1000 Years of World Architecture: An Illustrated GuideThis volume is a guide to the main characteristics, movements and regional variants of a millennium of Western architecture, from the early Romanesque to the most recent contemporary trends. |
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... historical perspective simplifies the complex events of which architectural works are material expres- sions . Many buildings considered revolutionary at the time of their construction had been forgotten or were being referred to as ...
... historical perspective simplifies the complex events of which architectural works are material expres- sions . Many buildings considered revolutionary at the time of their construction had been forgotten or were being referred to as ...
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... historical centre , forming rings of suburbs that then became part of the metropolis ; the influx from the ... historic centre . Paris , Barcelona , and Vienna were among the first cities to adopt plans for urban renewal , and ...
... historical centre , forming rings of suburbs that then became part of the metropolis ; the influx from the ... historic centre . Paris , Barcelona , and Vienna were among the first cities to adopt plans for urban renewal , and ...
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... historic forms as well as decorative elements from its repertory . In contrast to this , the postmodern expresses ... historical citations . Aldo Rossi , Residential Block on Kochstrasse , Berlin ,. 352.
... historic forms as well as decorative elements from its repertory . In contrast to this , the postmodern expresses ... historical citations . Aldo Rossi , Residential Block on Kochstrasse , Berlin ,. 352.
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