A Visual History

Description

With over 500 images and 13 specially commissioned 3-D artworks identifying key structural and aesthetic features, this is a visual tour covering more than 350 of the world's greatest buildings of architectural styles.

Take a spectacular tour of the world's architecture—from ancient stupas to modern high-tech skyscrapers to today's green buildings in Architecture. From the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt to the Parthenon in Greece, from the White House in Washington, DC, to Bhurj Khalifa in Dubai and beyond, this visual worldwide survey of architecture offers close-up detailed photographic references to the vocabulary of each period, plus principal elements and decorated features.

Presented in a die-cut slipcase, it is the perfect gift for anyone interested architecture and engineering.

Details

• • • Hardcover: 416 pages
    • Publisher: DK;
    • Edition: Slp edition,
    • Year of Publication:  21st November 2017
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-13: 978-1465464682
    • Product Dimensions: .....cm/8.1 x 1.6 x 10.1 inches
    • Shipping Weight: .....kg/3.8 pounds 

About the Author

Jonathan Glancey is an author, journalist, and honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He is the architecture and design editor at the Guardian, having previously held the same position at the Independent. His books include The Story of Architecture, Eyewitness Companions: Architecture, and Architecture: A Visual History.