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Long Live the Modern celebrates 180 iconic buildings, sites, and neighbourhoods, designed by many of New Zealand's most notable architects.
Long live the modern: New Zealand's new architecture 1904-1984
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Long Live the Modern celebrates 180 iconic buildings, sites, and neighbourhoods, designed by many of New Zealand's most notable architects.
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May 2008
History since 1900, Reference Books
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From Rome’s Parthenon to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia; from the ancient village of Petra to Beijing’s Forbidden City; from New York’s Empire State Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this collection of 100 milestones of architectural history explores how they changed the course of architecture. Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building(...)
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The buildings that revolutionized architecture
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From Rome’s Parthenon to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia; from the ancient village of Petra to Beijing’s Forbidden City; from New York’s Empire State Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this collection of 100 milestones of architectural history explores how they changed the course of architecture. Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building unique, or groundbreaking? How do function, environment, and technology impact an architect’s vision? These questions and more are succinctly addressed in this wide-ranging tour of 100 of the world’s most important manmade structures. This compilation spans the ancient to the modern eras and represents nearly every continent.
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The history of modern architecture is diverse, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to the eye-catching flair of Beijing's CCTV Headquarters. Fifty Modern Buildings That(...)
Fifty modern buildings that changed the world
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The history of modern architecture is diverse, varying wildly from region to region and era to era. Here Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum, explores 50 of the most significant and striking buildings in the world, from the modernist aesthetic of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to the eye-catching flair of Beijing's CCTV Headquarters. Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World is one of two new titles in the Design Museum Fifty series published in conjunction with London's Design Museum.
History since 1900, Reference Books
Histoire de l'architecture
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Cette encyclopédie couvre l'histoire de l'architecture, des abris préhistoriques aux bâtiments les plus novateurs du XXe siècle, et s'adresse aussi bien aux amateurs d'art et de tourisme urbain qu'au grand public.
Histoire de l'architecture
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Cette encyclopédie couvre l'histoire de l'architecture, des abris préhistoriques aux bâtiments les plus novateurs du XXe siècle, et s'adresse aussi bien aux amateurs d'art et de tourisme urbain qu'au grand public.
History since 1900, Reference Books
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This global examination of boundary-pushing architecture challenges our perceptions of how buildings ought to look--and reveals how even the most unusual constructions can achieve iconic status. In this exploration of 100 controversial buildings, readers will discover not only how each building was constructed, but also the motivation behind its design, and the ensuing debates.
Why on earth did we built that: modern architecture explained
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This global examination of boundary-pushing architecture challenges our perceptions of how buildings ought to look--and reveals how even the most unusual constructions can achieve iconic status. In this exploration of 100 controversial buildings, readers will discover not only how each building was constructed, but also the motivation behind its design, and the ensuing debates.
History since 1900, Reference Books
Small architecture now !
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Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be in diminutive in their dimensions, but which are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese(...)
Small architecture now !
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Over the years, talented architects have occasionally indulged themselves with the challenge of designing small but perfectly formed buildings. Today, with reduced budgets, many architects have turned in a more focused way to creating works that may be in diminutive in their dimensions, but which are definitely big when it comes to trendsetting ideas. Whether in Japanese cities, where large sites are hard to come by, or at the frontier between art and architecture, small buildings present many advantages, and push their designers to do more with less.
History since 1900, Reference Books
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De la pyramide de Kheops au Chrysler Building, Patrick Weber, historien d'art et journaliste, vous propose une mise à jour ludique et pédagogique de vos connaissances architecturales. Ce livre offre un panorama des différents courants architecturaux, mêlant définitions techniques et repères historiques.
HIstoire de l'architecture: de l'antiquité à nos jours
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De la pyramide de Kheops au Chrysler Building, Patrick Weber, historien d'art et journaliste, vous propose une mise à jour ludique et pédagogique de vos connaissances architecturales. Ce livre offre un panorama des différents courants architecturaux, mêlant définitions techniques et repères historiques.
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July 2008
History since 1900, Reference Books
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Architecture: The Whole Story is a reference for anyone interested in the evolution of our built environment. Ranging chronologically from the Neolithic period to the sustainability movement of today, it looks at hundreds of examples of structures, their designers, and their contextual significance.
Architecture: the whole story
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Architecture: The Whole Story is a reference for anyone interested in the evolution of our built environment. Ranging chronologically from the Neolithic period to the sustainability movement of today, it looks at hundreds of examples of structures, their designers, and their contextual significance.
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Elucidating the history of world architecture--from the pyramids of Egypt and the temples of Greece to the ecological architecture of today--for both student and general readership, this ambitious book presents key buildings and styles in a passionate and engaged style. Pavlos Lefas emphasizes the contemporary applications of past architectural practices worldwide,(...)
Architecture: a historical perspective
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Elucidating the history of world architecture--from the pyramids of Egypt and the temples of Greece to the ecological architecture of today--for both student and general readership, this ambitious book presents key buildings and styles in a passionate and engaged style. Pavlos Lefas emphasizes the contemporary applications of past architectural practices worldwide, thematizing his chronology into such topics as architecture and mathematics, scale, utopia, minimalism, grids, tall buildings and landscape architecture.
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Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the(...)
Architectural styles: a visual guide
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Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present day.
History since 1900, Reference Books