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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... Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers Georges Pompidou Centre , Paris 1971-78 The Georges Pompidou Centre , one of the best- loved and most talked - about architectural structures of the last century , was the result of a competition held at ...
... Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers Georges Pompidou Centre , Paris 1971-78 The Georges Pompidou Centre , one of the best- loved and most talked - about architectural structures of the last century , was the result of a competition held at ...
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... Renzo Piano Building Workshop , Jean - Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre , Nouméa , 1991-98 A series of curved structures , designed to provide an efficient system of natural ventilation , built of wood and steel and similar in shape to ...
... Renzo Piano Building Workshop , Jean - Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre , Nouméa , 1991-98 A series of curved structures , designed to provide an efficient system of natural ventilation , built of wood and steel and similar in shape to ...
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... Renzo Piano and , at 306 metres , the tallest skyscraper in Europe , is scheduled to conclude in 2009 ; meanwhile , the tallest skyscrapers in the world are rising in South - East Asia . In 1998 at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia the Petronas ...
... Renzo Piano and , at 306 metres , the tallest skyscraper in Europe , is scheduled to conclude in 2009 ; meanwhile , the tallest skyscrapers in the world are rising in South - East Asia . In 1998 at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia the Petronas ...
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