twenty-one famous buildings from around the world.
Author : Peter Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1908714875
A truly inclusive celebration of architecture around the world and across the ages.
