Gaud� - Softcover

Crippa, Maria Antonietta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3822825204 ISBN 13: 9783822825204

Publisher: TASCHEN ESPA�A, S.A.U., 2003

Gaudi's bizarre and romantic buildings, interiors and exteriors, mosiacs and public spaces, have imbued Barcelona with unique character and ensured his place in the pantheon of great architects.

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From the Publisher:

Compact Overviews of the World's Greatest Architects- TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series

Basic Architecture features:
� Each title contains approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans
� Introductory essays explore the architect’s life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects
� The body presents the most important works in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes, construction problems (why some projects were never executed), and resolutions
� The appendix includes a list of complete works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect’s most famous buildings

About the Author:

Maria Antonietta Crippa is currently professor "straordinario" of History of Architecture at the Politecnico University in Milan, at the DiAP (Department of Architecture and Planning of the School of Architecture). Since the early 1980s, she has published widely on architecture and town planning.

Peter G�ssel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. For TASCHEN he published monographs on Julius Shulman, R.M. Schindler, John Lautner and Richard Neutra as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture Series.

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