Architecture 101
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Architecture 101

From Frank Gehry to Ziggurats, an Essential Guide to Building Styles and Materials

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Architecture 101

From Frank Gehry to Ziggurats, an Essential Guide to Building Styles and Materials

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A crash course in designing and constructing buildingsToo often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of architecture into tedious discourse that would put even Frank Gehry to sleep. Architecture 101 cuts out the boring explanations, and instead provides a hands-on lesson that keeps you engaged as you explore the world's greatest structures.Featuring only the most important facts, building styles, and architects, you'll enjoy uncovering the remarkable world of architecture with this book. Inside, you'll also find fascinating elements like:

  • Illustrations of popular building styles, such as Georgian and Greek Revival
  • Drawings of the essential parts of different buildings
  • Unique profiles of the most inspirational figures in architecture

From Norman Foster and Frank Lloyd Wright to the Beauvais Cathedral and the Empire State Building, Architecture 101 is packed with hundreds of entertaining architecture tidbits that you can't get anywhere else!

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Publisher
Adams Media
Year
2015
ISBN
9781440590085
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture générale

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. The Stone Age
  6. Megalithic Construction
  7. Mesopotamia
  8. Babylon
  9. Ancient Egypt
  10. Mycenaean Civilization
  11. Classical Greece
  12. The Hellenistic Age
  13. Hindu Temples
  14. Ancient Rome
  15. The Roman Empire
  16. Byzantine Churches
  17. Romanesque
  18. Islam
  19. China
  20. Japanese Architecture
  21. Russian Architecture
  22. Monasteries
  23. Native People of North America
  24. Early Gothic
  25. High Gothic
  26. The Early Renaissance
  27. The High Renaissance
  28. Andrea Palladio
  29. Pre-Columbian America
  30. Baroque Style
  31. Sir Christopher Wren
  32. Rococo
  33. Romanticism and Picturesque
  34. Neoclassicism
  35. Neoclassicism in Russia
  36. Benjamin Henry Latrobe
  37. Henry Hobson Richardson
  38. Arts and Crafts
  39. Art Nouveau
  40. Beaux Arts
  41. Gothic Revival
  42. Frank Lloyd Wright
  43. Louis Henry Sullivan
  44. Skyscrapers
  45. Art Deco
  46. The Bauhaus
  47. Toward a New Architecture
  48. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  49. Deconstruction
  50. Frank Gehry
  51. Aldo Rossi
  52. Bridges
  53. Mid-Century Modern
  54. Norman Foster
  55. Green Architecture
  56. Acknowledgments
  57. Copyright
  58. Inserts