The World's Greatest Buildings: Masterpieces of Architecture & Engineering,9780737000825

The World's Greatest Buildings: Masterpieces of Architecture & Engineering

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ISBN13: 9780737000825
ISBN10: 0737000821
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-09-01
Publisher(s): Grand Central Pub
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Summary

Highlights places of worship, centers of power, and monuments and memorials considered to be among the 100 architectural masterpieces, describing their design, history, function, materials, and dimensions.

Table of Contents

Foreword and Introduction 10(12)
A Synthesis of Form and Function 12(6)
Trevor Howells
Places of Worship
18(34)
John Haskell
Castles, Palaces, and Forts
52(32)
John Phillips
Centers of Power
84(34)
Ruth Greenstein
Thomas A. Ranieri
Mark Stiles
Designs for Living
118(32)
Ruth Greenstein
Deborah Malor
Thomas A. Ranieri
Bronwyn Sweeney
Learning and Leisure
150(32)
Ruth Greenstein
Mark Stiles
Bronwyn Sweeney
Transport and Communications
182(34)
Henry J. Cowan
Monuments and Memorials
216(30)
Bronwyn Hanna
Index and Glossary 246

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