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Architecture : the groundbreaking moments

Kuhl, Isabel2012
Books, Manuscripts
Examines architectural milestones which have left their mark on the history of architecture and whose significance can still be seen today. Explores building challenges and styles along with construction methods and materials
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Imprint:
Munich Prestel 2012
Collation:
191 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Pyramids: the first houses built for eternity -- A Greek invention: the classical orders -- The first architecture on paper -- The first domes -- How the basilica became a church -- Vaulted ceilings -- Brighter, higher, further: the first cathedrals -- Man becomes the measure of all things: Renaissance architecture -- Symmetry first: the centrally planned building -- Baroque buildings: architecture in motion -- The first palaces -- Wood? Stone? Iron! -- Architecture that scrapes the sky -- The first houses made of glass -- First function, then form -- Building with light -- Raw and unadorned: the first reinforced concrete buildings -- A momentous invention: archisculpture -- The triumph of high-tech -- The adventure of deconstructivism: form follows fantasy
ISBN:
9783791346540 (pbk)
Dewey class:
720.9 ARC
Local class:
720.9
Language:
English
BRN:
6016
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