Author: Henry J. Cowan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781740895804
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"... features 100 examples of architecture ..."--Inside flap.
The World's Greatest Buildings
Author: Henry J. Cowan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781740895804
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"... features 100 examples of architecture ..."--Inside flap.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781740895804
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"... features 100 examples of architecture ..."--Inside flap.
Architecture
Author: Neil Stevenson
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552091814
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Discover the styles, esthetics and purpose of architecture in full historical context as you view the world's most groundbreaking buildings in full colour.
Publisher: Willowdale, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN: 9781552091814
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Discover the styles, esthetics and purpose of architecture in full historical context as you view the world's most groundbreaking buildings in full colour.
Iconic Buildings
Author: Studio Esinam
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0789327708
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This charmingly illustrated volume showcases iconic structures from the world’s most important and most architecturally interesting cities—sure to appeal to amateur enthusiasts, aspiring architects, and even professionals. This book presents unique visual profiles of the most iconic buildings in the world, from twenty-five of the most important and most visited cities. Featuring remarkably detailed line drawings elegantly rendered in black and white, these captivating artworks and the accompanying text help the reader learn each structure’s history and understand what makes them so visually and culturally iconic. With the aim of exploring and communicating the deeper qualities of architecture by looking at it from new angles and presenting it in fresh and engaging ways, the illustrations are distinctive and elegant—inspired by Studio Esinam’s Landmarks and Elevations series of prints. Among the buildings included are such global icons as New York’s Chrysler Building, London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the Sydney Opera House, along with lesser-known yet equally outstanding structures like the Centre Pompidou in Paris or Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0789327708
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This charmingly illustrated volume showcases iconic structures from the world’s most important and most architecturally interesting cities—sure to appeal to amateur enthusiasts, aspiring architects, and even professionals. This book presents unique visual profiles of the most iconic buildings in the world, from twenty-five of the most important and most visited cities. Featuring remarkably detailed line drawings elegantly rendered in black and white, these captivating artworks and the accompanying text help the reader learn each structure’s history and understand what makes them so visually and culturally iconic. With the aim of exploring and communicating the deeper qualities of architecture by looking at it from new angles and presenting it in fresh and engaging ways, the illustrations are distinctive and elegant—inspired by Studio Esinam’s Landmarks and Elevations series of prints. Among the buildings included are such global icons as New York’s Chrysler Building, London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the Sydney Opera House, along with lesser-known yet equally outstanding structures like the Centre Pompidou in Paris or Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Mathematical Excursions to the World's Great Buildings
Author: Alexander Hahn
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691145202
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Describes the mathematics behind the design of famous buildings, including the Parthenon, the Sydney Opera House, and the Bilbao Guggenheim.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691145202
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Describes the mathematics behind the design of famous buildings, including the Parthenon, the Sydney Opera House, and the Bilbao Guggenheim.
Time: Great Buildings of the World
Author: Editors of Time Magazine
Publisher: Time
ISBN: 9781932273236
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
- Join TIME as it takes you on a journey exploring the most memorable structures and buildings the world has ever seen.- Profiles include the Empire State Building, the Sydney Opera House, the Taj Mahal, as well as Stonehenge and Macchu Picchu.- Breathtaking photography and fascinating historical anecdotes accompany each structure and building.
Publisher: Time
ISBN: 9781932273236
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
- Join TIME as it takes you on a journey exploring the most memorable structures and buildings the world has ever seen.- Profiles include the Empire State Building, the Sydney Opera House, the Taj Mahal, as well as Stonehenge and Macchu Picchu.- Breathtaking photography and fascinating historical anecdotes accompany each structure and building.
101 of the World's Tallest Buildings
Author: Georges Binder
Publisher: Images Publishing
ISBN: 1864701730
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
"Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat."
Publisher: Images Publishing
ISBN: 1864701730
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
"Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat."
Phantom Architecture
Author: Philip Wilkinson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471166422
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471166422
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
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.
World of Wonder. Great Buildings
Author: Mack van Gageldonk
Publisher: Mack's World of Wonder
ISBN: 9781605374994
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An informative book full of fun facts and special stories about magnificent buildings, with beautiful pictures and nice drawings.
Publisher: Mack's World of Wonder
ISBN: 9781605374994
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An informative book full of fun facts and special stories about magnificent buildings, with beautiful pictures and nice drawings.
SuperStructures
Author: Neil Parkyn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Showcases the most ambitious, awe-inspiring and advanced engineered structures of the last 100 years.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Showcases the most ambitious, awe-inspiring and advanced engineered structures of the last 100 years.
The World's Most Amazing Buildings
Author: Paul Mason
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410925220
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces structures with unique architecture, from the pyramids of Giza and the Colosseum in Rome to the Ice Hotel in Sweden and the underground town of Coober Pedy in Australia.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410925220
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces structures with unique architecture, from the pyramids of Giza and the Colosseum in Rome to the Ice Hotel in Sweden and the underground town of Coober Pedy in Australia.