The buildings that revolutionized architecture / Florian Heine and Isabel Kuhl ; [translated from the German by Jane Michael].
- Published
- Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel Verlag, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Physical Description
- 254 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Additional Creators
- Kühl, Isabel, Heine, Florian, and Michael, Jane
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Pyramids Of Giza -- 2.Great Temple, Abu Simbel -- 3.Great Wall Of China -- 4.Parthenon, Athens -- 5.Theatre Of Epidaurus -- 6.Petra, Jordan -- 7.Colosseum, Rome -- 8.Pantheon, Rome -- 9.Hagia Sophia, Istanbul -- 10.San Vitale, Ravenna -- 11.Horyu-Ji, Nara -- 12.Dome Of The Rock, Jerusalem -- 13.Temple I, Tikal -- 14.Mezquita, Cordoba -- 15.Borobudur, Java -- 16.San Miniato Al Monte, Florence -- 17.Cathedral Of St Mary And St Stephen, Speyer -- 18.Durham Cathedral -- 19.Saint-Etienne, Caen -- 20.White Tower, London -- 21.Santa Maria Assunta And Campanile, Pisa -- 22.San Marco, Venice -- 23.Cathedral Of Saint-Denis -- 24.Cathedral Of Notre-Dame De Chartres -- 25.Angkor Wat, Cambodia -- 26.Castel Del Monte, Andria -- 27.Westminster Abbey, London -- 28.Sainte-Chapelle, Paris -- 29.Alhambra, Granada -- 30.Doge's Palace, Venice -- 31.Machu Picchu, Peru -- 32.Forbidden City, Beijing -- 33.Fllippo Brunelleschi, Ospedale Degli Innocenti, Florence -- 34.Cathedral Of Santa Maria Del Fiore, Florence -- 35.Leon Battista Alberti, Santa Maria Novella, Florence -- 36.Kremlin, Moscow -- 37.Donato Bramante, Tempietto Of San Pietro In Montorio, Rome -- 38.St Peter's Basilica, Rome -- 39.Palazzo Della Cancelleria, Rome -- 40.Chateau De Chambord -- 41.Louvre, Paris -- 42.Andrea Palladio, La Rotonda, Vicenza -- 43.Potala, Lhasa -- 44.Taj Mahal, Agra -- 45.Louis Le Vau And Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Palace Of Versailles -- 46.Matthaus Daniel Poppelmann, The Zwinger, Dresden -- 47.Johann Lucas Von Hildebrandt, The Upper Belvedere, Vienna -- 48.George Bahr, Frauenkirche, Dresden -- 49.Balthasar Neumann, Residence, Wurzburg -- 50.Dominikus Zimmermann, Wieskirche, Steingaden -- 51.Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Royal Saltworks, Arc-Et-Senans -- 52.Thomas Pritchard, Iron Bridge, Ironbridge -- 53.William Thornton, The Capitol, Washington, Dc -- 54.Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Altes Museum, Berlin -- 55.Paul Abadie, Sacre-Cceur Basilica, Paris -- 56.Cologne Cathedral -- 57.Antoni Gaudi, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona -- 58.Horace Jones And John Wolfe Barry, Tower Bridge, London -- 59.John Roebling, Brooklyn Bridge, New York -- 60.Gustave Eiffel, Eiffel Tower, Paris -- 61.Joseph Maria Olbrich, Vienna Secession -- 62.Daniel Burnham, Flatiron Building, New York -- 63.Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Hill House, Helensburgh -- 64.Imail Traore, Great Mosque Of Djenne -- 65.Adolf Loos, Looshaus, Vienna -- 66.Walter Gropius, Fagus Factory, Alfeld -- 67.Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, Grundtvig's Church, Copenhagen -- 68.Fritz Hoger, Chilehaus, Hamburg -- 69.Gerrit Rietveld, Schroder House, Utrecht -- 70.Erich Mendelsohn, Einstein Tower, Potsdam -- 71.Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, Dessau -- 72.Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion -- 73.Pierre Chareau, Maison De Verre, Paris -- 74.William Van Alen, Chrysler Building, New York -- 75.Shreve, Lamb Und Harmon, Empire State Building, New York -- 76.Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Pennsylvania -- 77.Joseph B. Strauss, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco -- 78.Philip Johnson, Glass House, Connecticut -- 79.Le Corbusier, Notre-Dame Du Haut, Ronchamp -- 80.Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York -- 81.Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Seagram Building, New York -- 82.Oscar Niemeyer, National Congress And Cathedral, Brasilia -- 83.Louis I. Kahn, Salk Institute For Biological Studies, California -- 84.Hans Scharoun, Philharmonie, Berlin -- 85.Alvar Aalto, Finlandia Hall, Helsinki -- 86.Gunter Behnisch, Olympic Stadium, Munich -- 87.Jam Utzon, Opera House, Sydney -- 88.Renzo Piano And Richard Rogers, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris -- 89.James Stirling, Neue Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart -- 90.Ieoh Ming Pei, Pyramid, Musee Du Louvre, Paris -- 91.Daniel Libeskind, Jewish Museum, Berlin -- 92.Alvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese Pavilion, Expo '98, Lisbon -- 93.Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao -- 94.Shigeru Ban, Japanese Pavilion, Expo 2000, Hanover -- 95.Santiago Calatrava, Auditorio, Santa Cruz De Tenerife -- 96.Zaha Hadid, Maxxi, Rome -- 97.Ole Scheeren And Rem Koolhaas, China Central Television (Cctv) Headquarters, Beijing -- 98.Herzog & De Meuron, National Stadium, Beijing -- 99.Adrian Smith, Burj Khalifa, Dubai -- 100.David Childs, One World Trade Center, New York.
- Summary
- Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building unique, or groundbreaking? How do function, environment, and technology impact an architect's vision? These questions and more are succinctly addressed in this wide-ranging tour of 100 of the world's most important man-made structures. This compilation spans the ancient to the modern eras and represents nearly every continent. Gorgeous photographs of each building are featured in double-page spreads, which include concise texts offering fascinating histories and contextual information, as well as biographies of the architects. The book also includes a glossary at the back of the book that explains important terms. An invaluable introduction to the world of architecture, this book guides readers through every milestone of architectural triumph - be it an ancient city, modern sports arena, cathedral, or office building.
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- ISBN
- 9783791381268
3791381261 - Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Robert Morris, III and Robin H. Morris University Libraries Dean's Discretionary Fund; 2014.
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