| Description |
254 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 34.Cathedral Of Santa Maria Del Fiore, Florence -- 35.Leon Battista Alberti, Santa Maria Novella, Florence -- 36.Kremlin, Moscow -- 37.Donato Bramante, Tempietto Of San Pietro In Montorio, Rome -- 38.St Peter's Basilica, Rome -- 39.Palazzo Della Cancelleria, Rome -- 40.Chateau De Chambord -- 41.Louvre, Paris -- 42.Andrea Palladio, La Rotonda, Vicenza -- 43.Potala, Lhasa -- 44.Taj Mahal, Agra -- 45.Louis Le Vau And Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Palace Of Versailles -- 46.Matthaus Daniel Poppelmann, The Zwinger, Dresden -- 47.Johann Lucas Von Hildebrandt, The Upper Belvedere, Vienna -- 48.George Bahr, Frauenkirche, Dresden -- 49.Balthasar Neumann, Residence, Wurzburg -- 50.Dominikus Zimmermann, Wieskirche, Steingaden -- 51.Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Royal Saltworks, Arc-Et-Senans -- 52.Thomas Pritchard, Iron Bridge, Ironbridge -- 53.William Thornton, The Capitol, Washington, Dc -- 54.Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Altes Museum, Berlin -- |
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Contents note continued: 55.Paul Abadie, Sacre-Cceur Basilica, Paris -- 56.Cologne Cathedral -- 57.Antoni Gaudi, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona -- 58.Horace Jones And John Wolfe Barry, Tower Bridge, London -- 59.John Roebling, Brooklyn Bridge, New York -- 60.Gustave Eiffel, Eiffel Tower, Paris -- 61.Joseph Maria Olbrich, Vienna Secession -- 62.Daniel Burnham, Flatiron Building, New York -- 63.Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Hill House, Helensburgh -- 64.Imail Traore, Great Mosque Of Djenne -- 65.Adolf Loos, Looshaus, Vienna -- 66.Walter Gropius, Fagus Factory, Alfeld -- 67.Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen -- 68.Fritz Hoger, Chilehaus, Hamburg -- 69.Gerrit Rietveld, Schroder House, Utrecht -- 70.Erich Mendelsohn, Einstein Tower, Potsdam -- 71.Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau -- 72.Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion -- 73.Pierre Chareau, Maison De Verre, Paris -- 74.William Van Alen, Chrysler Building, New York -- |
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Contents note continued: 75.Shreve, Lamb Und Harmon, Empire State Building, New York -- 76.Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Pennsylvania -- 77.Joseph B. Strauss, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco -- 78.Philip Johnson, Glass House, Connecticut -- 79.Le Corbusier, Notre-Dame Du Haut, Ronchamp -- 80.Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York -- 81.Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Seagram Building, New York -- 82.Oscar Niemeyer, National Congress And Cathedral, Brasilia -- 83.Louis I. Kahn, Salk Institute For Biological Studies, California -- 84.Hans Scharoun, Philharmonie, Berlin -- 85.Alvar Aalto, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki -- 86.Gunter Behnisch, Olympic Stadium, Munich -- 87.Jam Utzon, Opera House, Sydney -- 88.Renzo Piano And Richard Rogers, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris -- 89.James Stirling, Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart -- 90.Ieoh Ming Pei, Pyramid, Musee Du Louvre, Paris -- 91.Daniel Libeskind, Jewish Museum, Berlin -- |
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Contents note continued: 92.Alvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese Pavilion, Expo '98, Lisbon -- 93.Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao -- 94.Shigeru Ban, Japanese Pavilion, Expo 2000, Hanover -- 95.Santiago Calatrava, Auditorio, Santa Cruz De Tenerife -- 96.Zaha Hadid, Maxxi, Rome -- 97.Ole Scheeren And Rem Koolhaas, China Central Television (Cctv) Headquarters, Beijing -- 98.Herzog & De Meuron, National Stadium, Beijing -- 99.Adrian Smith, Burj Khalifa, Dubai -- 100.David Childs, One World Trade Center, New York |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Pyramids Of Giza -- 2.Great Temple, Abu Simbel -- 3.Great Wall Of China -- 4.Parthenon, Athens -- 5.Theatre Of Epidaurus -- 6.Petra, Jordan -- 7.Colosseum, Rome -- 8.Pantheon, Rome -- 9.Hagia Sophia, Istanbul -- 10.San Vitale, Ravenna -- 11.Horyu-Ji, Nara -- 12.Dome Of The Rock, Jerusalem -- 13.Temple I, Tikal -- 14.Mezquita, Cordoba -- 15.Borobudur, Java -- 16.San Miniato Al Monte, Florence -- 17.Cathedral Of St Mary And St Stephen, Speyer -- 18.Durham Cathedral -- 19.Saint-Etienne, Caen -- 20.White Tower, London -- 21.Santa Maria Assunta And Campanile, Pisa -- 22.San Marco, Venice -- 23.Cathedral Of Saint-Denis -- 24.Cathedral Of Notre-Dame De Chartres -- 25.Angkor Wat, Cambodia -- 26.Castel Del Monte, Andria -- 27.Westminster Abbey, London -- 28.Sainte-Chapelle, Paris -- 29.Alhambra, Granada -- 30.Doge's Palace, Venice -- 31.Machu Picchu, Peru -- 32.Forbidden City, Beijing -- 33.Fllippo Brunelleschi, Ospedale Degli Innocenti, Florence -- |
| Summary |
From Rome's Parthenon to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia; from the ancient village of Petra to Beijing's Forbidden City; from New York's Empire State Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this visually stunning collection of 100 milestones of architectural history explores how they changed the course of architecture forever. Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building unique, or groundbreaking? How do function, environment, and technology impact an architect's vision? These questions and more are succinctly addressed in this wide-ranging tour of 100 of the world's most important manmade structures. This compilation spans the ancient to the modern eras and represents nearly every continent. Gorgeous photographs of each building are featured in double-page spreads, which include concise texts offering fascinating histories and contextual information, as well as biographies of the architects. The book also includes a glossary at the back of the book that explains important terms. An invaluable introduction to the world of architecture, this book guides readers through every milestone of architectural triumph - be it an ancient city, modern sports arena, cathedral, or office building |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Translated from the German |
| Subject |
Architecture -- History.
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Buildings -- History.
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Buildings.
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German literature -- Translations into English.
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Historic buildings.
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| Author |
Kühl, Isabel, author
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Michael, Jane, translator
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| LC no. |
2014960122 |
| ISBN |
3791381261 |
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9783791381268 |
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