The World's Greatest Buildings: The Bestselling Guide to Understanding Buildings

Trevor Howells [Editor]

ISBN 10: 1740895800 / ISBN 13: 9781740895804

Published by Fog City Press, USA, 2007

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256 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; Architecture; ISBN/EAN: 9781740895804. Inventory No: 259090.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World's Greatest Buildings: The Bestselling Guide to Understanding Buildings
• Publisher: Fog City Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1740895800
• ISBN 13: 9781740895804
• Binding: Hardcover (Printed Boards)
• Edition: Revised and Updated.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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This intriguing volume showcases 100 of the world’s most admired and timeless structures. A representative sampling includes churches, castles, palaces, forts, stadiums, museum galleries, bridges, canals, statues, memorials, parliaments, and skyscrapers. Photographs, diagrams, and illustrations show not only what these building look like, but also how they were built. You’ll marvel at man’s many engineering feats, from Stonehenge to the pyramids of Egypt to the Panama Canal. *Pictorial emphasis with extended captions *Structures ordered according to function and presented chronologically, with one spread devoted to each *Feature boxes profile remarkable architects, builders, and engineers, plus architectural styles, revolutionary materials, and historical content *Includes an introduction by an expert in the field, plus a glossary.