Adventures in Architecture

Cruickshank, Dan

ISBN 10: 029784444X / ISBN 13: 9780297844440

Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 2008

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• Titolo: Adventures in Architecture
• Editore: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 029784444X
• ISBN 13: 9780297844440
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

Dan Cruickshank, whose Around the World in 80 Treasures sold more than 70,000 copies, presents a compelling, maverick history of architecture. Richly photographed, it navigates the globe to take us to the buildings Dan believes have changed the world. As he reveals each choice, he also shows exactly how a great edifice’s function, material, and purpose connect to all other areas of life. What he sees is the work of man at his most inventive, defying or accommodating the forces of nature in a variety of civilizationsexamples of beauty, power, paradise, and dreams: the Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg; the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan; the Hanging Temple in Shanxi, China; the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil; Pompeii’s Lupanare Brothels; and the building of an igloo in Greenland.

Informazioni sull?autore

Dan Cruickshank is a regular presenter on the BBC best known for his popular BBC2 series which include MARVELS OF THE MODERN AGE and THE LOST WORLD OF FRIESE-GREEENE. He is one of Britain's leading architectural and historic building experts, and is an active member of the Georgian Group and the Architectural Panel of the National Trust.