ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE
500 Iconic Buildings
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Description:
A magnificent collection of the world's greatest buildings, ancient and modern.
Architectural Excellence is organized chronologically and serves as a visual lesson in architecture through the ages. The buildings featured come from all over the world and include centers of worship, public buildings, places of business and homes. Each building includes a photograph, with a double-page spread for the top 50 selections. Captions provide specifications and brief histories.
Beginning with a prehistoric cave dwelling in Turkey and continuing to the 21st century, this magnificent book shows buildings that reflect human imagination, engineering skill and determination. Many are familiar-the Parthenon, St. Basil's Cathedral, Grand Central Station. Others are equally significant but lesser known.
Examples include:
Great Stupa in Sanchi, India, c. 200 BC, Buddhist
Caernarfon Castle in Wales, 1339, Medieval
Novodevichi Convent in Moscow, c. 1500, Byzantine /Kievan
Zwinger Palace in Dresden, 1722, Rococo
Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario, 1837, Victorian military
The Monadnock Building in Chicago, 1891, Richardsonian
Courts of Justice in Chandigarh, India, 1956, Modernist
Price House in Corona de Mar, California, 1989, Organic
Maison Hermes, Flagship Store in Tokyo, 2001, High-tech.
Details:
- Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
- Subject Development: History
- Dewey: 720
- Pages: 512
- Published Date: Fri 12 Sep 2008
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