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Wonders Of World Architecture

Neil Parkyn.

Overview

St. Peter’s Basilica, the Taj Mahal, the Topkapi Palace, the Sydney Opera House, the Hoover Dam—the world’s greatest structures capture the imagination, whether they are places of worship, palaces of pleasure, skyscrapers, bridges, dams, or colossal statues. Many of these structures are the tallest, longest, or largest of their kind, but sheer size alone does not make a building impressive: one finds aesthetic power combined with structural virtuosity in the small chapel at Ronchamp in France or the temple of Byodo-in near Kyoto, with its elegant wooden roof.

ISBN 9780500284001
Category Architecture History
Call number 7209 WOP
Physical description 304 pages:col.ill;25 cm.
Edition year 2002
Bibliographical references? No
Publisher name Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Publication year 2002
Place of publication London
Language English
Is series? No

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