UID:
kobvindex_INTEBC1876141
Format:
1 online resource (503 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781780673172
Series Statement:
Plans, Sections and Elevations
Content:
The latest in this successful series, this book features around 150 of the most important buildings in the history of world architecturefrom the pyramids and the Parthenon to some of the most significant works by recent architects. The buildings are organized by typefrom places of worship and public buildings to housesand are divided into nine chapters, each with an informative introduction that surveys the history of that type. For each building there are numerous, accurate scale plans showing a combination of floor plans, elevations, and sections as appropriate, all specially redrawn for this book. The quality and number of the line drawings, together with the authoritative text by a renowned architectural historian, allow all the buildings to be understood in detail and make this an invaluable resource for students
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Culture-defining monuments -- Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia -- Great Pyramid of Khufu, Giza, Egypt -- Parthenon, Athens, Greece -- Colosseum, Rome, Italy -- Temple 1, Tik'al, Guatemala -- Great Stupa of Sanchi, Bhopal, India -- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey -- Ise Grand Shrine, Kansai, Honshu, Japan -- Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe -- Twin Pagodas, Luohanyuan Temple, China -- St Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy -- Taj Mahal, Agra, India -- Eiffel Tower, Paris, France -- Empire State Building, New York City, USA -- Cathedral of Light, Nuremberg, Germany -- Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia -- Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles, USA -- Dwellings -- Houses at Catal Huyuk and Troy, Turkey -- Houses at Nagano, Japan, and Skara Brae, Orkney, UK -- Igloo, Tipi and Bedouin Tent -- Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy -- Houses in Burkina Faso and Kythera, Greece -- Karo Batak Houses Sumatra, Indonesia -- Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence, France -- Dürer House, Nuremberg, Germany -- Palazzo Medici, Florence, Italy -- Chateau of Chambord, Centre (region), France -- Chateau of Ancy-le-Franc, Burgundy, France -- Villa Capra, Vicenza, Italy -- Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, UK -- Tea Houses, Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto, Japan -- Chateau of Maisons-Laffitte, Île de France, France -- Berrington Hall, Herefordshire, UK -- Queen's Hamlet, Versailles, France -- Monticello, Virginia, USA -- Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Germany -- Horta House, Brussels, Belgium -- Unité d'Habitation, Marseilles, France -- Lake Shore Drive Apartments, Chicago, USA -- Schröder House, Utrecht, Netherlands -- Places of Worship -- Megalithic Temples of Malta -- Great Ziggurat of Ur, Nasiriyah, Iraq -- Great Temple of Amon-Ra, Karnak, Egypt -- Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece
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Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA -- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing, China -- Public Spaces -- Agora of Athens/Forum of Rome -- Piazza del Campo/Piazza Navona -- Place des Vosges/Tiananmen Square -- Piazza San Marco/Potsdamer Platz -- Further Reading -- Index -- Picture and Drawing Credits -- About the CD
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Temple of Apollo Epikourios, Bassae, Greece -- Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France -- Pantheon, Rome, Italy -- Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India -- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel -- Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria -- Shore Temple, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India -- Mosque Cathedral of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain -- Borobudur Stupa, Java, Indonesia -- Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India -- Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India -- Durham Cathedral, Durham, UK -- Temple of Kukulkan, Chich'en Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico -- Basilica of the Madeleine, Vézelay, Burgundy, France -- Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia -- Stave Church, Urnes, Norway -- Bourges Cathedral, Centre (region), France -- Cologne Cathedral, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany -- Konark Sun Temple, Konark, Odisha, India -- Golden Pavilion Temple, Kyoto, Japan -- Goharshad Mosque, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran -- Santa Maria del Santo Spirito, Florence, Italy -- Sant'Andrea of Mantova, Mantua, Italy -- Suleyman Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey -- St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia -- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy -- Vierzehnheiligen, Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany -- Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain -- Westminster Cathedral, London, UK -- Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali -- Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California, USA -- Bridges and Defences -- Acropolis of Athens, Greece -- Carthage Harbour and Naval Base, Tunisia -- Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France -- Frontiers of the Roman Empire -- Himeji Castle, Kansai, Honshu, Japan -- Great Wall of China -- Mostar Bridge, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Neuf-Brisach, Alsace, France -- Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France -- Forth Bridge, Edinburgh, UK -- Berlin Wall, Germany -- Production, Trade and Education -- Stoa of Attalos, Athens, Greece -- Trajan's Markets, Rome, Italy -- Medina at Fes, Morocco
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Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK -- Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans, France -- Engelsberg Ironworks, Ångelsberg, Sweden -- The Lawn, University of Virginia, USA -- Albert Dock, Liverpool, UK -- Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK -- Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France -- Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II, Milan, Italy -- St Pancras Railway Station, London, UK -- Keretapi Railway Station, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Grand Central Terminal, New York City, USA -- AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin, Germany -- Seagram Building, New York City, USA -- Dulles Airport, Washington DC, USA -- Fuji TV Headquarters Building, Tokyo, Japan -- Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- China Central TV Headquarters, Beijing, China -- Government Administration -- Megaron of Pylos, Greece -- Pnyx, Athens, Greece -- Curia Julia, Rome, Italy -- Alhambra, Granada, Spain -- Forbidden City, Beijing, China -- Machu Picchu, Peru -- Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey -- Imperial Palace of Kyoto, Japan -- Palace of Versailles, Île de France, France -- Residenz at Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany -- Richmond Capitol, Virginia, USA -- Palace of Westminster, London, UK -- Hilversum Town Hall, Netherlands -- Säynatsälo Town Hall, Finland -- Culture and Entertainment -- Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan -- Theatre at Epidauros, Greece -- Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, Italy -- Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy -- Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza, Italy -- Globe Theatre, London, UK -- Louvre, Paris, France -- Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany -- Crystal Palace, London, UK -- Opéra Garnier, Paris, France -- Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany -- Memorials -- Tomb of Mausolus, Bodrum, Turkey -- Qin Shi Huang Imperial Necropolis, Shaanxi, China -- Memorial Columns, Rome, Paris and London -- Pazzi Chapel, Florence, Italy -- Tempietto, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy -- L'Église du Dôme, Les Invalides, Paris, France
Additional Edition:
Print version Ballantyne, Andrew Key Buildings from Prehistory to the Present London : Laurence King Publishing,c2012 ISBN 9781856698375
Language:
English
Keywords:
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