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THE GREAT BUILDERS

por POWELL, KENNETH
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Año de edición: 2011
Editorial: THAMES AND HUDSON
ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-500-25179-9
EAN: 9780500251799
Nº Pág.: 304
idioma: INGLES

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Resumen del libro

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.
This book, in the same series as "The Great Naturalists" and "The Great Explorers", will appeal to anyone with an interest in architecture, buildings, engineering, urban planning or the history of the built environment.

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