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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Page 29
... towers , the insertion of a narthex , colonnaded towers - but the characteristic trait in Italy was the isolated bell tower , round or square , and not incorporated in the body of the church . Much attention went into the architectural ...
... towers , the insertion of a narthex , colonnaded towers - but the characteristic trait in Italy was the isolated bell tower , round or square , and not incorporated in the body of the church . Much attention went into the architectural ...
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... towers , located exactly above the pendentives , not only contribute to providing lateral support for the tower but neutralize the diagonal thrust of the dome . Norwegian stave churches 11th - 12th century The timber church. The late ...
... towers , located exactly above the pendentives , not only contribute to providing lateral support for the tower but neutralize the diagonal thrust of the dome . Norwegian stave churches 11th - 12th century The timber church. The late ...
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... Towers went up , designed by Cesar Pelli and 452 metres high , thus much less than the 800 metres of the Millennium Tower , designed by Norman Foster , scheduled to be built in Tokyo Bay in the coming decade . At the same time that ...
... Towers went up , designed by Cesar Pelli and 452 metres high , thus much less than the 800 metres of the Millennium Tower , designed by Norman Foster , scheduled to be built in Tokyo Bay in the coming decade . At the same time that ...
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