Architectural theory
from the Renaissance to the present : 89 essays on 117 treatises
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Author
Contributions
- Evers, Bernd, 1941-. - Contributor
- Thoenes, Christof. - Contributor
- Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany) - Contributor
Publication
2003 - Taschen, Köln
Language
English
Word Count
211,250 words, Guess
Page Count
845 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL18768314M
- ISBN-10382281699X
- OCLC Control Number52470778
- OCLC Control Number53332274
- OCLC Control Numberarchitecturalthe0000unse_h2j5
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- LibraryThing1623400
- Goodreads600294
Classifications
- DDC720/.1
- LCCNA2500
Description
"Discusses, in 89 concise essays, the most important treatises on architecture from the Renaissance to today. The authors explore the origins of each treatise and examine the motives that have prompted architects over the past 500 years to set down their ideas on paper. Grouped by nation and epoch, the writings of Leon Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio, Marc-Antoine Laugier, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, John Shute Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Aldo Rossi and Rem Koolhaas are just some of those discussed"--Inside front cover.
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