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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... glass structure is given solidity by masonry pylons and by a polygonal tympanum above a large expanse of glass , bearing the company's name and logo . The image of the façade is reminiscent of a classical temple . The sides of the ...
... glass structure is given solidity by masonry pylons and by a polygonal tympanum above a large expanse of glass , bearing the company's name and logo . The image of the façade is reminiscent of a classical temple . The sides of the ...
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... glass , experimenting with the expressive qualities of transparent , reflecting surfaces of glass . During the same period he made several coun- try houses in brick and reinforced concrete . In 1926 he made the monument in Berlin to the ...
... glass , experimenting with the expressive qualities of transparent , reflecting surfaces of glass . During the same period he made several coun- try houses in brick and reinforced concrete . In 1926 he made the monument in Berlin to the ...
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... glass . A stairway in reinforced concrete leads from the living room to the stream ; a pathway through the woods leads over a small bridge to the entrance of the house . The entryway opens directly onto the living room , which occupies ...
... glass . A stairway in reinforced concrete leads from the living room to the stream ; a pathway through the woods leads over a small bridge to the entrance of the house . The entryway opens directly onto the living room , which occupies ...
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