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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... typology was developed that became of fundamental importance to the history of European architecture : the hall church , or Hallenkirche , which although already encountered in terms of westworks and crypts , became a profoundly ...
... typology was developed that became of fundamental importance to the history of European architecture : the hall church , or Hallenkirche , which although already encountered in terms of westworks and crypts , became a profoundly ...
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... typology designed for the new dominant class , was shaped like a large rec- tangular block to replace the older ... typologies that slowly acquired greater importance . The town hall became the most important building . Very often ...
... typology designed for the new dominant class , was shaped like a large rec- tangular block to replace the older ... typologies that slowly acquired greater importance . The town hall became the most important building . Very often ...
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... typology thanks to the use of prefabricated elements and particular technical measures . The vast transparent space was destined to be further developed by 20th - century architecture . A Bridges 19th century Structural engineering put ...
... typology thanks to the use of prefabricated elements and particular technical measures . The vast transparent space was destined to be further developed by 20th - century architecture . A Bridges 19th century Structural engineering put ...
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