The Great Builders (Hardback) /anglais - Couverture rigide

Powell, Kenneth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0500251797 ISBN 13 : 9780500251799

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

"The Great Builders" surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth. From churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history. This book, in the same series as "The Great Naturalists" and "The Great Explorers", will appeal to anyone with an interest in architecture, buildings, engineering, urban planning or the history of the built environment.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Contains a wealth of information ... very satisfying'
--Shetland Times

Structurally solid and beautifully decorated with maps, plans and photographs, all presented on a fine matte surface, and illustrating the simple assertion that developments in engineering push the frontiers of architecture. This is a point that cannot be overstated, and underpins every page of this excellent study of architecture's most outstanding exponents. --Burlington Magazine

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0500251797
• ISBN 13: 9780500251799
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304