THE BUILDINGS THAT REVOLUTIONIZED ARCHITECTURE

From Rome's Parthenon to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia/ from the ancient village of Petra to Beijing's Forbidden City/ from New York's Emp ire State Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this visually stunning collection of 100 milestones of architectural history explores how they changed the course of architecture forever. Why do some buildings stand the test of time? What makes a building un ique, or groundbreaking? How do function, environment, and technology impact an architect's vision? These questions and more are suc cinctly a...[Llegir més]