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The Story of Architecture
A comprehensive history of architecture worldwide, with illustrations, plans and maps.
Patrick Nuttgens
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Preis: USD$27.95
- Paperback
- English
- 245 x 210 mm, 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in
- 352 pp
- 199 Farbabbildungen, 204 Schwarzweißabbildungen
- ISBN-13: 9780714836164
- ISBN-10: 0714836168
- A comprehensive history of architecture throughout the world, from ancient times to the present, in a new and revised edition
- Completely redesigned with more than 400 illustrations, new maps, time charts and architects' biographies
- Fully updated text and expanded treatment of modern and contemporary periods
- Each chapter narrates a stage in the development of architecture
- Excellent overview for students, teachers and architecture aficionados
'The Story of Architecture brings understanding and insight for those who have encountered the world's architectural heritage in their travels or through the media, and seek to explore it further.' (Perspective)
'Scholars and students of architecture should be grateful that such a compendium of knowledge is contained in one volume and one, too, which gives Asia and the Americas an acknowledged place in history.' (James Macaulay, former Senior Lecturer at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow)
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