The Great Builders surveys the careers of forty great architects whose engineering skills were crucial to their success. Sixteen nationalities and seven centuries of architectural innovation make for a survey of spectacular scope and depth: from churches and fortresses to bridges and high-tech skyscrapers, it includes masterpieces from all over the world and covers 700 years of architectural history. Here is Brunelleschi, who built the ‘unbuildable’ dome of Florence Cathedral; Sinan, a Christian engineer who became chief architect to the Ottoman court; Joseph Paxton, scribbling down a desig The Great Builders - Thames & Hudson od authora a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
256 |
Rok vydání |
2021 |
Nakladatelství |
Thames & Hudson |