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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... galleries with engaged columns that rise the full length of the elevation , a greatly elongated nave and transept , a ' Norman gallery ' located along the clerestory wall , and an internal colonnade . The continuous line of the arcade , ...
... galleries with engaged columns that rise the full length of the elevation , a greatly elongated nave and transept , a ' Norman gallery ' located along the clerestory wall , and an internal colonnade . The continuous line of the arcade , ...
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... Gallery of Stuttgart , a late classical building from 1842 . James Stirling and Michael Wilford won the contest and were entrusted with the construction of the work . The complex design is based on a U - shaped layout into which a ...
... Gallery of Stuttgart , a late classical building from 1842 . James Stirling and Michael Wilford won the contest and were entrusted with the construction of the work . The complex design is based on a U - shaped layout into which a ...
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... gallery : gallery running in front of the windows , typical of Anglo - Norman architecture . Oculus : a small round window . Ogive , ogival : diagonal or pointed , most especially in terms of an arch . Open plan : building plan that is ...
... gallery : gallery running in front of the windows , typical of Anglo - Norman architecture . Oculus : a small round window . Ogive , ogival : diagonal or pointed , most especially in terms of an arch . Open plan : building plan that is ...
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