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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
95 pages (13 folded) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
Examines how architecture has evolved over time by looking at buildings that typify each period, from the pyramids and the Parthenon to the Chrysler Building and the Sydney Opera House.
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xii, 513 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Architecture, we like to believe, is an elevated art form that shapes the world as it pleases. Four Walls and a Roof challenges this notion, presenting a candid account of what it is really like to work as an architect, buffeted by external forces that make a mockery of any pretense to visionary authority. Reinier de Graaf draws on his own tragicomic experiences in the field to reveal the world of contemporary architecture in vivid snapshots. He takes...
68) Welcoming home
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
224 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Author
Series
Description
"Highlighting the seven wonders of the world -- the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Wonders of the World, a new title in the Eyewitness series, showcases these architectural feats and the marvels of engineering behind these timeless treasures."--Amazon.com.
74) Super structures
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
80 p. : col. ill., plans ; 31 cm.
Description
An introduction to historic buildings, unusual buildings, and buildings of the future.
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
270 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 31 cm
Description
Weaving mid-century Continental furniture and modern art by the likes of Frank Stella and Jasper Johns into important American homes, Summers has created a vast collection of cohesive, covetable interiors notable for their streamlined beauty. From a contemporary city penthouse to a 1940s ranch, from Summers' Round House, to her 60s Palm Springs getaway, the homes featured range in period and style, but all will serve as inspiration to readers looking...
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