Key Houses of the 20th Century: Plans, Sections and Elevations: Plans, Sections & Elevations + CD-ROM - Softcover
This title features over 100 of the most significant and influential houses of the twentieth century. For each of the houses included there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially drawn for this book and are based on the most up-to-date information and sources.
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This is a book any architect would treasure yet which any layperson could appreciate as well.
[B]reathtaking and comprehensive survey will have you oohing and ahhing from the very first page. Find your favorite and emulate it!"
[C]asts its spotlight wide and while doing so, examines each structure, style, and architect with a critical eye.--Lynne Lavelle
[B]reathtaking and comprehensive survey...will have you oohing and ahhing from the very first page. Find your favorite and emulate it!
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[B]reathtaking and comprehensive survey will have you oohing and ahhing from the very first page. Find your favorite and emulate it!"
[C]asts its spotlight wide and while doing so, examines each structure, style, and architect with a critical eye.--Lynne Lavelle
[B]reathtaking and comprehensive survey...will have you oohing and ahhing from the very first page. Find your favorite and emulate it!
Featuring over 100 of the most significant and influential houses of the twentieth century, this book includes classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Tadao Ando, Rem Koolhaas and Glen Murcutt. For each of the houses included there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing each floor, together with elevations, sections and site plans where appropriate. All of these have been specially drawn for this book and are based on the most upto-date information and sources. There is also a concise text explaining the significant architectural features of the building and the influences it shows or generated, together with colour images. Cross-references to other buildings in the book highlight the various connections between these key houses. The quality and number of the line drawings, together with the authoritative text and images, allow all the buildings to be understood in detail.
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- PublisherLaurence King Publishing
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1856694631
- ISBN 13 9781856694636
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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