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50 architects you should know / Isabel Kuhl, Kristina Lowis, Sabine Thiel-Siling.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Munich ; London : Prestel, c2008.Description: 171 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9783791340432:
  • 3791340433 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Fifty architects you should know
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 720.92
Contents:
Filippo Brunelleschi -- Leon Battista Alberti -- Donato Bramante -- Michelangelo -- Andrea Palladio -- Gianlorenzo Bernini -- Christopher Wren -- Balthasar Neumann -- Nicolas Ledoux -- Thomas Jeffereson -- Karl Friedrich Schinkel -- Gottfried Semper -- Otto Wagner -- Daniel Burnham -- Antoni Gaudí -- Louis Sullivan -- Victor Horta -- Frank LLoyd Wright -- Auguste Perret -- Walter Gropius -- Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe -- Le Corbusier -- Gerrit Rietveld -- Richard Neutra -- Alvar Aalto -- Louis I. Kahn -- Philip Johnson -- Oscar Niemeyer -- Eero Saarinen -- Kenzo Tange -- Ieoh Ming Pei -- Günter Behnisch -- Casar Pelli -- Frank O. Gehry -- Aldo Rossi -- Richard Rogers -- Richard Meier -- Norman Foster -- Von Gerkan, Marg Und Partner -- SOM -- Rafael Moneo -- Renzo Piano -- Toyo Ito -- Tadao Ando -- Rem Koolhaas -- Jean Nouvel -- Daniel Libeskind -- Steven Holl -- Zaha Hadid -- Herzog & De Meuron.
Review: "Bold structures, dignified splendor innovative designs - in all eras there have been architects of outstanding vision who have decisively shaped our towns and cities worldwide. In this volume, 50 of the most important architects since the Renaissance are brought together and represented by their major works. Lively accounts of their designs and careers are supplemented by additional information about architectural styles and historical contexts, making this book a unique and highly accessible work of reference."--Jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 720.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 77379
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 720.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 77380
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 720.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 77382

CW407

Filippo Brunelleschi -- Leon Battista Alberti -- Donato Bramante -- Michelangelo -- Andrea Palladio -- Gianlorenzo Bernini -- Christopher Wren -- Balthasar Neumann -- Nicolas Ledoux -- Thomas Jeffereson -- Karl Friedrich Schinkel -- Gottfried Semper -- Otto Wagner -- Daniel Burnham -- Antoni Gaudí -- Louis Sullivan -- Victor Horta -- Frank LLoyd Wright -- Auguste Perret -- Walter Gropius -- Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe -- Le Corbusier -- Gerrit Rietveld -- Richard Neutra -- Alvar Aalto -- Louis I. Kahn -- Philip Johnson -- Oscar Niemeyer -- Eero Saarinen -- Kenzo Tange -- Ieoh Ming Pei -- Günter Behnisch -- Casar Pelli -- Frank O. Gehry -- Aldo Rossi -- Richard Rogers -- Richard Meier -- Norman Foster -- Von Gerkan, Marg Und Partner -- SOM -- Rafael Moneo -- Renzo Piano -- Toyo Ito -- Tadao Ando -- Rem Koolhaas -- Jean Nouvel -- Daniel Libeskind -- Steven Holl -- Zaha Hadid -- Herzog & De Meuron.

"Bold structures, dignified splendor innovative designs - in all eras there have been architects of outstanding vision who have decisively shaped our towns and cities worldwide. In this volume, 50 of the most important architects since the Renaissance are brought together and represented by their major works. Lively accounts of their designs and careers are supplemented by additional information about architectural styles and historical contexts, making this book a unique and highly accessible work of reference."--Jacket.

Translated from the German.

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