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Architecture:

the critics' choice : 150 masterpieces of western architecture
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Watson-Guptill Publications, Sep 1, 2000 - Architecture - 352 pages
An engrossing guided tour of some of the world's greatest buildings awaits readers of this unique tribute to excellence and innovation in architecture. The book is divided into ten chapters, ranging from antiquity to modernism and beyond, each written by an eminent specialist. 240 photos, 190 in color.

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This is a bit like something you'd find on a Barnes and Noble clearance shelf, but nice photos and decent brief text descriptions. Read full review

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About the author (2000)

Dan Cruickshank is an architectural historian and the author of "London: the Art of Georgian Buildings" and "Life in the Georgian City," He appears regularly on the BBC television series "House Detectives," and he has contributed to BBC2's "One Foot in the Past,

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TitleArchitecture: the critics' choice : 150 masterpieces of western architecture
AuthorDan Cruickshank
EditorDan Cruickshank
Editionillustrated
PublisherWatson-Guptill Publications, 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized19 Nov 2009
ISBN0823002896, 9780823002894
Length352 pages
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