| Publication |
Munich, Prestel Publishing, 2014.
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| Description |
171pGreen spine
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| Series |
50 you should know
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| Summary/Abstract |
Bold structures, dignified splendor, innovative designs - in all eras there have been architects of outstanding vision who have decisively shaped our towns and cities worldwide. In this volume, 50 of the most important architects since the Renaissance are brought together and represented by their major works. Lively accounts of their designs and careers are supplemented by additional information about architectural styles and historical contexts, making this book a unique and highly accessible work of reference.
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| Contents |
Filippo Brunelleschi
Leon Battista Alberti
Donato Bramante
Michelangelo
Andrea Palladio
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Christopher Wren
Balthasar Neumann
Nicolas Ledoux
Thomas Jeffereson
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Gottfried Semper
Otto Wagner
Daniel Burnham
Antoni Gaudí
Louis Sullivan
Victor Horta
Frank LLoyd Wright
Auguste Perret
Walter Gropius
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Le Corbusier
Gerrit Rietveld
Richard Neutra
Alvar Aalto
Louis I. Kahn
Philip Johnson
Oscar Niemeyer
Eero Saarinen
Kenzo Tange
Ieoh Ming Pei
Günter Behnisch
Casar Pelli
Frank O. Gehry
Aldo Rossi
Richard Rogers
Richard Meier
Norman Foster
Von Gerkan, Marg Und Partner
SOM
Rafael Moneo
RenzoPiano
Toyo Ito
Tadao Ando
Rem Koolhaas
Jean Nouvel
Daniel Libeskind
Steven Holl
Zaha Hadid
Herzog & De Meuron
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| Standard Number |
9783791340432 Pb.
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