The World's Greatest Architecture: Past and PresentBarnes & Noble Books, by arrangement with Regency House Publishing Limited, 2002 - Architecture - 447 pages |
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Page 98
... spires were nearly always planned for Gothic cathedrals , few survived long , and the present , enormously tall spire of Rouen 512ft ( 156m ) the highest in France - is made of cast iron and replaces the original , felled by lightning ...
... spires were nearly always planned for Gothic cathedrals , few survived long , and the present , enormously tall spire of Rouen 512ft ( 156m ) the highest in France - is made of cast iron and replaces the original , felled by lightning ...
Page 107
... spires led to the custom of building one giant steeple , instead of two , at the west end . Ulm minster is the outstanding example , its spire topping out at 529ft ( 161m ) above the ground , the tallest in Germany or anywhere else . To ...
... spires led to the custom of building one giant steeple , instead of two , at the west end . Ulm minster is the outstanding example , its spire topping out at 529ft ( 161m ) above the ground , the tallest in Germany or anywhere else . To ...
Page 380
... spire , but a spire of an altogether different style and spirit . The gleaming , stainless - steel spire , with its arcs of sunbursts , is an Art Deco creation which , for no obvious reason , appears absolutely right . It also makes the ...
... spire , but a spire of an altogether different style and spirit . The gleaming , stainless - steel spire , with its arcs of sunbursts , is an Art Deco creation which , for no obvious reason , appears absolutely right . It also makes the ...
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The Classical World Islam | 28 |
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