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LIVING ARCHITECTURE is a new series of books about architectural epochs of the past. With texts by famous world architects and exciting photographs specially taken on location for this series, each book • studies afresh existing masterpieces of particular periods • applies concepts employed in the critical analysis of contemporary architecture • probes the dynamic interplay of volume and space • examines the sculptural and decorative árts in relation to architectural form • uses the camera in a new way to give the reader a startiing sense of standing in or alongside tht buildings themselves Swiss heliogravure of the highest craftsmanship gives the illustrations a stunning clarity and depth that seems almost three-dimensional. The editors of this new series believe that the major architecture of the past does not consist of immutable monuments but relates to the present in an extraordinary continuity that appears to have existed down through the ages. Each volume presents 15 or 20... Tovább

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LIVING ARCHITECTURE is a new series of books about architectural epochs of the past. With texts by famous world architects and exciting photographs specially taken on location for this series, each book • studies afresh existing masterpieces of particular periods • applies concepts employed in the critical analysis of contemporary architecture • probes the dynamic interplay of volume and space • examines the sculptural and decorative árts in relation to architectural form • uses the camera in a new way to give the reader a startiing sense of standing in or alongside tht buildings themselves Swiss heliogravure of the highest craftsmanship gives the illustrations a stunning clarity and depth that seems almost three-dimensional. The editors of this new series believe that the major architecture of the past does not consist of immutable monuments but relates to the present in an extraordinary continuity that appears to have existed down through the ages. Each volume presents 15 or 20 buildings discussed in termi* of the cultural miiieu, the technical achievements and tht political significance of their times. Every plan, elevation an( architectural detail is newly drawn for this series. Readers will find knowledge and beauty in these volumes while students of architecture and engineering will treasurr examples of ancient solutions to architectural problems that are still with us today in the art of building design. Vissza