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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... language resides in the impeccable logic of its symmetries , in the precise geometry behind the arrangement of the ... language in favour of a sober and rigorous architectural discipline . By way of his balanced language , he proved ...
... language resides in the impeccable logic of its symmetries , in the precise geometry behind the arrangement of the ... language in favour of a sober and rigorous architectural discipline . By way of his balanced language , he proved ...
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... language of Finnish tradition with Mittel - European rational- ism , which he had come by during travels he undertook after earning his degree . In the buildings he designed beginning in 1927 , the year in which he began his inde ...
... language of Finnish tradition with Mittel - European rational- ism , which he had come by during travels he undertook after earning his degree . In the buildings he designed beginning in 1927 , the year in which he began his inde ...
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... language sim- ilar to that of Frank Lloyd Wright , whom he had met during a trip to the United States in 1911 ; these works contributed to the spread of Wright's language and style in Europe . Bernini , Gian Lorenzo ( Naples , 1598 ...
... language sim- ilar to that of Frank Lloyd Wright , whom he had met during a trip to the United States in 1911 ; these works contributed to the spread of Wright's language and style in Europe . Bernini , Gian Lorenzo ( Naples , 1598 ...
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