Architecture: A Visual History - Couverture rigide

Glancey, Jonathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0241288436 ISBN 13 : 9780241288436

Editeur : DK, 2017

Synopsis

Telling the story of the world's most incredible buildings, from the ancient world to the present day, this book offers a comprehensive and worldwide look at historical and contemporary building

Take a closer look at the beautiful details, principal elements, and decorative features of every architectural style, from the Giza Pyramids and the Colosseum to the Sydney Opera House and the Gherkin and Burj Khalifa. Architecture offers a truly worldwide look at historical and contemporary building, with breathtaking photography, intriguing cross-sections, and unique, specially-commissioned CGI artworks.

Now fully updated, this stunning new edition covers contemporary architecture and green buildings, including the Gherkin and the London Ark with incredible new photography to transport you to the most interesting and iconic buildings on earth.

Previous edition ISBN 9781405310291

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

With over 500 images and 13 specially commissioned 3-D artworks identifying key structural and aesthetic features, this is a visual tour covering more than 350 of the world's greatest buildings of architectural styles.

Take a spectacular tour of the world's architecture—from ancient stupas to modern high-tech skyscrapers to today's green buildings in Architecture. From the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt to the Parthenon in Greece, from the White House in Washington, DC, to Bhurj Khalifa in Dubai and beyond, this visual worldwide survey of architecture offers close-up detailed photographic references to the vocabulary of each period, plus principal elements and decorated features.

Presented in a die-cut slipcase, it is the perfect gift for anyone interested architecture and engineering.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DK
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241288436
• ISBN 13: 9780241288436
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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